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difficult than to introduce reforms or alter preconceived notions, no 

 matter how erroneous, one is more convinced of every day. In any 

 case, the majority of the world's entomologists are of my opinion, and 

 English colleagues will undoubtedly follow their example sooner or 

 later. — M. Jacoby. 



The Lkpidopteka of Portland. — We have not seen the work, but 

 we understand that a list of Portland Lepidoptera, by Mr. N. M. 

 Richardson, has been recently published. 



Eggs of British Lepidoptera for Figuring. — Mr. E. Wheeler, 

 The Triangle, Clifton, is figuring eggs of British Lepidoptera, and has 

 at the present time drawn the ova of some seventy species. Further 

 progress of the work is rather impeded by lack of material, and he 

 would be glad to receive an egg or two of any species he is in want of. 



Application for British Platypezid^e. — I have been studying and 

 describing British Syrphidre, Pipunculid?e, and Platypezids, for the 

 last few years ; and while I think I have seen and described nearly all 

 the Syrphidfe and Pipunculidas, I have lamentably failed in the genus 

 Platypeza, and I may even admit that after more than thirty years' 

 collecting I have not seen a good pair of even one species of that 

 genus, though about a dozen species occur in Britain. I possess 

 various good specimens of Ccdlimyia; but of Platypeza, though I have 

 twenty or thirty F. modesta, for instance, I have not seen a single male 

 fit for description. If anybody can send me good specimens of Platy- 

 pezidfe I shall be glad to see them, and will undertake to quickly 

 return them ; and I may say that I would very willingly name any 

 Pipunculidte, or difficult species of Syrphidae belonging to such genera 

 as Chrysofjaster or Pipiza. — G. H. Verrall ; Sussex Lodge, Newmarket. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Plcsia moneta in Surrey. — Last year I recorded the occurrence of 

 P. moneta at Weybridge. This year no fewer than fourteen larvae or cocoons 

 have been found by myself and friends in the same garden in which they 

 were discovered last year, on the leaves of Delphinium. It seems as though 

 P. moneta had definitively established itself here. — (Rev.) J. E. Tarbat. 



Plusia moneta in Sussex. — On June 30th I took two Plusia moneta 

 flying over valerian in a garden near Balcombe, Sussex. They were 

 exceedingly fine specimens both in respect of size and condition, and I took 

 them within five minutes of one another about 9.30 p.m. Through the 

 remainder of that evening, and through the two evenings following, I 

 sought diligently, but no more fell to my lot. — Selwyn Image ; 0, South- 

 ampton Street, Bloomsbury, W.C., July 14ih, 1897. 



Plusia moneta in Kent. — My son caught, last night, in my garden 

 here, Plusia moneta. — This makes the eighth I have taken in this locality 

 since 1890. — R. A. Dallas Beeching ; 24, St. James Road, Tunbridge 

 Wells, July 21st, 1897. 



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