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red pencil-like mark in lieu thereof.—R. M. Soruzsy; Rozel, 
Upperton Gardens, Eastbourne, August 19, 1880. 
Pura or DriLEPHILA EUPHORBIZ EMITTING Sounp.— I had 
four pup of this insect sent from Germany ; all have now pro- 
duced imagines. It was my practice occasionally to moisten 
them, and when placing one in water I distinctly heard it hiss ; 
the sound was repeated several times, and resembled that of a 
snake.—J. JENNER Weir; 6, Haddo Villas, Blackheath, London, 
S.E., August 16, 1880. 
Rare LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN 1880.—I have again had 
the good fortune to take Nola centonalis in the same locality as in 
1879; but although I worked the place very closely indeed for 
five weeks, could only meet with it most sparingly, and failed 
entirely to get any eggs. I took one pair in cop., but the female 
would not oblige me with a single egg. Another of my most 
interesting captures was Acidalia ochrata, and from eggs then 
obtained have now larve feeding. ‘This insect has not yet been 
bred in this country. During June last I bred, from larve 
collected by myself in Sussex, a few beautiful specimens of Sesia 
spheciformis from alder.—W. H. 'Tuaweti; 3, Lewisham Road, 
Greenwich, August 23, 1880. 
CALLIMORPHA DoMINULA.—On July 18th, and the following 
days, the imagines of Callimorpha dominula swarmed in hundreds 
near a small wood on Tenby Common, near Sherborne, Dorset- 
shire.--CuarLes I. M. Incr; Shepherd’s Bush, W. 
CaprurRES NEAR Yorxk.—The present season has been, in this 
district, the best of any for the last eight or ten years. Amongst 
the most unusual species taken in the neighbourhood is Aplecta 
occulta. During last week I had the pleasure of capturing a nice 
series of the light-coloured form at Sandburn Wood, which, as 
many of your readers know, is some seven miles to the east 
of the city. In the same neighbourhood, at the same time, I took 
some eight specimens of Cularia vummanata, many beautiful 
varieties occurring amongst them; also about sixty Scoparia 
truncicolalis, besides several other odd things. In June last 
I visited Edlington Wood, near Doncaster, and had good sport 
with Asthena sylvata, taking a long and handsome series; with 
about forty Melanippe hastatu. One of the latter was a good 
