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last October I took two good specimens of this insect off the 

 gas lamps : they were flying with Xanthia Cerago, &c. I see 

 that Newman gives the month of June in his 'British Motlis,' 

 p. 280. I also took one on October 7th, 1872. Would you 

 kindly inform me if this is of frequent occurrence, or whether 

 the moth is double-brooded ? All three seemed fresh from 

 the chrysalis; and 1 have never seen a June specimen. — 

 D. Price ; West Street, Horsham, May 7, 1874. 



[Mr. Price will find a paper on this subject at p. 121 of the 

 present number. — Edward Newman.] 



Scolosia Certaia. — 1 netted a specimen of this insect here, 

 on May 11th, when the weather was raw and cold. — TV. 

 Macinillan ; Castle Cary, Somerset, May 14, 1874. 



Variety of Pieris Rapce. — On the 15th of March, in the 

 present year, a good specimen of Pieris Rapae was found 

 in-doors, at Billingford Rectory, East Dereham-, Norfolk, at 

 about half-past ten o'clock at night. It is one inch seven 

 lines in the expansion of the wings; it has the markings of 

 the ordinary tlapae, but the wings on the upper side are of a 

 dull yellowish tint, more so than 1 have ever seen in this 

 species, whereas all the wings on the under side arc of a 

 yellow, very nearly as bright as that of the male Rhamni. 

 Can you give me any information about this ? — E. S. Dash- 

 ivood ; Billingford Rectory, East Dereham, Norfolk, May 

 2, 1874. 



[I can hardly express an opinion from this description. 

 The under side of Pieris Rapae is yellower than the upper 

 side ; but a variety of this species is occasionally found 

 of an intensely bright yellow on the upper side. The 

 late Mr. Curtis possessed such a specimen. — Edward 

 Newman.] 



Supposed Death-watch. — The beetle sent is Dermestes 

 murinus. It is not known to me as the author of that ticking 

 which is called the ''death-watch." If, therefore, the state- 

 ment made by "A Good Observer" can be authenticated by a 

 real name and address, it will be interesting and acceptable. 

 Without such authentication I cannot publish it. — Edward 

 Newman. 



Gall of Andricits quadrilineatus (H.) in Essex. — This gall 

 was first noticed as British by Mr. Traill last year (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. X. 39), who met with it at Aberdeen. I am now finding 



