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females, wishing to secure eggs, but as no other male made 
its appearance I was disappointed, although the moths I was 
keeping laid batches of eggs, two of which I threw away, thinking, 
of course, that they were infertile ; and the other batch would have 
shared a like fate had it not been deposited upon the side of 
a box in which I had other pupe. Judge of my surprise when, 
on May 6th, I found that larvee were emerging therefrom, and 
these identical larve are still feeding. As I kept the pupe in 
a securely-fastened box with a glass lid, no male could have 
had access. I shall be curious to see if this power of repro- 
duction will extend to the next generation.— W. G. PEARcE; 
Bath. 
[Parthenogenesis in the Lepidoptera is by no means infre- 
quent—many species have been recorded as producing second 
broods without the immediate fertilisation of a male; in the 
family Psychide it very frequently happens.—ED.] 
PEentTopon punctatus, Villa., In SPITALFIELDS Markxet.—In 
the June number of the ‘ Entomologist’ (Entom. xii., 158), I had 
the pleasure of recording the capture of Carabus auratus in the 
Borough Market. I have again pleasure in recording another 
interesting capture, and this time of a beetle not indigenous to 
Britain, Spitalfields Market being the haunt of our new friend: 
on the 10th June last I had brought to me by a friend, who is a 
salesman in the market, a fine specimen of the above-named 
insect ; it was found by him sauntering leisurely over a sieve of 
cherries, although I do not suppose it was revelling in the luxury 
of the fruit. I need scarcely say the cherries were Continental, 
having been sent from the South of France. I can find no 
record of this insect having been taken in Britain before, so I 
thought this capture might interest many of your entomological 
readers. It probably does to many seem strange that such insects 
as Carabus auratus and Pentodon punctatus should occur in our 
London markets; but my little experience leads me to think that 
if entomologists generally were to make friends amongst the 
many salesmen in the markets, we should not unfrequently have 
records of many interesting captures, and probably, occasionally, 
some few varieties; for instance, Pentodon punctatus, which is a 
native of the South of Kurope.—T. R. Brrtups; 4, Swiss Villas, 
Coplestone Road, Peckham, August 14, 1879. 
