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would be very thankful. — [Rev.] Henry Burney ; Wavenden 

 Rectory ; IVohurn, Jinie 9, 1865. 



[Will Mr. Donbleday kindly reply ? If Mr. Burney will 

 turn to page 166 of the ' Entomologist,' he will find answers 

 anticipating the qiieslions about Epiphron and Medea. 

 Epiphron has a priority often and M( dea of seventeen years 

 over their synonyms Cassiope and Blandina. — E. Newi?/tin.] 



170. Af/innogcnes.'f!. — Rei'ening to my memorandum at p. 

 28 of the * Enlomologisl,' I have to stale that tlie larvce of 

 Nyssia pilosaiia, which I then described as having been pro- 

 duced from a virgin female, acquired the full larval stature of 

 the species, and in due time became pupae : but here ends 

 their history ; they have exhibited no indication of life since 

 pupation : the experiment has therefore failed as an instance 

 of continuous agamous generation. — Edward Newman. 



171. Chorlohins Typlion and. C. Darns. — At page 232 of 

 the ' Entomologist' I have shown that Mr. Wilson reopens 

 the question as to the distinctness of these supposed species, 

 and observes, " All that I have seen of C. Typhon differ 

 from 0. Davus in having the wliile streak on the under side 

 of the fore wings far more oblique and directed towards the 

 anal angle ; while in all the specimens of C. Davus I have 

 seen it is directed towards the inner margin at some dis- 

 tance from the angle." Mr. Wilson having most kindly sent 

 specimens to London, in illustration of this supposed new 

 diagnostic, I have had the pleasure and the advantage of 

 giving them a critical examination, and find no natural dif- 

 ference whatever between the two supposed species, the 

 difference pointed out by Mr. Wilson being due entirely to 

 the different manner in which the specimens are set. Neither 

 of Mr. Wilson's specimens exhibits any approach to the 

 Papilio Davus of Haworth, which is identical with the 

 Rothliebii of Staudinger's and Doubleday's Catalogues, and 

 wdiich is the Manchester form of the species, and, to the best 

 of my belief, not taken in Scotland (or Ireland), — Id. 



172. Apiarian Intelligence. — I send you the following, 

 thinking it may be worthy of a corner in the ' Entomologist.' 

 Mr. Kentish, postmaster of this place, had a swarm of bees 

 on Friday last, a few minutes before seven in the morning. 

 While giving you the above information, perhaps the follow- 

 ing may prove of interest to apiarians : — Having occasion to 



