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I believe, however, that my friend took a specimen of 

 Myrlilli; but at any rate we took three nearly full-grown 

 larvae of that species, for which I find September and 

 October are the reputed months; and from these a moth 

 emerged in my breeding-cage on June 8ih.— [Rev.] E. H. 

 Egles; Enfield, June 18, 1874. 



Platypierix Sicula near Bristol. — I have to record the 

 capture by myself, in Leigh Woods, on the 6th and 10th of 

 last month, of three examples of this rare hooktip,— a male 

 and two females; and on the 17th a male, by Mr. A. E. 

 Hudd; this latter apparently just emerged. Another fine 

 male was taken on the 27th by a visitor to Clifton. 1 believe 

 the last recorded capture of Sicula was in 1859, when seven- 

 teen specimens were taken. Altogether, to the present time, 

 some twenty-five would be in existence in different collections. 

 Perhaps it would not be out of place were I to mention a 

 little adventure, in connection with my above-mentioned 

 capture, which befel me in one of my excursions to these 

 celebrated woods, and which at one time assumed rather a 

 serious aspect. I was forcing my way through some dense 

 undergrowth, when I had the misfortune to walk into one of 

 the many excavations that occur in these woods, and of 

 which I had no previous knowledge. It seems now perfectly 

 marvellous how I could have fallen such a depth (upwards of 

 thirty feet) without sustaining some injury beyond a iew 

 trifling scratches, and of course a good shaking ; but such 

 was fortunately the case ; and the fact of having fallen on ray 

 feet, and the bottom of the hole being composed of soft 

 mire, would partly account for ray escaping with so little 

 bodily hurt. Had I broken or sprained a limb, in all proba- 

 bility I could not have made any subsequent attempt to 

 extricate myself, and the chance of being heard would have 

 been slight indeed, as 1 was in a part of the wood seldom 

 visited by the keepers. For nearly two hours was I in this 

 predicament, but at last managed to scramble out with the 

 assistance of a half-rotten pole, which providentially had been 

 thrown into the hole (as I afterwards heard) by a keeper, 

 some seven years previously. My feelings of thankfulness 

 can well be imagined, for without this aid I certainly could 

 not have got out, unless help had reached me from another 

 quarter. This hole was some four feet in circumference at 



