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depressed but less parallel form, and especially by the sides of 

 the thorax being much more curved, so as to form a con- 

 siderable angle with the base of the abdomen and elytra. 

 From H. umbrosus it is distinguished by its decidedly 

 smaller size, and the slightly depressed but much more elon- 

 gate and more parallel form ; moreover, the margins of tlie 

 thorax, again, make a much larger angle with the elytra ; the 

 head and front are pale ferruginous, as well as the entire legs, 

 which in H. umbrosus are moUled with black ; the elytra, 

 too, are very much less pubescent, and are more finely punc- 

 tured. It is impossible to confound these insects, especially 

 when seen in series. I have recently taken a very fine series 

 from a pit near Blackheath. I easily recognised the insect 

 from the description, and also find it identical with some 

 types of H. neglectus which I obtained from Dr. Schaum. 

 The length is 2|- millemetres. — John A. Power ; 52, Burton 

 Crescent, February 11, 1866. 



Nemeohins Luciua hred on the StJi of February. — Upon 

 opening a box on the 8lh inst., in which I had last autumn 

 placed my pupa) of N. Lucina, I was much surprised to find 

 thai two lovely specimens had emerged. — R. IV. Wright ; 

 Alpha Cottage, Devonshire Road, Hackney, N.E. Please 

 note my change of address from 168, Richmond Road. 



Pi/gcera bucephala feeding on the Cork-tree. — Mr. Pristo 

 (Entom. iii. 11) expresses surprise at having discovered the 

 larva? of this moth feeding on the young branches of the 

 cork-tree, and wishes to know if any one else has noticed it 

 under similar circumstances. It may not therefore be un- 

 interesting to him, as well as to other of your readers, to 

 learn that in Portugal, where the cork-tree grows luxuriantly, 

 1 have frequently seen it feeding on that tree, and as late in 

 the year as the middle of December ; but, contrary to the 

 experience of Mr. Pristo, 1 observed that these larvas inva- 

 riably preferred the older leaves to those growing at the tips 

 of boughs which were of a brighter green and more succulent 

 nature.— C. F. Mai hew ; Malta, February 8, 1866. 



Myrmedonia plicata at Bournemouth. — Mr. Janson ex- 

 hibited Myrmedonia plicata, Erich., a species new to Britain : 

 a dozen specimens had been caplui'ed at Bournemouth in 

 August last, by Messrs. E. A. and Edgar Smith j they were 

 found on an open heath, at the roots of grass, amongst which 



