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Joint Cocoons. — In breeding Bowbi/x caatroisu this year I have 

 three times found two pupre in one cocoon, i. e., not merely two 

 cocoons joining one another, but two pupae actually touching each 

 other as they lay side by side in a single large covering of silk. 

 Evidently the larvae worked in concert with some degree of intelligence. 

 Their heads pointed in the same direction, and one opening served for 

 both to emerge. I have not seen this noticed before. Is it a known 

 habit ? — W. Claxton ; Navestock Vicarage, Romford. 



Sesia culioiformis, variety. — Last spring I obtained pupae of 

 S. culiciformis from two woods in "Worcestershire, and on May 27th 

 was surprised to see a fine specimen with no trace of a belt of any 

 colour, and absolutely without the usual red and golden coloration on 

 the wings. The palpi, too, are black ; in fact, the insect has no sign 

 of other colour than purplish black. I should be interested to hear if 

 there are other specimens of this variety in existence. All my other 

 specimens so far are of the ordinary type. — H. V. Plum; Epsom 

 College, May 29th, 1906. 



Ephemera lineata. — On July 16th last a young entomological 

 friend, Master J. Edwards, gave me a specimen of this may-fly, which 

 he took on the wing the evening before at Knight's Park, Kingston-on- 

 Thames. In previous years I have received one or two odd specimens 

 from Kingston, Surbiton, Teddington, and Walton-on-Thames. Eaton, 

 in his Monograph (Trans. Ent. See. Lond. 1871), gives the Thames 

 and the Kennet near Reading as its British localities. Possibly this 

 one spent its early days in the Hogg's Mill Stream, which passes 

 through Kingston on its way to join the Thames. The species is 

 distinguished with no great difficulty by means of the linear marks on 

 the dorsal surface of the abdomen. It is later in emerging and some- 

 what larger and paler than the common may-fly. Ephemera vuhjata. 

 The remaining British species of the genus, E. danica, apparently 

 prefers faster cooler streams. — W. J. Lucas ; Kingston-on-Thames. 



Erratum. — In my note on Orobena straminalis [ante, p. 118), I see 

 that "Bletchworth" is printed instead of "Betchworth." — H. V. Plum. 



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Deilepiiila (Phryxus) livornica, &c., in Dorsetshire. — I note the 

 report of my captures of 1). livornica and Heliothis pel tiger a in your 

 valuable paper of this month [ante, p. 162), but I forgot to add that 

 they were taken in the Dorset portion of Bournemouth — i. e. Brank- 

 some — not Hampshire. Would you kindly notify this for county 

 references in your next issue ? — W. G. Hooker ; 125, Old Christchurch 

 Road, Bournemouth, July 14th, 1906. 



Larva of Deilephila (Phryxus) livornica in Sussex. — A larva of a 

 hawk-moth, which I believe to be D. livornica, was found in a sunny 

 garden in Lewes, and brought to me yesterday. It was reposing for 

 change into its last (?) skin. Probably others are to be found this year 



