1867.] 
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p. 33. This insect, sent to Herr Kutschera by Mr. Waterhouse, has been doscribod 
under the name of Iwridipemtis. Vide Ent. Ann. 1867. p. 98. 
Besides the above, there is another species, the Qyrophmia sp. ? 6*—, of Mr. 
Waterhouse' s Paper on that genus in the Trans. Ent. Soc, 1861. This insect has 
been described by Mr. Crotch under the name of Poweri. Vide Ent. Ann., 1867, p. 
48.— B. C. Eye, 284, King's Road, Chelsea, 9th February, 1867. 
Note on Cidaria silaceata.—l believe it is generally understood that silaceata is 
double-broodod in the southern parts of England ; such, I behove, is not the case 
in the north, that is, so far as my own experience goes. In Juno, 1865, I took two 
or three specimens of this species at Bishopswood, near Lawood, one of which 
kindly laid me a few eggs. In due time the larvje came forth, and fed up by the 
end of July, when they changed to pupas. As I understood this species was double- 
brooded, I kept a sharp look-out for the images, but none made their appearance 
in 1865. In May, 1866, the first moth, a fine dark specimen, made its dehut. I 
think, beyond doubt, that silaceata is not double-brooded here. Of course there 
are exceptions to all rules, and odd specimens of this species may make their 
appearance in August or September ; but those, in my opinion, prove the exception 
and not the rule.— W. Prest, 6, Castlegate, York. 
St'ijlops emerging five months after the death of the lee. — On the 18th July, 1866, 
I captured, at Ipswich, a male of Andrena convexiuscula, Smith, the abdomen of 
which was much distorted with a Stylops on the left side, about the juncture of the 
3rd and 4th segments. On returning home I placed it in my collection, and on 
the 4th December last put it in a pocket-box by itself, in order to name it, as I 
was then not certain of the species. On opening the box on the 13th December, 
I was astonished to find a live male Stylnps, which had evidently just emerged 
from the bee. The pocket-box had never been used before.— G. A. James Rothney, 
Queen's Eoad, South Norwood, 2nd February, 1867. 
Capture of a second British example of Xylina Zinckenii. — In the note I sent 
you some time ago (vide ante p. 207), I mentioned having caught a Noctua of which 
I had not then found out the name. I took it to an entomologist, and he wrote 
back that it was the new species, Xylina Zindcenii. It was taken at sugar on a 
young elm tree, in the month of October ; locality mentioned in my former note. — 
Hon. Spencer Canning, 51, St. George's Square, S.W., Jan. 26, 1867. 
[The example of Zinckenii above referred to has been seen by Mr. Doubleday, 
and also by ourselves. — Eds.] 
Note on Xylina Zinckenii. — In the Entomologist's Annual my friend Dr. Knaggs 
states that M. Guenee's remarks upon what Pabricius says of this species (supposing 
it to be his Lamda) surprise him. I think them very just, as I cannot see any resem- 
blance between it and Acronycta Psi either in form, colour, or markings. It is veiy 
nearly allied to X. conformis, and some of the specimens approach this species so 
closely that, but for their smaller size, they might easily be confounded with it. 
I possess two from Lapland which have hardly a. trace of the ordinary black 
mai'kings on the superior wings. 
