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the perfect state. Subsequently au imago of Psi was produced from the same 

 pupa; this wanted one of the hind-wings, but was otherwise perfect. — A. G. Butlek, 

 26, Brompton Square, 19th Augv.st, 1864. 



[Dr. Laboulb&ne has called my attention to an analagous instance recorded by 

 M. Milliere in the bulletin of the "Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France" 

 for 1852, p. 16. In this case several larvae of an Ichneumon emerged from an imago 

 of Deilephila vespertilio. — E. McLachlan.] 



CAPTURES OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



As far as L&pidoptera go, the present season seems to have been rather un- 

 productive. The butterflies are, in many instances, particularly scarce. Two 

 exceptions there certainly are (besides the whites, which I think are common, 

 almost every year, to an equal degree), H. Janira and V. Urticoi. 



Sugaring is so poor a method of collecting that it ought soon to become 

 unfashionable. In the neighbourhood of Windermere, where I sugared a good 

 deal, during the month of June, I met with T. batis and A. rumicis ; and I think 

 nothing else, except our old friends X. polyodon and T. pronuba. However, sugaring 

 in the Lake District is not to be despised, even when nothing comes to the sugar, 

 and the moon is up. 



At Sutton, my success has not been much superior. Although there is plenty 

 of well-wooded country about, I believe that the sugared trees have never yielded 

 anything better than 0. wpsilon, N. umbrosa, and C. affinis and diffinis. The 

 latter species is a marvel of shyness, as well as of beauty. One specimen I found 

 the other night, sipping daintily, but having somewhat the appearance, to compare 

 small things with great, of a horse with its ears pricked. The colours being 

 unusually fresh, I ti'ied a pill-box, and had the satisfaction of seeing diffi,nis drop 

 gently among the brushwood. In about half-an-hour I visited the tree again, with 

 precisely the same result. After ten o'clock I went round for the last time, and 

 diffinis, which was getting greedy with success, dropped into a pill-box. As 

 I pocketed it I felt inchned to say, with Titania — 



"Out of this wood do not desire to gol 

 Thou Shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no;" 



and there it remained till I lulled it to sleep with chloroform. 



At flowers, especially blackberry flowers, I have met with a good many species, 

 LitJwsia complanula and griseola, Triphmna interjecta, Leiccania conigera, and 

 Eupithoecia suhfulvata, being among the number. I never remember to have seen 

 the LiihosicB at flowers before, and I was very much sui'prised at the occurrence. 



ff. serena has been tolerably common on pahngs, where I have also met with 

 0. hlanda, E. centaureata, etc. A. colonella occurs freely along the Sutton hedges 

 at night; and I have met with P. tersata and P. ochrodactylus in the same 

 situations. 



While in the neighbourhood of Lostock Gralam, in Cheshire, I had some 

 collecting with my friend, Mr. Stanley Leigh. Our captures included P. lacer- 

 tinaria, a number of fine examples of A. siculana, one specimen of E. ochreella, 

 and T. semifulvella, with a number of other species, such as M. albicillata, F. 

 piniaria, and A', pinivorana. 



