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sible that similar results may occur where there is an excess of males in a state 

 of freedom. Such an excess may exist sometimes, for Nature is prodigal of means 

 to accomplish certainty in result ; but the result of the perpetuation of a race 

 would be defeated if such excess of males were not exceptional, if we may judge by 

 the negative consequence of the polyandrous incident under notice. The subject is 

 curious and worthy of wide experiment and observation, not only in this but other 

 species of Lepidoptera, and. also in species of other Orders. Polygamy in insects 

 might also be a subject of research. — J. W. D.] 



Vanessa Antiopa at Guildford. — One of these butterflies flew against my hat 

 at noon yesterday, in the most fashionable part of Spital Street. It was as black as 

 a coal with white fringe to its wings ; was very quick in its movements and was over 

 the chimney-pots in a twinkling. — A. H. Swinton, Binfield House, Guildford : 

 September 2nd, 1880. 



Catocala fraxini near Lewes. — I had the pleasure of taking this fine insect on 

 sugar near this town on 27th September last. The specimen is in fair condition, but 

 had evidently been some time on the wing. — J. H. A. Jenxer, 4, East Street, Lewes : 

 October 19^, 1880. 



Tapinostola JBondi at Lyme Regis. — Although probably most Lepidopterists 

 are aware that T. Bondi is to be found in the neighbourhood of Lyme Regis, I do 

 not think the occurrence of this species in Devonshire has been noticed in this 

 Magazine. As the species is so extremely local, not only in this country but on the 

 continent of Europe, it may be as well to record the fact of my finding it in abund- 

 ance, in the beginning of July last, on the rough broken ground forming the slopes 

 of the cliffs immediately to the west of the cement works at Lyme Regis, well into 

 Devonshire. 



It may be worth noting, that of the only two localities in this country from 

 which this species has yet been obtained, one is in the south-east of Devon, and the 

 other in the south-east of Rent. — H. G-oss, Gloucester : October, 1880. 



[We think T. Bondi was first discovered at Lyme Regis by Mr. Wormald, as 

 noticed in the " Zoologist," vol. xxi, p. 8861 ; it ought surely to occur elsewhere on 

 the south coast between that place and Folkestone. — Eds.] 



Xylina furcifera {conformis) bred. — Like my friend Mr. W. H. Tugwell, I have 

 been tolerably successful in breeding the above. From ten eggs that hatched at the i 

 beginning of May, I succeeded in getting eight larvae to pupate by the middle \ 

 of July (the larvae grew very slowly during the first month and then fed upi 

 rapidly). The first moth appeared the 17th of September and the last this evening,;, 

 October 4th. Eight very fine examples. — William H. G-rigg, 51, Redland Road,l 

 Bristol : October 4th, 1880. 



Folia nigrocincta at sugar, in South Wales. — During the second week of 

 September, while collecting in the South of Pembrokeshire, I took a specimen ( $ ) 

 of Folia nigrocincta at sugar, in the middle of a small wood. It passed as F. 

 fiavocincta until compared with specimens of this moth, and its identity has since 

 been confirmed by Mr. Barrett. The only previous record I can find of P. nigrocincta 

 having been found in the perfect state is the report by Mr. Hopley (in E. M. M., 



