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blue, and the scarlet band only reaching about three-quarters 

 of the usual length, with two minute white spots where the 

 bands end. I have taken a great number of this insect, but 

 this is the first striking difference I have ever met with from 

 the common type. — {Mrs.) F. I. Battersby ; Cromlyn, Ratho- 

 wen, Westmeath, August 7, 1868. 



Hermaphrodite Specimen of Satyrus Semele. — Yesterday 

 ray son captured, in my garden, a beautiful hermaphrodite 

 specimen of Satyrus Semele. The wings on the left side 

 are precisely like those of the female, and the wings on the 

 right-hand side are exactly the same as those of the male. 

 I suppose you would call it hermaphrodite, as it partakes of 

 both sexes. — Garrett Garrett ; 172, Woodhridge Road, Ips- 

 wich, July 17, 1868. 



Hermaphrodite Specimen of LyccBna Alexis. — One of the 

 most extraordinary captures on record in this neighbourhood 

 is that of a specimen of the common blue (Lycaena Alexis), 

 having both male and female in one insect as perfect as 

 possible. The upper side of the right wings, representing the 

 male, are purplish blue, the under side bluish gray, with 

 numerous black spots, and a row of orange spots parallel with 

 the hind margin of both wings ; the left wings, representing 

 the female upper side, are dingy brown with bluish shades 

 and reflections, and have six crescent-shaped orange spots 

 on each wing parallel with the hind margin ; the under side 

 is brownish gray, with numerous black spots, and a row of 

 orange spots parallel with the hind margin of both wings. — 

 John TJiorpe ; Middleton, near Manchester, August 17. 



Deilephila lineata at Middleton. — On the 9th of this 

 month Mr. John Taylor captured, in this neighbourhood, a 

 beautiful female specimen of Deilephila lineata, in good con- 

 dition. It was exhibited alive at the Middleton and Yonge 

 Naturalist's Society. — Id. 



Deilephila lineata in Yorkshire. — On July 23rd I caught 

 a very fine specimen of D. lineata on our mill-wall at Birstall. 

 — Isaac Binns; Batley, Yorkshire, July 28, 1868. 



Deilephila lineata near Truro. — On the 2nd of August 

 I took a specimen of Deilephila lineata in ray garden near 

 Txmo.— Arthur P. Nix; Miner's Bank, Truro, August 18. 



Sphinx Convolvuli and Cirrhosdia xerampdina at Don- 

 caster. — I took at sugar last evening, August 17th, in the 



