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Newhaveu." "In the autumn of 1868 Miss Hore, a lady residing 

 at Patcham, near Brighton, took a specimen at light." " In 

 1871 Mr. D'Orville, of Alphington, near Exeter, took a 

 specimen at sugar, with which he had baited a corymb of 

 the common tansy.'' "This beautiful species occurs through- 

 out the central countries of Europe, extending abundantly 

 into the Channel Islands; also in Western Asia, as Asia 

 Minor and Palestine. It may now be safely added to the 

 British list. — Edivard Newman.'''' This was written in March, 

 1872. 'British Moths' was completed in 1869; but the 

 numbers containing the ''tigers" were published, without the 

 author's knowledge or consent, many years earlier, — Ed.'\ 



Buff-coloured Metrocampa margaritata, dec, — I am inclined 

 to think Mr. T. H. Ormston Pease's buff-coloured Metrocampa 

 margaritata (Entora. ix. 161) was merely a faded specimen. 

 Many of the green species of Lepidoptera seem liable to 

 fade to this tint, and being tolerably perfect in other respects 

 are often very deceptive. I remember ten years, or more, 

 ago, taking a Pseudopterpna cytisaria of this colour, which 

 stood for several years in ray collection as a good variety, 

 until I detected the error, when of course the wretched thing 

 was at once turned out. — Geo. T. Porrilt ; Huddersfieldy 

 July 10, 1876. 



C. — ZygcBua Jilipendulte. — Master Robertson has just 

 caught a number of specimens of Z. filipendulae at Dulwich. 

 Is it not unusual for this insect to occur so near London .? 



[Zygaena filipendulae used to occur in many localities 

 nearer London than Dulwich. These have disappeared as 

 the suburbs have steadily extended; but even yet there are 

 several, one being in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, 

 where they occur not unfrequently. — Ed.~\ 



Miss Bayley. — Transmission of Lepidoptera by Post. — 

 Can you kindly tell me which is the best method of 

 transmitting imagos and larva3 by post? Cross pinning is 

 recommended for the former; but it seems to me that the 

 insects run a great chance of being rubbed. For larvae, the 

 difficulty would be to give them air. 



[For the guidance of Miss Bayley and other readers we 

 offer a few notes on the best way of succeeding in the 

 transmission of entomological specimens by post without 

 injury. Probably the most important matter is in the choice of 

 postal boxes for sending away perfect insects. Those usually 



