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showed his captures ; I had taken several Acidalia rusticata, an insect 

 at that time comparatively rare and which he had never taken. I told 

 him the locality and from that time he was always able to get it. 

 Many a time have we dined together on Sunday at the old Fox and 

 Hounds Inn at Darenth, wliere, during the season, there was sure to be a 

 good sprinkling of the old-time entomologists, and where an excellent 

 dinner was served at the very moderate charge of three shillings, and a 

 bed with the wliitest of sheets could be obtained for sixpence. Among 

 the brethren of the net whom we used to meet there were the two 

 Standishes, kind, genial and generous ; cautious Henry Harding 

 with the big appetite ; Peter Bouchard, lively and impetuous ; the 

 elder Norman, quizzical and cynical ; Eandolph Oxley, full of fun and 

 practical jokes ; Holmes, refined and courteous ; and many others, 

 whose names I have forgotten, now, alas ! all gone. Some few still 

 remain, among them S. Stevens and Oldham. 



Never shall I forget those jolly dinners, seasoned with smart 

 sayings, jokes, repeated and playful badinage. Our old friend Machin, 

 though not a boa vicant, used to enjoy them, though, like many 

 Englishmen, he took his pleasures seriously. After those old times 

 when we used to meet frequently tliere was a long interval during 

 wliich we only saw each other occasionally, Imt whenever we met there 

 was always something to be learned from him, and wliat I have always 

 admired in liis character was the readiness with which he gave any 

 information that was asked of him. Of late years we have again been 

 much more intimate, and I have abundant reason to remember him 

 gratefully for his kindness in assisting me in arranging and naming 

 my Macro-lepidoptera. His memory was surprising and his knowledge 

 of larva? and their habits something marvellous. — J. S. Sequeira, 

 M.R.C.S., Crescent House, Cassland Road, South Hackney, N E. 

 Se2)t. -ith, 1894. 



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Notes on the capture and habits of Cataplectica farueni, a 

 Lepidopteron new to Science. — Sweeping on the side of a road, 

 about a mile and a half south of Cambridge on June 26th, 1893, I took 

 the first specimen of Tineina, whicli turned out to be new to Science, 

 and wliich has been described and named as above by Lord 

 Walsingham in the E. 31.31. for September of this year. 



When I netted the first one, I had just taken a specimen of Gelechia 

 noevifercUd, which species I imagined it to be until I had had a closer 

 look at it through the glass bottom of the box, I then saw it was 

 something I had not taken before ; and failing to determine it by the 

 usual methods, viz : " Stainton " and comparing types in the cabinet, I 

 put it aside for a less busy time. — On the 1st of July following I swept 

 three more in a locality about a mile from the first, and on July 9th two 

 more about another mile still farther removed. Its sliape while at 

 rest in the net, caused me to look particularly for it among the odd genera 

 coming near ^chmia dentella ; this was not taking me far from the 

 proper place in the list, as it apppears Cataplectica is not far removed 

 from JEchmia. Working for the s}iecies this year, I took the first on 

 July 3rd, and it Avas in fairly good condition on the 12th and even later. 



