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convolvuli possessed the art of emitting any sound whatever.— 
W. H. Buaser; Beckworth, Lindfield, Sussex, May 13, 1886. 
CALLIMORPHA JACOBRH& IN Aprit.—A fine fresh-looking 
specimen of Callimorpha jacobee@ appeared here on LKaster 
Sunday, April 25th. Is not this a very early appearance for 
this insect ?—HpmuNnD GARRATT GARDNER; May 14, 1886. 
DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA IN GUERNSEY.—I am happy in being 
able to record the capture of this beautiful moth on the Ist of 
June on the cliffs here. There is, I think, only one other 
reported capture, which was in 1878, and reported in the 
‘Entomologist.’ Until I had netted my prize I believed I was 
in pursuit of Anaitis plagiata, which moth it rather resembled in 
its manner of flight. Fortunately plagiata is scarce here, and 
therefore I was persistent in my endeavour to catch the white- 
looking moth, which was apparently so much at the mercy of the 
stiff breeze then blowing. A mile further on and more inland I 
took a second specimen. I have worked the neighbourhood 
industriously several times since, but have seen no more. The 
specimens are in very good condition and quite fresh, but paler 
than some continental specimens that I have seen. We are very 
late here this year. Melitea cinzia did not make its appear- 
ance until the 2lst of June.—Franx E. Lowe; St. Stephen’s, 
Guernsey. 
AcRONYCTA ALNI IN SovuTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—On Sunday 
evening, May 9th, I captured a specimen of A. alni which had 
been flying about in my sitting room. Save that the thorax was 
just a trifle rubbed, the insect was in capital condition. I picked 
up a caterpillar of this species a few yards from my house about 
two years ago, but have not previously taken the perfect insect.— 
W. Stevens; Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton, June, 1886. 
PrLusIA PULCHRINA.—Kirby, in his ‘Kuropean Butterflies 
and Moths,’ says, respecting this insect, ‘‘ Very like zota, but 
the fore wings more varied and more purplish, the silvery mark- 
ings more sharply defined, and always separated.” ‘The latter 
remark would appear to be incorrect, for I have a nice specimen— 
taken here in 1884, in which the silvery spots are quite confluent. 
Is this an uncommon variety ?—W. Stevens; Tettenhall, near 
Wolverhampton. 
