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I should be very glad if any continental collector would tell me if they 

 have ever met with it. I also took, on Aug. 27th, in the same locality, 

 a male specimen of this species in which the entire orange ground- 

 colour of both wings was vividly shot with pink-mauve, a few of the 

 females possessing a very slight inclination to the same. Is this a com- 

 mon feature in fresh specimens of C. chrysotheme ? — M. E. Fountains ; 

 7, Lansdowne Place (East), Bath, Oct. 1897. 



Monographs of the Genera of Lepidoptera. — Messrs. L. Eeeve & Co. 

 announce that they are about to publish a series of Monographs of the 

 genera of Lepidoptera. The first of the series will be on the genus Tera- 

 coins, by Miss E. M. Bowdler-Sharpe ; this will be illustrated by figures 

 of all known species from drawings by Miss Maud Horman-Fisher. 



Larva of Lophyrus pini feeding on Heather. — The sawfly larvae 

 referred to {ante, p. 69) emerged as perfect insects June 6th and 11th. 

 Mr. W. F. Kirby, who kindly identified the species for me, writes : — 

 " The sawflies prove to be Lophyrus pini, Linn., a common species 

 enough ; but yet you have made a discovery of some interest and 

 importance, for Cameron says the Lophyridinfe feed exclusively on 

 Coniferae ; and I am not sure that any sawfly has hitherto been recorded 

 to feed on heath." — J. Arkle ; Chester. 



BoMBYx RUBi Larv^. — I have several times kept these over the 

 winter under a bell-glass in an orchard, feeding them with bramble. 

 I have reared Arctiafuliginosa in the same way. — E. Meynell; Durham. 



Further Note on Stauropus fagi. — Referring to my last note to 

 you on S. fagi (ante, p. 270), I may say that the larvae are now spinning 

 up all right, also that, although they were eight days less in the egg state, 

 they were eight days longer in the larval state than the spring brood. 

 From the time the eggs were deposited to the time the first larva spun 

 up exactly fifty-seven days elapsed in the case of each brood ; so what 

 the second brood gained in the egg state they lost in the larval state. — 

 W. E. Butler; Hayling House, Oxford Road, Reading, Oct. 11, 1897. 



Larva of Lophopteryx camelina feeding on Wild Cherry. — When 

 sugaring last month for Xanthia aurago, I found a larva of L. camelina 

 feeding on wild cherry. I cannot find it given as a food-plant for that 

 species in any of the books I have. — W. E. Butler ; Hayling House, 

 Oxford Road, Reading, Oct. 11, 1897. 



Larentia flavicinctata in Ireland. — A specimen of this species, 

 taken in Antrim, was exhibited at the September meeting of the South 

 London Entomological and Natural History Society. 



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Ennomos autumnaria (alniaria) in South Hants. — A specimen of 

 this rare moth was taken here (Portchester) during the third week in Sep- 

 tember, by Mr. Thomas Russell, who has kindly given it to me. It was 

 in good condition. According to Kirby this insect is rare in England: is 

 that so? — Madeline J. Stakes; Portchester, Oct. 9th, 1897. 



[Although the occurrence of this species in a wild state in England 



