202 THE KN TO MO LOU 1ST. 



into an envelope, so you may fancy what excellent cabinet 

 specimens tliey were when I got them : the third was in 

 excellent condition. Privet moths have been very abundant; 

 I have found the larvae feeding on ash, lilac and privet this^ 

 year. Not a single death's-head. Elephant larvae tolerably 

 abundant. — Steplien Clogg ; East Looe^ CorinvaU. 



The Black Ainp/njdasis betiilarla. — Last winter I obtained 

 two pupa) of this species, each of which produced the black 

 variety, male and female. The previous season I found one 

 pupa at the same tree, which also produced a black speci- 

 men. — K. Kay. 



The Reed Moth at Franiliugham. — While walking round 

 the moat of the Castle at Framlingham with a friend, 1 ob- 

 served the centre of the reeds dying off, and from mere curiosity 

 I cut one off at the bottom, and, unfolding the leaves, to my 

 great surprise I found the caterpillar of the reed moth (whicli 

 I believe is rather rare). I at once made the fact known to 

 Mr. R. W. Ranson : it was rather late in the season, and 

 nnfortunately he could not obtain many duplicates. — Ray- 

 mond Fuller King ; Albert College, Framliiighani, Suffolk. 



Cireene's ^Insect Hunters Companion.'' — I learn from my 

 friend the Rev. Joseph Greene that he has" received many 

 applications respecting this valuable little work. The subject 

 of reprinting it is under consideration, and, if concluded on, 

 every particular will be announced in the 'Entomologist.' — 

 Edward Newman. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London. 



November 2, 1868.^ — H. W. Bales, Esq., President, in ihe 

 chair. 



The President exhibited specimens of Vanessa Urticae and 

 Zygaina FilipenduL-e from the Isle of Man, remarkable for 

 their small size. The following note by the captor, Mr. 

 Edwin Birchall, was read : — "1 captured about twenty spe- 

 cimens of Vanessa Urticae in the Isle of Man in June last, all 

 of the same diminutive size as the examples sent for ex- 

 hibition. The outline of the wings is more angular than in 

 English specimens, the black spots either larger in pro- 

 portion, or, in the case of the two spots in the centre of the 



