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With the exception of the loss of one antenna she was unscathed, and, by 

 next day, had laid one yellow egg, now bi-ight pink, which I take to be a proof of 

 fertility. I shall, of course, take whisky-toddy eveiy night at el^en, with the 

 window thrown open, for some time to come. — ■George Gascoyne." 



[Perhaps the above extract from the letter of an esteemed entomological 

 friend, whose permission I have to publish it, may interest the readers of the 

 E. M. M.— Edward Hopley.] 



Occurrence of Sterrha sacraria in the North of Perthshire. — At about two o'clock 

 in the afternoon of the 14th of August, after walking over an unprodvictive tract 

 of country in the north of Perthshire, during my stay at Rannoch, I was meditating 

 on the consolations to be derived from my untouched flask of "whoskey" and its 

 companion pipe, and reflecting rather ruefully on the few Tortrices in my pocket — 

 sole result of four hours' labour, when a small moth, flitting gently fi-om a patch 

 of grass, settled almost at my feet. I knelt down to examine the crevice into 

 which the new comer had retreated, and there — most lovely and welcome sight — 

 was Sterrha sacraria ! Nothing but the biggest pill-box I had about me could be 

 worthy of so illustrious a visitor ; and, having sumptuously installed him therein, 

 T postponed my lunch sine die and set to work to find another. Whether the sight 

 of an entomologist on his knees had proved propitiatory I cannot say, but a few 

 steps further on a second specimen stole gently from his retirement, and went to 

 keep the first company. In about an horn- I found a third, and with these — all 

 males ! — I trudged home well pleased. Many profitless hours I spent afterwards 

 at the same spot, in hopes of obtaining the other sex. — J. B. Blackburn, Grass- 

 meade, Wandsworth, September, 1867. 



Sterrha sacraria in Dorsetshire. — My son Edward took a male sacraria here on 

 Saturday last. — J. C. Dale, Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset, 3rd September, 1867. 



Note on the ceconomy of Colias Edusa. — I have lately heard from Mr. Jeffrey, of 

 Eatham, near Chichester, that towards the middle of August he observed a $ , very 

 bright and fresh-looking, laying eggs on clover leaves, some of which he gathered 

 and took home ; and in a few days the young larvas hatched, but died from neglect 

 during his absence. 



Query : — Was it a hybernated ? living till then, or the parent of a second 

 brood ? — Wm. Buckler, Emsworth, September 4th. 



*#* Colias Edusa has been observed to oviposit even as late as the middle of 

 September.— H. G. K. 



Oucullia gnnphalii bred. — On June 2nd I was delighted to see a specimen of 

 this rare " shai-k " sitting on the side of my breeding-cage. The larva from which 

 it was bred was taken by me last autumn. — E. G. Meek, la, Paradise Row, Old 

 Ford iload, E. 



Furficulii. auricnlariaJiyintj.—Laiit night, in our garden, I caught with my net 

 a large earwig flying. Papa told me that its proper name is as above, and that it 

 is rarely seen on the wing. —William D. Douglas, 7, Kiugswood Place, Lee, 

 Aug. 3lst, 1867. 



