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colony found in a chemist's shop at Carrinytoii, a suburb of Nottingham, breed- 

 ing in and tliriving on so nnlikely a pabulum as Cayenne pepper. — James J. 

 Walker, Oxford : December 14th, 1914. 



Two unrecorded captures of Criocephalus ferus Kraatz. — During the year 

 1913, my friend Mr. J. F, Eayner sent me a female example of Criocephalus 

 ferus for identification, informing me that it had been given to him by 

 Mr. B. Piffard, who had found it on the pavement atPokesdown, Hants, in June, 

 1909 or 1910. Recently he wrote to say that ho had jiist received a fine male 

 example from Mr. S. Dale, which had flown into a sitting-room in Southampton, 

 in August, 1914. — H. Britten, 2, Hope Villas, High Street, New Headington, 

 Oxon : December, 1914. 



Pyrameis cardiii in Co. Donegal.— In view of the notes on this butterfly in 

 the December number of this Magazine, it may be of interest to record that I 

 saw a fine fresh specimen of /•'. cardui at Coolmore, Co. Donegal, on September 

 21st. It was a beautiful sunny day, and Mrs. Johnson and I were rambling over 

 the fields, when the butterfly came along and obligingly settled on the head of 

 a Scabious and spread its wings to the sunshine, so that I had a perfect view of 

 the lovely creature. Ciu-iously enough I did not see a single P. atalanta either 

 in Donegal or here this autumn.- W. F. John.son, Poyntzpass : Dec. -ith, 1914. 



Late larvae of Pieris brassicae. — Larvae of this biitterfly have been feeding 

 veiy late this season in my garden. At the beginning of November they were 

 abundant on Brussels sprouts, and were at that time little more than half -grown. 

 About the middle of the month there were three nights' sharp frost, and on the 

 22nd several hours' snow, but some of the larvae, at any rate, survived the 

 inclement weather, as I noticed fiill-fed ones still about on the 28th. I put about 

 two dozen in a box in an oiithouse, and the last of them pupated to-day, 

 December Sth. A point of some interest is that these larvae were entirely free 

 from ichneumons. Usually a large percentage are " struck." Some years ago 

 95 per cent, of some I was attempting to rear were infested with Apanteles 

 gloiueratus. This immunity from attack seems to suggest that the jparasite's 

 career for the season has ended with the previous brood.— F. H. I*Ay, 26, Currock 

 Terrace, Carlisle : December Sth, 1914. 



Scuicius. 



" Manchester Entomological Society : Eleventh Annual Report and 

 Transactions. 1913." Manchester : Printed by W. F. Jackson & Sons, The 

 Manor Press, Salford ; published by the Society. 



The report for 1913 of this flourishing Society includes, in addition to the 

 usual reports of meetings and excursions, some papers of more than local 



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