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possibly have got into the box, as it was in my desk, and I had 

 ahiiost forgotten it. Of course the larvae were all dead, or I 

 should have tried to rear them. Perhaps your readers may 

 enlighten me on the subject. — J. A. Watson; Carsick Hill, near 

 Sheffield. 



Retinia duplana. — Mr. Barrett informs me that my supposed 

 Retinia duplana is a male of Eriopsela quadrana. The specimen 

 was named from a type in Mr. Hodgkinson's collection, and the 

 mistake is thus accounted for. I owe Mr. Barrett my thanks for 

 thus putting the identity of the insect beyond a doubt. — J. H. 

 Threlfall ; Preston. 



Pterophorus serotinus. — What a long time this species 

 continues on the wing ! In an old rough field, overgrown with 

 Scahiosa, adjoining Lepton Great Wood, near here, I have taken 

 it this year continually from June 12th until to-day, October 14th. 

 In July it was in great abundance, and has gradually decreased in 

 numbers since. I only took it in fine condition early in the season, 

 or should have thought the late specimens belonged to a second 

 brood. — Geo. T, Porritt; Huddersfield. 



CissoPHAGUS HEDERiE, Schiiidt. — Dr. Capron, in last month's 

 'Entomologist' (Entom. xv. 212), expressed his opinion that 

 Cissophagus hederce ought not to be omitted from our lists. He 

 is certainly right in the matter, apart from the fact that he has 

 himself taken the insect. In the 'Entomologist's Annual' for 

 1872, p. 86, Mr. Bye speaks of it as a "somewhat rare British 

 insect;" and reference will be found to it in Ent. Mo. Mag. viii. 

 107. The genus Cissophagus was founded by Chapuis to contain 

 this insect, and he also founded the genus Xylechinus for Cai'- 

 pliohorus pilosuB ; neither of these genera, however, are now 

 admitted into the European catalogue ; Carphohorus is made to 

 include X. pilosus, and Cissophagus hedens is considered a part of 

 the genus Hylurgus. To this genus we must also add in the 

 British list, Hylurgus minor. Hart., and probably H. ligniperda, 

 Fabr., of which I believe there is a specimen in Mr. Bye's 

 collection, now in the possession of Mr. Mason. It is an ordinary 

 south and mid-European species. We must also insert close to 

 Scolytus the very distinct Polygraphus puhescens, Fabr., which 

 was taken some years ago by Mr. Lawson, near Scarborougb, 



