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Deiopeia pulchella. — A fine specimen oi Deiopeia jndchella, 

 Linn., has just been added to m^^ collection of Lepidoptera. It 

 was taken by Mr. Howard Lacey (of Rylstone, Bournemouth) at 

 Bestwall, near Wareham, several years ago, crawling up a muslin 

 curtain in the drawing-room window. Mr. Lacey, having ceased 

 to collect Lepidoptera, has very kindly enriched my collection 

 with this beautiful and valuable specimen. — Rev. (). P. -Cam- 

 bridge ; Bloxworth, Dorset, August 26, 1881. 



Callimorpha HERA IN SouTH Devon. — It may perhaps interest 

 some of your readers to hear that I caught a Jersey tiger (C. hera) 

 in the Teignmouth Road, near Dawlish, on August 19th, about 

 four o'clock in the afternoon. The insect, a male, is in good 

 condition, with the exception of a slight tear in the right upper 

 wing. — C. W. Herbert; 6, Brunswick Place, Dawlish, S. Devon. 



Abnormal Odonestis potatoria. — I have just received a 

 specimen of Odonestis potatoria from Sheffield, with the wings the 

 colour of the male, and with the antennse of the female. The body 

 is that of the latter, but not quite so large as an ordinary female. — 

 J. R. Wellman; 219, Elm Park, Brixton Rise, Sept. 2, 1881. 



Platypteryx sicula. — Through a persistent search amongst 

 its food-plant since the early part of August, I am glad to say I 

 have been enabled to secure larvee of this species, which have 

 safely pupated. I have likewise to report a fairly successful 

 result from eggs obtained from moths bred at the end of May 

 last ; so perhaps correspondents who have not hitherto received 

 this species from me will take heart at the announcement. 

 I attribute my ill-luck this summer to an undue forcing of the 

 pupse, which previously I had not attempted, as on examination 

 the moths were found fully developed.— William H. Grigg ; 

 31, Gotham New Road, Bristol, September 17, 1881. 



Dicranura bicuspis and Acronycta alni in North 

 Staffordshire. — On Saturday, May 28th, I took a fine freshly- 

 emerged Dicranura bicuspis off an alder-tree on Chorlton Moss, 

 the same locality where three other specimens have been found in 

 former years. This is, however, the first female that I have seen 

 here, the rest having been all males. Three out of the four are 

 in my cabinet, the fourth having been found (last year only) by 

 my friend the Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox, Vicar of Castle Morton. 

 I have tried to get the larvse by beating the alders in August, but 



