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from laud. Mr. McLachlan furnishes the following parti- 

 culars in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for 1885 : — 

 "My friend, R. H. Scott, Esq., F.R.S., Secretary to the 

 Council of the Meteorological Office, recently gave me a 

 good specimen of D. pulchdla^ which had been forwarded 

 by Captain Renaut of the sailing-vessel Plcionc, one of those 

 who keep a log-book in connection with the office. A 

 memorandum accompanying the moth stated that it was 

 captured on March 27th, 1885, in lat. 0^ 47' N., long. 

 32'' 50' W., the vessel at the time being homeward bound 

 from Wellington, New Zealand, and had not touched at 

 any other port. The position lies about 960 miles S.W. 

 of the southernmost of the Cape Verde Islands ; about 

 410 miles N.E. of the nearest point on the South American 

 coast ; and about 260 miles W.S.W. of the barren islet 

 known as St. Paul. As the fact was interesting I obtained, 

 through the courtesy of Captain Renaut, some additional 

 information : — ' There were a great many about the ship — 

 many hundreds I should say — as parts of the rigging, 

 spars, &c., were covered with them. The wind for four 

 days previously had been very light from various quarters, 

 most N.W., N., and N.E., and many hours calm, with very 

 little rain. The N.E. trade wind does occasionally extend 

 to that position at that time of year, but we did not get it 

 till lat. 1° 0' N., long. 33" 0' W. I may say that I have 

 frequently in that part of the ocean had moths and 

 butterflies come on board.' The question now is, Whence 

 did these insects come ? D. pvlcheUa has not, I think, been 

 noticed in South America. St. Paul's Rock may also be left 

 out of consideration. I incline, therefore, to the Cape 

 Verdes. After this experience in Mid-Atlantic, is it 

 suprising that stragglers of this pretty moth occasionally 

 visit our islands ? " 



Clearly it is not at all surprising, but exactly what might 

 be expected. As a rule, our specimens are found on the 

 south coast, sometimes within a few hundred yards of the 



