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one variety of the larva from them. There is another very 

 distinct form, having the ground colour bright pea-green. 

 Descriptions of both may be found in the Ent. Mo. Mag. for 

 February, 1880, p. 210.— Geo. T. Porritt ; Huddersfield, 

 January 3, 1885. 



LuPERiNA GUENEEi AND L. DUMERiLii. — I See L. gueueei is 

 omitted in Mr. South's list ; at least I cannot find it ; and we 

 must not have this very distinct species blotted out without 

 showing why. Now here is my proof towards its continuance. 

 In 1860 or 1861 T. Porter (still living) brought me two fine 

 specimens of a moth I did not know. They were ofboth sexes. 

 I purchased them from him, and sent them on to the Rev. H. 

 Burney, who forwarded them to Henry Doubleday. From him 

 they went to Guenee, and he returned them with the remark that 

 he had a specimen in his collection marked as avariety of L. testacea, 

 but he was quite satisfied they represented a good species when 

 he saw both sexes. H. Doubleday then named them after 

 Guenee, as the latter was evidently the original captor. I saw 

 Porter again, and he told me another man, by name H. Stephen- 

 son, had one. They took three in all near the ferry at Rhyl, 

 N. Wales. I sent Porter again, and went mj^self, but we failed to 

 find more afterwards. I bought the specimen from Stephenson, 

 and sent it on to Miss Sulivan, of Fulham, where, I suppose, it 

 remains. I think it was a female. Now could a better tale be 

 told ? By the way, how many L. dumerilii have ever been taken 

 in this country, and where are they, and who were the captors ? I 

 think while there are some of the old collectors and entomologists 

 left these things should be brought to the front. Will anyone 

 who has got L. dumerilii publish the fact and particulars of 

 its capture? — J. B. Hodgkinson ; 15, Spring Bank, Preston, 

 December 15, 1884. 



Myelois ceratonle at Greenwich. — It may be interesting 

 to some of the readers of the ' Entomologist ' to know that I took 

 a fine specimen of Myelois ceratoniee in my house on the morning 

 of December 1st. This is the third specimen I have found in 

 the same room, at different times. The first two were taken in 

 the month of July — one this year (1884), the other in 1880. I 

 believe the insects I have found came from larvse feeding in 

 almonds. I found some larvae feeding in almonds some time ago, 

 and, laying them by, I thought no more of them. At any rate, 



