158 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Cytherea. Newman certainly figures and describes the two species, 
but without Mr. Doubleday’s authority for their distinctness, 
since C. exulis is unnumbered and is sunk as a synonym in the 
‘Exchange and Label List,’ published immediately after the 
completion of ‘British Butterflies. Dr. Staudinger, whose 
authority to decide should be unquestioned, if ever he saw any 
British examples, since he knew the true C. exulis so well in its 
home of Iceland, also gives H. assimilis, Dbld., as a synonym of 
H. exulis, Lef., in his ‘ Catalog.,’ and remarks of it, “ Species 
incredibiliter aberrans.” It is placed in his division B. b. of the 
genus Hadena, which is also made to include Furva, Abjecta, 
Monoglypha, Hufn. (= Polyodon, L.), Lithoxylea, Sublustris, 
Sordida, Bkh. (= Anceps, Hb.), Basilinea, &c. Mr. Nicholas 
Cooke and others, who know our British species, hold, I believe, 
to its distinctness from the Northern Hzulis, but in so variable a 
species habits and life-history are most important; and if anyone 
can contribute further to the knowledge of our British species, it 
is his duty to entomological science to do so.—Epwarp A. Fircu ; 
Maldon, Essex. 
EKurrrHecta ToGATA.—During the last fortnight I have bred 
eight specimens of Hupithecia togata. ‘These were from some 
pup which I received from Perthshire in the early part of last 
spring. During June, 1878, I reared fourteen specimens from 
forty-eight pup, while the remainder remained in the latter state 
until this year. There are still twenty-six pupe, and I shall be 
interested to see if any of these pass through a third winter in the 
pupa state.—EH. G. Mrrx; 56, Brompton Road, S.W. 
CaRraABus AURATUS, Linn., IN THE BoroucH Marxket.—I this 
morning had given to me three very fine specimens (two males 
and one female) of the above beautiful insect. That they should 
be found running about the stones of a London market does at 
first seem somewhat remarkable, and it certainly is not a place 
where an entomologist would go in anticipation of finding such an 
insect, especially as it must be ranked among the rarest of our 
British Carabi, few instances having been recorded of its having 
been taken in England. [I at first thought they might have found 
their way into this strange locality in the sacks of turnip-tops 
which come from the south coast at this time of the year; but 
upon second thoughts, I think it is more probable they have 
