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displayed in this book, published by J. W. Parker, West Strand, 

 in 1849, we had no idea. 



We have just been enjoying the very capital cinematographic 

 Dj/tiscus and its larva, at the New Egyptian Hall, in Piccadilly. 

 The record of each movement is thrilling; and we hope the idea 

 may be extended to other orders of insects. 



C. M. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Unusual Pairing of Moths. — It may be of interest to record 

 the capture in the Norfolk Broads, on August 12th last, of a male 

 N. hreviUnaa paired with a female L. ivipura. The female laid a nice 

 batch of ova in a reed stem, but unfortunately these failed to hatch. — 

 E. Geoffrey Todd ; The Limes, Hadley Green, Barnet, December 

 16th, 1910. 



Syntomis rubicunda. — This African moth w^as originally described 

 by Mabille in 1892 (Ann. Soc. Ent. France; Bull. p. cxxxix.), but 

 was redescribed and figured by Mabille and Vuillot in 1895. Hamp- 

 son, who examined the type, has treated it as a synonyn of ;S'. leucery- 

 thra, Holland, 1893, being evidently aware only of the 1895 description. 

 The object of this note is to point out that rubicunda was really 

 published first, and is the valid name. — T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Smerinthus ocellatus in the North Sea. — A friend has just 

 handed me a specimen of Smerinthus ocellatus which alighted, on 

 June 12th last, on a steamer in the North Sea, about one hundred 

 and fifty miles south-west of Esberg in Denmark. My friend tells 

 me that he kept it alive for two days on sugar and water, but it 

 was evidently too exhausted to recover. This appears to me to be 

 interesting as, so far as I know, the migratory instincts of this 

 species have been but little recorded. — A. H. Jones; Shrublands, 

 Eltham, December 9th, 1910. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Macaria liturata var. nigrofulvata in North Lancashire. — 



I took a larva of this interesting variety from Scotch fir, in Low 

 Wood, Holker, September 12th, 1909. The moth emerged in June, 

 1910, and is identical with Cheshire (Delamere Forest) specimens. — 

 T. Baynes ; 70, Sunderland Terrace, Ulverston, N. Lancashire. 



Xylophasia zollikoferi in Britain, 1910. — I beg to record the 

 capture of a male specimen of X. zollikoferi at Metbley on August 

 12tb, 1910. It was shaken out of a bunch of withered leaves. I sent 

 it to G. T. Porritt, Esq., of Huddersfield, who has identified it for 

 me. He also informs me that it is in better condition than the other 

 three recorded British specimens he has seen. — John T. Wigin ; 

 Methley, Leeds, December 10th, 1910. 



