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by all these names. Only one shoot contained anything, and in that I found a 

 living pupa. This had the power of working itself up and down in its tunnel 

 through the centre of the shoot. It was forwarded to Miss Ormerod, and exhibited 

 by that lady at the September meeting of the Entomological Society, but unfor- 

 tunately died without producing the imago. — W. S. M. D'Ubban, Albert Memorial 

 Museum, Exeter : November, 1879. 



Noah Oreening, of "Warrington, died at No. 37, Derby Square, Douglas, in 

 the Isle of Man, on the 13th of November, 1879, aged 58. 



From very early years he was an ardent lover of Natural History, and a keen 

 sportsman ; during middle life he devoted himself especially to the study of orni- 

 thology and entomology, and formed a collection of British Lepidoptera, which, in 

 extent, and for the perfection of its specimens, has no equal in the North of England 

 or probably elsewhere. In later life, when his increasing wealth enabled him to 

 indulge his tastes freely, he reverted to the pursuits of his youth, and became an 

 enthusiastic sportsman, and it was from a neglected cold contracted on one of his 

 shooting expeditions, followed by an attack of pleurisy, that his premature death 

 resulted. His skill as a collector was only surpassed by the generosity with which 

 he shared his captures, and his vast store of acquired knowledge was always at the 

 service of his friends, but it is to be deeply regretted that the humble estimate he 

 had formed of his own literary abilities, rarely permitted him to publish the results 

 of his observations. 



He removed to the Isle of Man in June, 1879, for the benefit of its mild climate, 

 but it was too late, he never rallied ; and after several months of weakness and 

 suffering, passed quietly to his rest on the 13th November, beloved by all who knew 

 him. He was twice married, and leaves one son and four daughters. He was 

 a member since 1872 of the Entomological Society of London, and a large and 

 generous contributor to the Warrington Museum. — Edwin Biechall. 



NATUEAL HISTORY OF PEMPELIA CARNELLA. 

 BY WILLIAM BUCKLER. 



Por the opportunity of working out tlie history, hitherto un- 

 known, of this pretty species, I am greatly indebted to my friend 

 Mr. Wm. E. Jeffrey, whose kind exertions in obtaining eggs for the 

 purpose, during two seasons, I here most gratefully acknowledge. 



On the first occasion eggs were laid by a female captured August 

 the 5th, and I received them on the 11th, 1877, some adhering to the 

 inner surface of a pill box, others to a leaf of violet, a few on mar- 

 joram and leaves of other plants ; the parent moth seeming not at all 

 particular on what they were deposited. 



To discover the food-plant, Mr. Jeffrey kindly sent me, for 

 potting, three large pieces of turf containing a number of plants, dug 

 from the spot where the insects occurred. 



