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Re-occurrence of StatlMnnpoda pedella. ^-On the 7th inst., my brother secured a 

 single specimen of this sjiecies at West End, Hampstead, in exactly the same spot 

 as the two specimens captured there in 18G1 (vide " Intelligencer," Vol. x., p. 131). 

 He saw another, but it escaped him. I have been twice since, but have not met 

 with any further examples. — Percy C. Woemald, 35, Bolton Road, St. John's 

 Wood, N.W,, 9th July, 1867. 



Note on the ceconomy of Colias Edusa. — Aug. 16. — While out for a walk to-day, 

 I observed a female Edusa very busily engaged in depositing its eggs on some 

 clover, and was fortunate enough to secure three of the eggs. I find, on consulting 

 several works on Lepidoptera, that the larva should be looked for in June and July, 

 and here we have eggs in the middle of August. If any of your readers can tell 

 me whether the insect remain in the egg state until the spring I shall feel obliged. — 

 J. Ingram, Nettlestone, Rydc. 



Capture of DioAithwcia Barrettii.—Mr. Birchall having kindly indicated to us 

 the locality for this insect, Mr. A. G. Moore and I went to search for it on the 27th 

 of June. We were fortunate enough to take six specimens, but at tliis date some- 

 what worn, so we conclude that a week earlier would be a better time to find the 

 insect in perfect condition. On the same occasion we met with D. capsophila (1), 

 X). cucubali (1), Eupithecia venosata (very fine), Melanippe galiata, Acidalia suh- 

 sericeata, Eupcecilia albicapitana, &c. The above insects are now in the collection 

 belonging to the Royal Dublin Society. — W. F. Kirby, R, D. S., Dublin. 



Note on the colouring and marlcings of Anthocaris carda/mines, Sfc. — In the 

 August number of this Magazine, Dr. Sharp offers an opinion that no object is 

 probable for the vai-iation of the sexes in A. cardat nines. It is true that in 

 Anthocharis and the allied genus Zagris, the " orange tip " is often peculiar to the 

 males, but in some species both sexes are without this adornment. In an interesting 

 note read at the Entomological Society, May 4th, 1863, Mr. T. W. Wood has shown 

 the use of the colouring of the under-side of A. cardajinines, as assimilating it to the 

 colour of the plants on which it prefers to settle. The question of the greater 

 adornment of the male sex in animals has frequently been discussed ; but in the 

 case of Anthocaris I am about to suggest a reason for the female being without the 

 orange spot. The females of most Lepidopterous insects are much less noticed on 

 the wing than the males. Now, if we consider that the safety of the females is of 

 greater importance to the continuance of the species than that of the males, we 

 can understand why they are less adorned and less conspicuous. Moreover, the 

 want of the orange blotch assimilates the appearance of the females to that of the 

 genus Pieris, several species of which are abundant in Europe. It is not improbable 

 that the elimination of the orange spot may be still going on ; for in the aberrant 

 European species of the BeUa-gronp the orange blotch is wanting in both sexes, 

 and in Zagris Eupheme it varies greatly in size and conspicuousness, so far as I 

 know, without reference to sex. — Id. 



Notes on CMgoconia, quadripuncta ( Kinder manniella, Z.). — This not generally 

 abundant little moth has been tolerably common in the cellar of this house during 



