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he says, " that at Leominster in 1832 acis was certainly the most common of all the 

 Blues ; and that he is not aware of a single specimen being seen in that locality 

 for thirty years. 



Monmouthshire. — " I have taken one specimen at St. Julian's," G. Loch 

 (Newman's Butterflies). 



Glamorganshire.— " In 1835, 1836, and 1837, 1 could take acis in plenty, but 

 have never taken it since," T. Parry, of Merthyr (Entomologists' Weekly Intelli- 

 gencer, 18E9, vol. vi, p. 28). Croegid, near Llantrissant, rare, Evan John. " I have 

 seen but not taken Glamorganshire specimens," J. T. Llewelyn (Newman's Butler- 

 flies). " Of this rare species, in June, 1871, 1 was fortunate in capturing six speci- 

 mens, four of which were in first-rate condition," A. E. Hudd (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 

 viii, p. 113). " On June 4th I had the pleasure of taking one male specimen of 

 Lycrena Acis at Penarth, near Cardiff. Last year I captured eight males and tw 

 females, A. F. Langley, June 10th, 1875 (Entomologist, vol. viii, p. 161). From 

 Cardiff comes the welcome news that this scarce butterfly was taken in 1874, again 

 in 1875, and twelve specimens in 1876 ; twenty-eight specimens in all" (Entomo- 

 logist, vol. x, p. 5). Six specimens were taken at the same place in 1877 

 (Entomologist, vol. xi, p. 104). These are the last that have been recorded from 

 there. 



Pembrokeshire. — " In company with the Rev.C. T. Cruttwell 1 was fortunate 

 in capturing a specimen of this rare butterfly, flying over thyme, at Tenby," W. 

 Edwards (Entomologist, vol. xvi, p. 210 [1883]). This capture is doubted by Mr. 

 Barrett in his recent work on British Butterflies. 



Addendum. — " Lyccena Acis in Sussex. I have in my collection a specimen 

 caught, by my friend, Mr. T. C. Hedley in the White Fields, Abbott's Wood, in 

 July, 1881. I saw the insect caught, so that I am sure of its authenticity," J. A. 

 Dynes, Eastbourne, 1883 (Entomologist, vol. xvi, p. 135). 



Glanvilles Wootton : 



December, 1901. 



COLEOPEORA MILVIPENNIS, Zeller, NEW TO BRITAIN. 

 BY C. O. BAKRETT, F.E.S. 



I have been tnuch interested lately in examining a lovely littde 

 Coleophora reared by my old friend Mr. W. C. Boyd. He was shooting 

 near Danbury, Essex, in October, 1900, when his attention was claimed 

 by very white blotched mines in leaves of blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). 

 After some search two cases were secured, and were afterwards 

 sleeved out in his garden, upon plum, for the winter. They were 

 then not full grown, but fed up in the following spring, and produced 

 one moth in 1901. This moth agrees in size, and in part in colour, 

 so nearly with C. badiipennella, that it remained without further ex- 

 amination until now. In the collection of the late Professor Frey, 

 at South Kensington, I find three specimens of C. milvipennis, Zell., 

 which agree in all respects with this example with the utmost accu- 

 racy. The case also agrees, but with this one discrepancy. Prof. 

 Prey's cases are from birch, and birch is given as the food plant by 



