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Arctia fuliginosa. — An example of Arctia fuUginosa, bred 

 from a cocoon sent me from Scotland, which emerged May 12th, 

 has the cilia of the hind wings an intense black, instead of the 

 usual bright ros}^ red. Is not this somewhat uncommon ? The 

 Scotch specimens of this moth appear to be smaller and darker 

 than our own. — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Chichester. 



Acroxycta alni. — I had the pleasure of breeding a beautiful 

 specimen of Acronycta alni on May 14th, from a larva found in 

 the New Forest last summer; and on the 18th another emerged 

 in good condition, but smaller in size. — Id. 



New locality for Orthosia suspecta. — When sugaring last 

 August in the North of Kent I took two specimens of Orthosia 

 suspecta. I was at first puzzled ; but it was named for me by a 

 well-known entomologist. To be certain on the matter I went to 

 the British Museum, and examined the series there. — R. W. 

 Bowyer; Haile^'bury, Hertford, May, 1881. 



Notes on Micro -Lepidoptera near Preston.— CoZeop/io?'a 

 olivaceella. — I was fortunate enough to find, last j'ear, cases of 

 this rare insect at Armathwaite, near Carlisle. When first 

 noticed, attached to the trunks of trees above Stellaria holostea, 

 they were supposed to be cases of C. solitariella ; and it was not 

 until the autumn, Avlien I had time to compare the perfect insects, 

 which emerged, with a description in a number of the ' Entomo- 

 logist's Intelligencer,' that the truth was suspected. The larvte 

 of C. olivaceella appear to feed up in the autumn and retire to 

 tree trunks, and perhaps other similar jDlaces, for refuge during 

 the winter. The cases are like those of C. solitariella, but lie 

 almost prostrate, instead of standing straight out from their 

 resting-place. I have not yet seen the mine, as those bred last 

 year and collected at Wliitsuntide, and those collected this 

 Easter, have refused food, and appear to be in the pupa state. 

 In a notice some years ago by Mr. Stainton he represents the 

 mine as being greener than that of C. solitariella, and he found 

 larvfB feeding in April. This is rather puzzling, and I do not 

 quite see how the difiiculty is to be surmounted. The perfect 

 insect is rather like C. solitariella,. but is larger, of a darker 

 colour, its wings are broader and more glossy ; and when the 

 series of each insect are compared the diff"erence is at once most 

 distinctly apparent. Xysmatodoma argentimaculella.~l think 



