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when young, but when about three-parts grown they are 

 easily distinguished, and move about, — probably for fresh 

 food, as they never seem to entirely consume a leaf or to 

 touch an old one. No doubt they are picked off by birds, as 

 they gradually diminished in number; and only two, which I 

 protected with muslin, reached the pupa state. This year 

 also there were several eggs on the same plant; and on the 

 30th of May three larvae about half an inch long were feeding. 

 The variety Cleopatra is said usually to feed on R. Alaternus ; 

 possibly that plant may be more abundant in Southern 

 Europe than R. catharticus and Frangula. This variety and 

 the typical Rhamni have been stated to have been reared by 

 Dr. Boisduval from "one brood;" whether this means from 

 eggs laid by one female or from larvae found feeding on one 

 plant, I do not know; if the latter, it would be no proof that 

 they are the same species, as the eggs are laid singly, widely 

 apart, and there is not the slightest reason to conclude that 

 the eggs on one plant are all laid by one female ; the 

 probability is, in fact, the other way, for the butterfly is 

 plentiful, and flies from shrub to shrub, depositing only a few 

 eggs on each, even when the shrubs are comparatively large. 

 — A^. C. Tuely; Mortimer Lodge, Wimbledon Park, June 

 5, 1875. 



Lyceena Acis near Cardiff. — On Saturday last, the 4th of 

 June, I had the pleasure of taking one male specimen of 

 Lycaena Acis, at Penarth, near Cardiff, South Wales. Last 

 year I captured ten specimens (eight males and two females). 

 Alfred F. Langley ; Cardiff, June 10, 1875. 



Pale male of Bomhyx Quercus. — I had the good fortune to 

 capture in July, 1874, a male Bombyx Quercus, exactly the 

 colour of the female. I think this variety is very scarce. — 

 John Sumner ; Halsall Moor, Ormskirk, Lancashire. 



Choerocampa lineata in Glamorgan. — On May 27th I 

 had a specimen of C. lineata brought me alive. It was taken 

 in a cottage in this town. — Evan John ; Llantrisant, Gla- 

 morgan. 



Food-plant of Phigalia pilosaria (Entom. viii. 142). — I 

 see in the 'Entomologist' for June you say of Phigalia 

 pilosaria that you " know of no other food-plant" than oak. 

 I bred a good many from the egg in 1873 — 4: they eat not 

 only oak, but plum, pear, hawthorn, and wych-elm ; preferring 



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