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elsewhere. C. affinis resembles 10-punctata, but is easily 

 distingnisbed by its black thorax, which is also less con- 

 tracted in front, and by the interstices of the elytra being 

 destitute of punctures. There appears to be a variety with 

 the tibiae and sides of the thorax reddish. — C. O. Water- 

 houxe, in Ent. Mo. Mag. p. 278. 



159. A neio Locality for Micra ostriva. — It was in the 

 month of .July, a few years since, that 1 captured, on the 

 sand-hills at Pembrey, South Wales, a pretty insect, whose 

 identity I have, until lately, been utterly unable to establish. 

 The spot at which 1 secured il was rather barren and sandy, 

 in a sheltered situation ; an abundance of dwarf sallows grew 

 in the vicinity, and also, as far as 1 can remember, thistles, 

 bedslraw, wild thyme, and a short kind of grass, from which 

 latter I expect that 1 disturbed it; at any rate the insect was 

 flying low over the barren sand when I caught it. The day 

 was showery, with occasional gleams of sunshine, during 

 which H. Semele and other butterflies were on the wing. 

 During one of these gleams I took the insect, and, seeing 

 that it wa*s something I did not know, boxed and pinned 

 it at once. The recollection of the capture is very fresh in 

 my n)ind, owing to the pleasure of the expedition and the 

 difficulty I have had in getting the insect named. — John 

 T. D. Llewelyn, in Ent. Mo. Mag. p. 282. 



160. Hybernation of Cidoria miata in the Imago Stale. — 

 The Rev. E. Horton, of Worcester, and Mr. Barrett, of Hasle- 

 mere, have severally written to me in reference to my note at 

 page 208, on Cidaria miata; they both disclaim the intention 

 of announcing this as a new discovery, and I regret having 

 misunderstood them. Under the circumstances it will be 

 best to quote entire the passages to which I referred : — 

 " Hyhernation of Cidaria niiata. — Yesterday, while helping 

 to remove the snow from the top of my house, I saw a fine 

 specimen of Cidaria miata with its wings up, walking daintily 

 on the dazzling snovv-diilt. It had probably been distiulied 

 from its hybernaculum under the tiling. — E. Horton ; Wor- 

 cester^ Feb. 1, 1865." ^''Hybernation of Cidaria miata. and 

 otJier Lepidoptera. — Lately, on a bright sunny day, when one 

 could see as well indoors as out, 1 found time to carefully 

 examine two empty buildings. The result was that I found 

 the following species hybernating on the walls and ceilings : 



