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and numerous others, some having no doubt strayed from the adjoining woods. Also 

 Lohophora viretata at a neighbouring gas lamp. Sugar tried one night attracted 

 only Dipterygia scabriuscula Cpinaetri) and Hypenodes costcestrigalis. 



The Nemoria viridata vary from dull green to pale yellowish-brown, the range 

 of variation being almost identical with that of Pseudoterpna pruinata (cytisaria) 

 from the same locality, extreme forms of both species occurring there in June, 1893, 

 a very dry season, the inference being that the pale forms are caused more by expo- 

 sure to sunlight than by moisture. 



A few Micros were obtained, including Amblyptilia acanthodactyla, Cramhus 

 pinellus, Phycis fiisca, Pempelia palumbella, Aphomia sociella, Harpipteryx xylos- 

 tella, and Ergatis ericinella. 



Other Orders were equally abundant, the only notable captures being a ? of 

 JEschna juncea, L., on August 14th, 1892, rather far south for it ; a damaged speci- 

 men of the rare weevil, Cleonus nehulosus, found after one of the periodical fires 

 which devastated the upper and drier parts of the Common ; and a cj of MutlUa 

 europeea. There are many similar Commons in the neighbourhood extending almost 

 to the New Forest, and, in spite of golf, Bournemouth remains an excellent centre 

 for entomological work. — Id. : April 5th, 1895. 



Pieris Daplidice in Staffordshire. — I have recently acquired the remnants of a 

 collection of insects made by Mr. S. Bradbury, of Abbotts Bromley, and in it I 

 discovered, bodiless and skewered with an ordinary pin, a specimen of Pieris 

 Daplidice labelled '^ sinapis." I have no doubt that it was taken at Abbotts 

 Bromley ; he never went from home, and the specimen is certainly British ; indeed 

 the collector does not exist who would send out insects set like this one was, and if 

 it had been sent him, it would certainly have had the correct name. I do not think 

 that any other record of this species in Staffordshire exists. — Richard Feeeb, 

 Eugeley, Staffordshire : April 25th, 1895. 



A migration of Pyrameis cardui in California. — Mr. G. D. Franham, of River- 

 side, California, gives an account (Ent. News, vi, p. 150) of a swarm of this insect 

 in that State. In a lane about 80 rods long, a flight was observed at 9 a.m., and 

 from then to noon it was estimated that 200 butterflies passed each minute. At 2 

 p.m. about 50 passed in the same time ; but at 4 p.m. only an occasional one was to 

 be seen. The direction was from south to north ; exact date not given, but pre- 

 sumably in April of this year. — Eds. 



Pyrameis Callirhoe : correction of an error. — May I correct a lapsus calami in 

 my article on the Butterflies of Tenerife (Pt. II) which appeared in the April No. 

 of this Magazine? I misquoted Lang, and said, in referring to P. Callirhoe: — it 

 "was imported into the Canary Islands from South Portugal and Andalusia." Lang 

 says (Rhop. Europ., p. 178) : — " Habitat, China and Northern India, the Canaries, 

 chiefly the Isle of Tencriffe, whence it has been imported, and has become acclima- 

 tized, in the South of France and Andalusia." Milli^re says : — " a ete prise sur lee 

 c6te8 meridionalcs du Portugal oh I'esp^ce, originaire de I'ile de Teneriffe, doit s'etre 

 acclimatee." — Sidney Ckompton, Santa Cruz, Tenerife : April 21st, 1895. 



