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VaRIETY OF HEMEROPHILA ABRUPTARIA.—On the 20th June - 
last I captured a perfectly black variety of the above insect. It 
was exhibited at the last meeting of the Entomological Society. 
Was not the insect very late in its appearance ?-- A. Sipngy 
Oxuuirr; 36, Mornington Road, Regent’s Park, Oct. 11, 1880. 
DEscRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF PENTHINA POSTREMANA.—Not 
having seen anything written on this larva, except a rough note 
by my old friend J. B. Hodgkinson in an earlier number of the 
‘ Entomologist,’ I enclose for insertion the following description : 
—Length nearly half an inch; form slightly appressed and 
attenuate to anus. Colour light yellowish drab, running into 
bright canary-yellow as it proceeds to the anus. Head narrow, 
dark, horn-like, glabrous. Corslet rather narrow, of the same 
colour and texture; 4th to 7th segments constricted, and 38rd and 
4th segments puffed out laterally from 7th segment. The attenu- 
ation to the anus is pronounced, the anal point being pointed. 
Feet hardly perceptible, spinous. Feeds in the two lower divisions 
of its food-plant, and moves freely and quickly up or down; it 
appears to rest in a cavity it has made in the crown of its food- 
plant, Impatiens noli-me-tangere (the touch-me-not), when full-fed. 
—C. 8S. Greeson ; Rose Bank, Fletcher Grove, Stanley, Liver- 
pool, October 20, 1880. 
PTEROPHORUS TRIGONODACTYLUS.—I have pleasure in recording 
the occurrence of this species amongst coltsfoot on Hackney 
Marshes. When searching for some mallow on the banks of the 
barge river, about half a mile from Lea Bridge, in June, I observed 
it flying in some numbers. Having but thirteen boxes with me I 
was unable to capture more, but I could have taken a much larger 
number had I been better provided. The second brood was equally 
abundant on Saturday, 4th September.—W. Macuin; 22, Argyle 
Road, Carlton Square, E., September 10, 1880. 
DIASEMIA RAMBURIALIS.— While collecting on September 13th, 
near Dover, in company with my friend Mr. W. P. Weston, 
I obtained a specimen of this rarity by beating Hupatoriwm canna- 
binum (hemp agrimony).—RercinaLp EK. Sarwey; Putney. 
Micro-LrpmporrERA NEAR Dovrer.—During the past season 
I have met with the following Micro-Lepidoptera in this district. 
I did not work especially for any of the species hereafter 
mentioned, being occupied with working out other entomological 
