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the insects into spirits of wine did not extinguish the light 

 sooner than when exposed to the atmosphere. 1 may add 

 that during the autumn evenings of 1862 and 1863 there was 

 no perceptible diunnution of the Geophila. The question 

 now arises, From whence did they come ? It is ahnost ex^ 

 chisively confined to the gravel-walks, and only makes its 

 appearance on warm evenings soon after rain. 1 have been 

 out in the neighbourhood in search of Noctme at all hours of 

 the night, but have never seen anything of the sort outside 

 the prison-walls.* 1 therefore conclude that it has been intro- 

 duced with the gravel.^ IVUliam Hiirrisnn ; IVallon Gaol, 

 Liverpool. — Naturalists Scrap-Book, No. 14, p. 21. 



Pterophorus Larva on a Geranium. — In the autumn of 

 1863 (about October) I found the pupa of a Pterophorus on 

 the stem of a Tom-Thumb geranium-leaf; it was black, with 

 pale rings, and attached by the tail ; there were a ^avf hairs 

 on it. The moth came out between the 14lh and 16th inst. ; 

 it was 13-sixteenths of an inch in exyjanse. I have attempted 

 to make a drawing of it, which, though not so accurate as it 

 might be, may enable you to recognize it, 'I'he pupa was 

 kept in a cool room, without a fire, so it was not " Ibrced." 

 As 1 am not well up in Entomology, I do not know if there 

 is anything unusual about the matter; but as Stainton's 

 ' Manual ' does not give this month for any of the genus, 

 I thought I would send this to you. — N. C. Tuelij ; Wands- 

 worth. 



Is Eubolia lineolata considered a coast insect or not .^ — 

 B. Rogers. [I think so : the localities from which I have 

 received it are the north coast of Cheshire and the South 

 coast of Sussex. Mr. Stainton gives Cambridge, but 1 know 

 not on whose authority. — E. iV.J 



Has the day on which Lycaena Argiolus first appears 

 ever been noticed? — B. Rogers. [1 think so: Mr. Wright, 

 when in my conj])any, took it this year on the I9th of April. 

 E. N.] 



Is T. biundularia identical with T. laricaria ? — B. Rogers. 

 [I consider T. laricaria and T. crepuscularia synonymous, 

 but regard T. biundularia as distinct. See Doubleday's ' Ca- 

 talogue,' p. b.—E. N.] 



