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P.palpina. — I took a male of this insect at light, August 6th. Mr. J. 

 King took another, August 1st. This looks like a second brood. — Idem. 



E. denotata. — I have been fortunate enough to breed seven specimens of 

 this pretty Pug during the present season. The larvae, which are green, or 

 dusky purple, with a broad dorsal stripe of the latter colour, feed on Pim- 

 pinella saxifraga in September. I took them both in Derbyshire and Suffolk. 

 — Idem. 



C. sparliaria. — I bred two fine specimens of this insect, July 16th. and 23rd., 

 from larvte taken at the end of May. The rest shew no signs of coming out. 

 Last year all the pupae remained quiescent till September and October, the 

 usual time for the appearance of the perfect insect. — Idem. 



S. convolvuli. — I regret to say that all my eggs of this insect prove to be 

 infertile. — Idem. 



Tenacity of life in S. rhamnaria and vetularia. — On the evening of July 3rd. 

 I took ten fine specimens of each of these insects. I gave them a good dose 

 of ammonia for a couple of hours; and then as the following day was Sunday, 

 and I was too tired to set them that night, put them into the relaxing box 

 till Monday morning. The next day, before I went to church, I just looked 

 into the box, and found them perfectly motionless, and apparently quite dead. 

 On my return home in the evening I again looked in, when to my horror I 

 found three or four of each species had come to life, and utterly ruined them- 

 selves and the majority of their companions by flapping about. — Idem. 



Colias edusa. — I have taken several specimens of this insect, which I believe 

 has been frequently seen this year, but never before during the time that I have 

 been collecting, (ten years,) have I seen one. I also took a fine specimen of 

 the Convolvolus Hawk Moth a few evenings since. Is not this rather early 

 for its appearance? — W. H. Tuck, Tostock House, near Woolpit, Suffolk, Aug. 

 23rd., 1858. 



On Monday, the 23rd. of this month, a specimen of Colias edusa was cap- 

 tured by my brother, H. W. Alington, Esq., in the parish of Welton-le-Wold, 

 near Louth ; there was another in company with it. — P. P. Alington, Swinhope 

 Rectory, August 27th., 1858. 



The present appears a good year for this species. Three were seen at once 

 in the parish of Warter, near here, and one was seen in the parish of 

 North Dalton, by Miss Pose Morris, on the 2nd. of September. I received 

 a specimen from Fimber, near Driffield, from Mr. Mortimer, of that place, 

 where two others have since been taken by him; and another from Lincoln- 

 shire, sent by the Pev. Edward Alington Cooper, taken by him on "The 

 Slates," the highest point of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Mr. Graham, of 

 York, also took four in Heslington Fields, near York, where others were 

 taken. — F. O. Moehis. 



This morning, driving over the Wolds to Driffield, I saw nine by the road- 

 side, and captured three of them. — F. O. Moeeis, September 13th., 1858. 



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