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Mr. Greening (Proc. Northern Ent. Soo., July 28th, 1862). For analogous facts in 

 Symenoptera, see Westwood (Modern Class. Ins., vol. ii, p. 98) ; also Dr. L. Moller 

 (Die Abliangigkeit der Insecten, 1867, p. 70). 



That difference of food-plants, and not the soil these grow in, is the cause of 

 some of these variations, I have myself proved in the case of Odonestis potatoria ; 

 young larvae of which were sent to me from Brighton by my friend Mr. Herbert 

 Cross, and produced the same varieties when similarly fed both at Brighton and 

 South Kensington. 



I still think Sir. Hammond's suggestion worth following up ; let young larvoe 

 or eggs of A. Iris be placed upon oak leaves, and if the caterpillars refuse them, this 

 one fact will be worth a host of suppositions. I have known some caterpillars in 

 straits to eat almost anything. — A. G-. Butleb, 17, Oxford Eoad, Ealing : March 

 3rd, 1873. 



[The following passages occur in the account given by the supposed breeder of 

 the specimen of A. Ilia : — 



" I have no recollection what the chrysalis was like." 



" The butterfly did not come out of the chrysalis for so long that I thought it 

 was dead." 



Now, the writer of the above quoted remarks looked daily at his Ilia chrysalis 

 for several weeks, wondering why the butterfly did not emerge, and yet has no 

 recollection what the chrysalis was like. One would have thought that any one 

 who had such a curious chrysalis under such circumstances, could have made a 

 sketch of it from memory, even after an interval of twenty years. Spiritualists and 

 others, ready to accept any statement, however improbable, may believe the tale ; 

 we candidly confess that we do not. — Eds.]. 



list of the species of Lepidoptera first discovered in Britain hy the late Mr. 

 J. C. Dale. — He.^yeria Actceon, Esp. ; August 15th, 1832 ; Lulworth. Lcelia ccenosa, 

 Hb. ; July 26th, 1819 ; Whittlesea Mere. Psyche nigricans, Curtis ; June 18th, 

 1824 ; West Parley. Celcena Eatoorthi, Curtis ; July 23rd, 1819 ; Trundle Mere. 

 Leucania littoralis, Curtis ; July 8th, 1824 ; Mount Misery. Boarmia cinctaria, 

 W.Y. ; June 2nd, 1823 ; Brockenhurst. Fidonia brunneata, Steph. ; July 8th, 1825 ; 

 Dunkeld. Carsia imltitata, Hiibn. ; August 8th, 1825 ; Loch Katrine. Acidalia 

 straminafa,Tv.; July 81st, 1820 ; Parley Heath. Stenia punctalis, W.Y.; July 6th, 

 1822 ; Weymouth. Scoparia Daleana ; August 8th, 1825 ; Rannoch. S. alpina, 

 Dale ; July 11th, 1825 ; SchehaUion. S. ulmella. Dale ; July 13th, 1844 ; Bordean. 

 Crambus latistrins. Haw. ; July 3rd, 1821 ; Parley Heath. C. furcatellus, Zett. ; 

 July 19th, 1825 ; Ben Lawers. C. Warringtonellus, Staint. ; July 3rd, 1835 ; Bear 

 Wood. C. nliyinoselluSfZ.; June 25th, 1815 ; Grianvilles' Wootton. Retinia sylves- 

 trana, Cuvtis ; August 12th, 1845; Parley Heath. Cerostoma asperella, L. ; Sep- 

 tember 8th, 1815 ; G-lanvilles' Wootton. Acrolepia betuletella, Curtis ; August 4th, 

 1837 ; Castle Eden Dene. Gracilaria imperialella, Mann ; May 25th, 1840 ; 

 GlanviUes' Wootton. Coleophora Frischella, L. : July 11th, 1831 ; Portland. 

 Asychna terminella, Westw. ; June 8th, 1836 ; GlanviUes' Wootton. Pterophorut 

 similidactylus. Dale ; Jidy 26th, 1830 ; G-lanvilles' Wootton. 24 species in all. — 

 C. W. Dale, Glanvilles' Wootton : February 5th, 1873. 



