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which I found their cocoons. As this tree does not belong to the 

 willow, sallow, or poplar families, which constitute, according to 

 Newman and other writers, the food-plants for D. vhmla, I think 

 this fact worth recording. Between this and Pennsylvania Castle, 

 two miles off, there are absolutely no trees, so these larvae could 

 not have wandered here to spin up. Further, I do not think 

 there is a poplar or willow in the island, and certainly not more 

 than half-a-dozen sallows. — Chas. E. Partridge; The Castle, 

 Portland, May 15, 1888. 



Stauropus fagi in Oxfordshire. — Yesterday, the 21st of 

 May, I found a fine male of the above on a fir-trunk near here, 

 on the Oxfordshire side of the Thames. It is a new insect to our 

 district, as far as I know, and rather an early appearance. — 

 W. E. Butler; 91, Chatham Street, Reading, May 22, 1888. 



Cymatophora octogesima : Information wanted. — Have any 

 readers of the ' Entomologist ' a specimen of Cymatophora octo- 

 gesima, Hb., = ocularis, L., in their collections, with only one of 

 the stigmata present, i.e., with the reniform or with the orbicular, 

 but not with both ? The Linnean description of ocularis 

 (' Systema Naturae ') is, I feel certain, our species ; but Linnaeus 

 mentions only " one small whitish ocellus, with a darker centre." 

 If such a specimen exists I should be pleased to have informa- 

 tion regarding it. I believe from the Linnean description that 

 it is the reniform which is referred to, and that the orbicular was 

 absent in his type specimen. — J. W. Tutt ; Westcombe Park, S.E. 



Unusual union between Moths.— On the 14th April last, 

 while working sallows at Darenth Wood, in company with my 

 friend Mr. J. H, Carpenter, we took, amongst other ordinary 

 visitants of sallow-bloom, a male Tceniocampa stahilis in copula 

 with a female T. gothica ; the two insects fell into the umbrella, 

 when I boxed them. Neither my friend nor myself have ever 

 come across a similar occurrence; and we should be glad to hear 

 if any other entomologists have done so. — P. F. J. Lowrey ; 

 8, Winsdale Road, Brixton Rise, May 12, 1888. 



[Many years ago, while collecting near York with the late 

 William Prest, I saw a pair of the same species in copula. 

 Although every care was taken by Mr. Prest of the ova deposited 

 by the female, they did not hatch, and were doubtless abortive. — 

 J. T. C] 



