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black instead of crimson, the hiad-wings black instead of crimson with 

 the usual bluish-black border." 



The Phylloxera has appeared in one of the vineries of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society at Chiswick. 



Mr. C. G. Barrett, F.E.S., records {E.M.M) that the late Mr. 

 Robertson's Pyralis pictalis is not unique, but occurs in Japan, Sumatra, 

 Ceylon, India, etc. ; also that the species has several synonyms. 



I understand that some five or six hundred specimens of Hesperia 

 lineola have been captured in Essex this year, by about half a dozen 

 collectors. No doubt it is a very common species in its favoured 

 haunts. 



I understand that another specimen of Plitsia moneta has been 

 captured at light. This one was taken near Reading. 



A comparatively large number of Agrotis pyropliila has occurred at 

 Portland this summer. 



At the last meeting of the Entomological Society, Polyommatus dorilis 

 was reported as having been taken in 1887, near tlfracombe. 



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Callimorpha HERA IN SouTH Devon.— As it has been asserted by 

 some entomologists that the appearance of this grand species was owing 

 to artificial means, and that it would in due course disappear again, I 

 determined to see for myself by paying once more an early visit to the 

 old locality, where I had the good fortune to take it for several years. 

 I am happy to say that on August 6th I saw two, of which I captured 

 one ; later on I obtained two more, one of which deposited ova. 

 Having arranged to start for the Isle of Man, I had to leave South 

 Devon on August 12th, which would just be the time for the general 

 emergence of C. hera. I have taken some pains to ascertain that for 

 many years this insect has been fairly common between the long range 

 of Exeter and Teignmouth, a man at the latter place having captured 

 it each year at light. It is often seen at harvest time, when probably 

 more disturbed, the boys are in the habit of knocking them down with 

 their caps in corn fields. Beaten out of holly bushes to which they 

 mostly resort, they are rather difficult to capture, as they fly high and 

 rapidly. — J. Jager, 180, Kensington Park Road, Netting Hill. 

 September, 1 890. 



During my stay of two weeks in South Devonshire, I was so 

 fortunate as to obtain three living imagos of CalUinorpha hera, the 

 Jersey Tiger. These fine moths were all beaten from the same hedge, 

 and taken (though on different days) by my son, A. C. Hollis, some 

 ten or twelve miles the other side of Exeter, in the neighbourhood of 

 Dawlish. The first (which seems to be a female) was captured in my 

 presence on August 23rd, while flying in bright sunshine. The insect, 

 0)i being disturbed, flew suddenly and swiftly across the road, making 

 for the opposite hedge. Fortunately my son had his net ready, and 

 ^ucceeded in capturing the specimen while on the wing. The red of 

 the hind wings looked very beautiful as it flew past me, and I supposed 



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