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seven or eight from the ova laid in May ; the breeding cage was kept 

 out of doors and there were others which did not emerge then ; one or 

 two have done so lately, the pup!« having been placed in a hot-house. — 

 H. W. Vivian, Port Talbot, S. Wales. December 8th, 1893. 



Kecokds of emergences at unusual periods. — Mr. J. A. Clark 

 reports the emergence of a female Selenia limaria on Christmas Day 

 1893, and of a male on January 28th, 1894, in a breeding cage kept 

 out of doors and not in any way protected from the cold. Mr. J. C. 

 Moberly bred a CucuUia h/chnitis from a pupa of 1892 in November last. 

 Eev. C. F. Thornewill reports that larvae of Nemeophila plantaginis 

 which were nearly full-fed in July, yielded imagines about the middle 

 of August, and that a few pupa^ appear to be standing over till next 

 season. Captain E. W. Brown took thirty full-fed larvae of Pieris 

 brassicae at Enniskillen on July 12th, 1893. From these, ten imagines 

 (eight ^ s and two 2 s) emerged on August 3rd and 4th, the rest are 

 going over the winter as pupai. He asks what is the explanation of 

 this, and suggests that it may be due to the nortlierly situation of 

 Enniskillen or that possibly, considering the abnormal season, the ten 

 that emerged were a partial third brood. Mr. Claude Morley whites 

 that on the evening of Feb. 27th a ^ Phloijophora meticulosa emerged 

 from a pupa taken on Feb. Gth under a felled pine. He assumes it to 

 be from ova of a third brood in 1893. — Ed. 



Hractical hints. 



New Style of Butterfly Net. — I have received from Mr. Graf- 

 Kriisi a net, which folds by means of joints into a very small compass. 

 The ring is made of steel and the joints finished off with brass rings, to 

 prevent friction between the steel parts and the joints. Its peculiar 

 feature, however, is that by means of a simple screw arrangement in 

 the frame that supplants the ordinary ferrule, the net is made to fit any 

 stick whatever. The silk net seems to be a very serviceable material. 

 To those that are particular about their paraphernalia, nothing more 

 useful could be recommended. — J. W. Tutt. 



Current notes. 



We have received a letter from Mr. C. S. Coles, of Brixton, which 

 is too long to insert in full, but probably some among our readers will 

 "be interested in the following extracts therefrom. We thank our cor- 

 respondent for his kindly expressions concerning the Magazine, and 

 shall alwaj's be glad to publisli suitable articles on the other orders of 

 insects ; the difficulty is to get such. — " 1 should be glad to see other 

 orders of Insects, besides Lepidoptera, dealt with more frequently in 

 the pages of the EntomoIo(jist's Record. There must be many entomo- 

 logists woi'king amongst the Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, etc., who would 

 be able and willing to contribute articles or notes on their favoui'ite 

 insects ; these would be very welcome to tliose who, like myself, take 

 interest in other orders than the ever-popular Lepidoptera. There 

 are many things in connection with these other orders upon which I, 

 for one, should be glad of information and advice. For example : some 



