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Note on Tanyzorms boUtojjhilce, p. 275. — Since publishing the description of 

 this insect, I have learned from Mr. Cameron that he had previously described the 

 ? in the Memoirs of the Manchester Lit. and Philos. Soc. (4th Ser., vol. ii, 1889) 

 under the name of Betylafulva. The names invented by me should therefore be 

 displaced. — T. A. Marshall, Botusfleming Kectory, Cornwall : November, 1892. 



Vanessa Egea ah. J-album, JSsp., in November. — I obtained a specimen of Van. 

 Egea ab J-album, Esp., ex larva, on November 4th, from a caterpillar found on 

 October 1st on Parietaria officinalis (pellitory) . The larvae, as I believe is generally 

 known, can vary from blue to brownish in colour ; my example was of the latter 

 variety. Is this not a somewhat late period of the year at which to meet with the 

 species ? September is asually considered to be the latest month for its appearance. 

 — F. Beomilow, Avalon, St. Maurice, Nice, France : November 8th, 1892. 



Note on Abraxas ulmata. — On October 29th, when at Hesleden Dene, near 

 here, collecting Lithocolletis mines, I observed two larvae of Abraxas ulmata crawling 

 up a beech trunk ; a little further on I saw another also upon a beech trunk ; and 

 shortly after other two upon another beech. It struck me at first as showing a 

 great failing of instinct in the caterpillars, elm being, so far as my knowledge goes, 

 the only tree they feed upon. Upon looking up, I, however, discovered that every 

 leaf was off the elms, whilst the beeches were still clothed with leaves, though fast 

 turning colour. The question, therefore, struck me — were they crawling up the trees 

 to feed upon beech seeing that there were no elm leaves left to feed upon ? It was 

 a very windy afternoon, and they had probably been blown down with the last 

 leaves j they were little more than half the size of full-fed larvae. — J. G-AEDNEE, 

 6, Friar Terrace, Hartlepool : November Ith^ 1892. 



Colias Edusa {He lice) bred. — As I can find no account of C. Edusa (var. Ilelice) 

 being reared from the egg, I think it will interest readers to record that Mrs. Boley 

 captured two specimens of this variety near the cliffs here ; one of these laid a 

 number of eggs, these hatched, and several of the larvae were successfully reared to 

 the chrysalis stage. Two fine females of the var. Ilelice emerged on September 27th 

 and October Ist. Five or six males of the usual type also emerged, but the remain- 

 ing nine or ten chrysalids died, probably from the effects of cold, as they were near 

 an open window, and the weather suddenly became much colder. — W. A. Luff, 

 Gruernsey : November 12th, 1892. 



Micra 2oaroa in the Isle of PurhecJc. — Among the Macro- Lepidoptera that fell 

 to my share this year, the greatest prize was met with on June 8th, when I was 

 working a saltmarsh on the edge of Poole Harbour. As I was walking slowly along 

 the border of the marsh at about 6 p.m., a queer looking pale moth flew up from 

 out of the rushes under my feet, and settled again three or four yards further on, 

 and within afoot of the edge of the water ! As there was a strong breeze blowing 

 straight oft' shore across the harbour, I crept up cautiously (with my heart in my 

 mouth) and held my net over the water behind the moth ; then, on my bending 

 down to try to box it as it sat, it flew up, and was carried by the wind safely into 



