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developing perfectly (for no cripples were found), flew out 
joyfully into the wintry world. I have this year observed a 
second copulation in the case of one male, which, after pairing 
once, paired again the same night with a freshly-caught female. 
Out of the 190 eggs produced by this female 57 were infertile. 
The moth frequents sparse birch woods; when there is much 
undergrowth it chooses the outside trees, for it likes room to 
fly ; in 1881 I found a male on a poplar tree, at least 2000 yards 
away from the nearest birch wood, thus proving his powers 
of flight. It seems to prefer birch woods which stand on damp 
sandy ground, for it seldom frequents birches growing in 
meadow ground, unless liable to flood. 
It seems improbable that this moth lives on sweets; its 
proboscis is only 3 mm. in length, and in March there are but 
few flowers in bloom. I offered some honey to the male which 
had fertilised two females, but I did not observe that he took any. 
Judging from the number of specimens found at present, A. 
nubeculosus is not rare in the Dessau district, although perhaps 
not exactly common. It threatens to disappear from certain 
parts, with the birch tree, which is becoming extinct, owing to 
extensive cutting down and none being planted in their place. 
The quantity of eggs laid leads me to suppose that the larva 
has many enemies ; the weather must be a greater and even more 
formidable foe than the army of parasitic flies and ichneumons. 
Dessau, Germany. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 
PIERIS RAPA WITH ANGULAR Wines.—Enclosed is a specimen 
of Pieris rape which I have bred from some larve collected in 
September, 1884. My object for sending it to you is to ask you 
if it is a usual occurrence to meet with specimens with the 
wings of the same shape as the one sent? Ihave never met with 
one before this.—Tuomas Hin; 15, Russell Street, Willenhall, 
Deceinber 20, 1885. [The specimen is curiously abnormal, the 
indentations being probably the result of accident to the pupa 
which produced the example.—J. T. C.]. 
Restinc Hapit or VANESSA ATALANTA. — Can any of your 
readers explain to me why Vanessa atalanta is so fond of settling 
