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tinct species. I have reared a good many callunce, which were 

 invariahly found in this district feeding singly upon heather 

 in spring time ; they grew to a large size before they formed 

 cocoons, and usually emerged early in the following year, but I 

 have known them remain for two years in these cocoons. Some 

 of the male moths have a brilliant orange spot upon each upper 

 wing near the thorax, which adds much to the beauty of the 

 spceimens. — Frances J. Battersby ; Cromlyn, Rathowen, 

 Westmeath, Ireland, February, 1887. 



Agriopis aprilina. — Why do the beautiful forelegs of this 

 moth refuse to be elevated on to the setting board, owing t© the 

 apparent tying of the tibia and tarsus together ? I found this to 

 be the case, not only in bred specimens, but in others which 

 I took at ivy last year. Is it peculiar to the moth, or am I 

 unfortunate in my specimens ? It seems to be only after death 

 that the stiffening takes place. — G. M. A. Hewett ; The College, 

 Winchester, Feb., 1887. 



Phegalia pedaria in November. — A correspondent (Entom. 

 41), records the appearance of this insect on November 30th. I 

 can relate also the capture of a specimen in the same month, 

 having taken one on November 27th, 1881. In the following year 

 it occurred abundantly throughout the spring to the beginning of 

 May, a single specimen having been seen by a friend as late as 

 the middle of June. In the midlands P. iDedaria appears on the 

 average from the middle of February to the middle of April. — 

 W. Harcourt Bath, Birmingham, Feb., 1887. 



Larentia multistrigaria. — On February 4th I took a 

 single specimen of Larentia multistrigaria. Is not this an early 

 appearance ? I find that last season one appeared on February 

 14th, but after this cold north-east winds set in, which apparently 

 checked their energies, for I did not observe them in. any 

 numbers until the third week in March. — T. B. Jefferys ; 

 Clevedon, Feb. 10th, 1887. 



Argyrolepia BADiANA. — In reply to Mr. Sheldon, I beg to say 

 there are two species of larvae, viz., A. hadiana and Parasia 

 lappella, feeding in September in the seed-heads of burdock 

 {Arctium lappa), both of which I have bred in some numbers for 

 many years past. The larvae of A. hadiana, when full fed, leave 



