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Coleopliora salinella two years in the pupa state. — On October 24th, 1889, I 

 collecterl on the Chesil Beach some larvfe of this species, but only very few moths 

 emerged (August 20th to September 9th) last year. As, however, I thought that 

 the cases might perhaps be useful to some one, the old dry handful of Atriplex 

 portidacoides to which they were attached was not thrown away, and this has, to my 

 surprise, produced several specimens of C. salinella during the last three or four 

 weeks ! Unluckily none of the cases had been cut open and examined during the 

 last twelve months, but it seems almost certain that their tenants had passed that 

 period as pupee, and it would be interesting to learn whether a similar occurrence 

 has been noticed with any other Coleophora besides Frischella. A few species, such 

 &s /uscocuprella, alcyonipenella, &c., are, of course, known to spend more than one 

 year as feeding larvae ; but is it not possible that our very limited amount of success 

 in breeding some of the genus may occasionally be due to the fact that the cases 

 containing pupse, which would produce imagines in the second year, are thrown 

 away too hastily when the breeding Jars are cleared out at the close of each 

 season ? — Id. 



Acrolepia marcidella in the Isle of Purbeck. — It is very satisfactory to be able 

 to record the occurrence of a second specimen of this extremely rare species in 

 Purbeck. It was taken by the Rev. C. E. Digby on July 3rd last, and was found 

 crawling up a grass stem close to a thatched shed (where it had doubtless hibernated) 

 at about 7 p.m., within a few yards of' the spot where Mr. Digby took his first 

 specimen in June, 1886 (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxiv, p. 42). Having been fortunate 

 enough to be present on both occasions, I have had the pleasure of examining the 

 specimens whilst still alive, and Mr. Digby most generously made me a present of 

 this second example on the spot. Unluckily it was worn to a mere shadow of its 

 former self, and no wonder, considering that it had lived as an imago ever since the 

 previous autumn ! I regret to say that we have not been able to obtain the slightest 

 clue to the food plant of the larva, and a recent search for the larva itself produced 

 no result. — Id. 



Curious instance of re-union, between the same moths.— \n June last I was 

 breeding some Ephestia KuhnieUa, and one evening, at about 9.30, when looking 

 into the jar in which the moths were emerging, I noticed a pair in cop. As I was 

 anxious to obtain eggs, they were induced to move, just as they were, into a large 

 glass-bottomed box, the greatest care being taken not to disturb them, and later on 

 that night they were still paired. By the next moraing, however, they had separated, 

 but being too busy to kill and set the male that day, I left him where he was until 

 the following morning, when, on looking into the box at about 8.30 a.m., I found, 

 to my astonisliment, that the moths were again in cop., 35 hours after they had 

 originally united ! As the sexes seemed as a rule to pair off at about 9 — 10 p.m., 

 it is most probable that they had been in that position since the previous night. It 

 would be particularly interesting to learn whether similar instances of a second act 

 of copulation between the same individual S ii'id ? (after they have once separated 

 naturally) have been observed, as I should fancy that it must be a most unusual 

 occurrence. — Id. 



i\o<e on Gelechia lutulentella. — It is hardly necessary to apologize for my satis- 



