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of July no less than 28 moths emerged, many of which had the beau- 

 tiful green tinge. It was wonderful how they could force their way 

 through the solid mass, and several were damaged about the head 

 in consequence. — W. H. Tuck, M.A., Tostock House, Bury St. 

 Edmunds. 



Pupa of Trochilium apiforme DRi\rEN from its cocoon. — I took a 

 pupa of Twckilium apiforme freshly turned, being of a whitish colour. 

 This pupa was protruding from a hole in a poplar. After very care- 

 fully extracting it, there followed immediately two woodlice, which, no 

 doubt, having irritated the pupa from behind, had caused it to proceed 

 forward as far as it could go without actually falling out ; for I 

 imagine the habit of this pupa is not to protrude itself until ready to 

 emerge. — C. Bingham Newland, Killetra, Mallow. 



Assembling of Saturnl\ pavonla. — On May 17th, a female of 

 Saturnia paronia emerged, and, though under cover, attracted males 

 for three days, the said males never appearing before 2 p.m., but 

 coming every day to a minute. .S'. pavunia is found on the moors 

 some two or three miles from my house, but to my knowledge nowhere 

 nearer. This female paired on May 20th, depositing ova before sun- 

 set. A small portion hatched on June 12th.— Ibid. 



Cleora lichenaria two years in pupa. — A specimen of C. lirJicnaria 

 $ appeared in the breeding cage during June, which must have been 

 taken as a pupa in 1896. — Ibid. 



Ptinus brunneus, Duft., captured in Surrey. — On May 23rd, 

 1892, I took, by sifting dead leaves on Purley Downs, a Ptinufi, which, 

 as I had some difficulty in identifying it, I submitted to several 

 coleopterists. The Rev. Canon Fowler told me he thought it was 

 P. bninnem, but eventually I put it into my cabinet as P. .mbpiloms, 

 Miill. The Rev. H. S. Gorham has now kindly named it for me, 

 and he tells me it is undoubtedly Ptimm brwinetifi, Duft. I therefore 

 take this opportunity to record it. Of this insect, Canon Fowler 

 says, in his Coleoptera of the Britiali Isles : " In old wood, etc., 

 especially in warehouses ; probably imported." In the last fatalof/ue 

 of British Coleoptera, by D. Sharp, M.D., and W. W. Fowler, M.A., 

 this insect is placed among the " Introduced species." I can only 

 say I took it on the Downs, far away from any houses. — Horace 

 DONISTHORPE, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



^^ ARI AT ION. 



Pararge m.era ab. obscura, n. ab. — Among some insects taken 

 by Dr. Chapman at Aix-les-Bains during the first week in May, are 

 some specimens of P. maera, which differ considerably from those I 

 have captured in various localities. The males are rather below the 

 average size, all the wings blackish-fuscous in colour, with a narrow 

 fulvous ring round the ocellated apical spot of the fore-wings. There 

 are very slight traces of two fulvous patches below this. The ocel- 

 lated spots on the hind- wings with narrow fulvous margin. The two 

 minute ocellated spots, one above and the other l)olow the apical spot, 

 very small. — J. W. Tutt. 



Black aberration of Nemeophila plantaginis. — I have read with 

 pleasure your very interesting and instructive paper on A\ plaufai/inis. 

 In doing so I observed that you had never seen a specimen with black 



