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rare pugs (irriguata and consignata) have been bred by 

 Mrs. Hutchinson. And a series of wonderful varieties of 

 C. immanata, black, with clearly defined white markings, 

 has been bred by Mr. Doubleday from eggs received from 

 Orkney through the late Edward Hopley. 



Among Pyrales the most remarkable incident has been 

 the occurrence in Norfolk of Lemiodes pulveralis^ a species 

 (and genus too) but last year for the first time introduced to 

 our lists, at which time the insect had been captured almost 

 simultaneously in two distinct south-coast localities. At 

 Folkestone, this season, quite a haul of it is said to have been 

 made, and the questions arise in our mind, " Has Lemiodes 

 hitherto been overlooked in this country ?" or " Is it one of 

 those queer things, which, like Sterrha sacraria, Spilodes 

 palealh, &c., start up mysteriously at intervals to disappear 

 again as unaccountably ?" Should the answer to the former 

 question be in the affirmative, we may naturally expect that 

 pulveraUs will soon become a common British insect. In 

 favour of this view the fact, that two of the haunts in which 

 the moth has been found are of the marshy character so 

 congenial to the species, must be taken into consideration ; 

 and the third locality, for aught I know to the contrary, may 

 present the same fen-like appearance. Then, again, the very 

 thoughts of working a district of this kind, especially after 

 dusk, is repugnant to the feelings of the bulk of collectors, 

 though the few who do hunt in such places rarely fail of 

 meeting with their reward. This, coupled with the incon- 

 spicuous nature of the insect, may have had much to do 

 with its having escaped notice. Its occurrence in large 

 numbers, in one of the localities, too, would seem to 

 strengthen this hypothesis ; but the argument is by no means 

 conclusive, for S. palealis has occurred in various parts of 

 the country — sometimes one might say in profusion — and 

 sacraria has at times been sufficiently common, yet where 



