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willow, and of course with the yellow border. No doubt there 

 are many other such instances. As the person who sent it gave 

 it without even being asked, he would have no object in deceiving 

 me. I have often noticed these white-bordered specimens of 

 V. antiopa abroad, and they are never, so far as my experience 

 goes, in very good condition. — K. DixXgwall; Knollys Croft, 

 Leigham Court Road, Streatham, S.W. 



Deilephila livornica in February. — On the 18th of April 

 last an old servant, living with her father at Coles Cross, near 

 Crewkerne, sent me a specimen of Deilephila livornica, which 

 flew into their cottage (attracted by the light) in the beginning of 

 February last. She states that they caught one last year, and 

 that a neighbour took one the previous year, about the same 

 date.— J. A. Helps ; Newstead Lodge, Westhall Road, Forest 

 Hill, S.E., May 3, 1887. 



Hybernal Emergence of Macroglossa stellatarum.— On 

 going, Dec. 11th, for the purpose of damping a breeding-cage, I 

 was surprised to find a freshly-emerged specimen of Macroglossa 

 stellatarum. Is not this an undue emergence ? The caterpillar 

 I found in September, and it turned to the pupa state at the end 

 of that month. I have always been under the impression that 

 Newman's statement of the appearance of this insect from 

 Januar}^ to December referred to hybernating specimens. The 

 breeding-cage has been kept in a room, but without fire, and the 

 temperature has only been just above 50° for some time, so there 

 has been no forcing. — T. B. Jefferys; Clevedon. 



Plusia ni in Dorset. — My attention has been called to a 

 note (Entom. 138), headed ^^ Plusia ni in Hampshire," by Mr. 

 Bankes, of Corfe Castle. He wishes me to state that it was 

 caught in Dorset, some miles to the west of Bournemouth. — 

 E. B. Nevinson; 3, Elm Villas, Ehn Row, Hampstead. 



Crocallis elinguaria, hatching of Ova. — In reply to Mr. 

 W. E. Butler (Entom. 138), I think I may say that the eggs of 

 C. elinguaria invariably hatch in April, and that the larvie never 

 hybernate. — Owen S.Wilson; Carmarthen. 



Crocallis elinguaria, hatching of Ova. — Rossler, in his 

 ' List of the Lepidoptera of Nassau,' says that Crocallis elinguaria 

 hybernates in the egg state. This is undoubtedly correct, and 

 agrees with ray own experience. In August, 1878, I found some 



