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the " tying of the tibia and tarsus together " of the fore legs of 

 Agriopis aprilina after being killed. Whether the same result 

 may obtain upon natural death I cannot say. It is well-nigh 

 impossible to get the fore legs into a proper position when the 

 moths have been poisoned, although the wings may be beautifully 

 relaxed, and in endeavouring to get them out it generally happens 

 that the whole leg is torn from the body. — Joseph Anderson ; 

 Chichester. 



[I think if our correspondents would use strong ammonia for 

 killing their specimens the stiffness complained of would not 

 occur. If properly used even the green of Agriopis aprilina would 

 not be affected by this agent. — J. T. C] 



Hybernia marginaria var. fuscata. — The v an-'iety fuscata of 

 H. marginaria {progemmaria) seems to be generally distributed 

 throughout the Birmingham district, having been taken by myself 

 in several localities, but is by no means common. Is fuscata a 

 North of England form only, as I have never heard of its capture 

 in the South (below lat. 52°) ? Perhaps some of your readers can 

 give information upon this point. — W. Harcourt Bath; Lady- 

 wood, Birmingham. 



Ephestia kuhniella in Britain. — I write to say that I 

 sent specimens of the moths bred from rice-cones, and recorded 

 (Entom. 66) as Myelois ceratonice, to Mr. Barrett, who writes me 

 saying they are of a species new to this country, viz., E2)hestia 

 kuhniella, which was discovered in Germany about seven years ago 

 by Professor Zeller, who found the larvae feeding on wheat-flour. 

 It has now found its way to this country, and possibly may 

 become troublesome, having got into the bakers' meal-rooms 

 about here. The moth is a large and handsome species. — 

 W. Thompson ; 183, Stantonbury, Stoney Stratford, Bucks, 

 April 7, 1887. 



Classification of Coleoptera. — At a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society of London, held April 5th, a communication 

 was read from the Rev. H. S. Gorham on the classification of the 

 Coleoptera of the division Langueriides. The author pointed out 

 the characters which, in his opinion, were available for the 

 systematic arrangement of this family of Coleoptera, and for its 

 division into genera. The subject had hitherto not received the 

 attention it deserved, and several errors had gained currency, 



