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Sphinx Convolvuli was captured in a mechanic’s shop at 
Copley, near Stalybridge, on the 3rd of October, and is now 
in wy possession.—Mark Kershaw ; Hillgate Street, Hurst 
Brook, Ashton-under-Lyne. 
S. Convolvuli at Highgate-—A fine specimen of this 
insect was captured at Highgate, on the 7th inst., by Mr. 
E. Danty, on a public-house window.— W. E. Davis. 
Zygena Filipendule in October.—Having returned from 
a hard day’s digging, I wish to send you, so that you may 
receive it living, a specimen of Filipendule. I have never. 
seen it before, except in the usual season; nor have I heard, 
so far as I recollect, of its appearing at this date. I saw it on 
the wing, and at first quite failed to recognize it at such 
a time: but soon saw it was a burnet or cinnabar. —h. F, 
Towndrow ; Woburn Cottage, Malvern, Lincolnshire, Octo- 
ber 18, 1871. 
It is a very unusual circumstance to capture Zygena Fili- 
pendule in October: it must, of course, be a second brood. 
It is, apparently, just out of the chrysalis. I am obliged for 
the specimen. 
Deiopeia pulchella Bred in England.—The numerous 
accounts, which appeared in the ‘Entomologist’ for last 
month, of the capture of D. pulchella, remind me that I have 
often thought it might be worth while recording in its pages 
the fact that Pulchella has been bred in this country, and that 
not many years ago. It was, I believe, in 1856 that a gentle- 
man, with whom [ have a very slight acquaintance, a good 
naturalist, but not a collector of insects, captured a female at 
Torquay, where he was then staying. This female laid a few 
eggs on the side of the pill-box in which it was taken, and, I 
believe, fourteen or fifteen larvee were hatched. How many 
were reared, and on what plant the larve were fed, I do not 
now recollect; but my acquaintance very kindly sent me a 
pair of them, which now grace my cabinet. Besides this 
pair, I also possess another pair, very old and dilapidated, 
which were taken by the late Dr. Aldridge, of Torquay. Also 
another, a curious variety, taken some years ago in Lan- 
cashire, and sent to me by Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson; and one 
fine one taken on the Sussex coast, near Hastings, procured 
for me by the late Mr. Bouchard, about ten years ago.— 
[Rev.] Henry Burney; Wavendon Rectory, Woburn, Bed- 
Sordshire, October 3, 1871. 
