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the following list of Lepidoptera captured by me in the month of May 

 worth inserting in ' The Entomologist,' it may be useful to some of 

 your subscribers to know when to look for them. 



Eupcecilia nana 

 Antithesia corticana 

 Ortliotaenia comitana 

 Lopliodems ministranus 

 Spilonota rusticana 



May 29. 

 Macrocbila bicostella 

 Aplielosetia marginea 

 Batia flavifrontella 

 Lampronia Seppella 



bistrigella 

 Microsetia aurella 



Pfeifferella 

 Drepana falcataria 

 Bupalus piniarius 

 Pterophorus trigonodactylus 



May 1. 

 Semasia perlepidana 

 Pseudotomia frateinana 



atromargana [trana 

 Steganoptycha tetraque- 



angulana 

 Microsetia sericiella 



floslactella 

 Lampronia auropurpurella 



purpurella 



subpurpurella 

 Argyromiges Harrisella 



Cramerella 



mespilella 

 Aphelosetia riifocinerea 

 Incurvaria inasculella 

 CEcopbora snlpburella 



Semioscopis Steinkelnerana 

 Gracillaria syringella 



May 15. 

 Heribeia simpliciella 

 Anacampsis Betulea 



rbombella 



dodecella 

 Argyromiges sylvella 

 Astyages flavicaput 

 Lampronia Helwigella 

 Ennycbia octomaculata 

 Anarta Myrtilli 



May 22. 

 Ancbyl opera siculana 



uncana 



Lundana 

 Anticlea subooellana 



W. Courtney ; 5, Charles Court, Hull St., St. Luke\s,June 20, 1842. 



201. Sphinx Ligustri and Smerinthus ocellatus. I know you were 

 somewhat sceptical about the hybrids said to have been produced 

 between Smerinthus ocellatus and Populi, but 1 write to tell you of 

 something far more extraordinary. On opening one of the cages this 

 morning, to my astonishment I found a male Sphinx Ligustri in co- 

 pula with a female Smerinthus ocellatus ; and what renders this still 

 more singular is that there were several individuals of both sexes of 

 the two species at the same time in the cage. Of course, if the fe- 

 male lays eggs and they hatch, I shall take every possible pains to 

 rear them. — Henry Douhleday ; Epinng, June 21, 1842. 



202. Captures near West Teigninouth, Devon. I am very sorry to 

 find you are going to discontinue ' The Entomologist'. The only 

 good captures of the present year in this neighbourhood are Agrotis 

 suffusa, Eupithecia coronata, Zeiraphera hastiana and Homceosoma 

 gemina. I saw Botys longipedalis the other day but did not catch it; 

 it is a common insect on the cliffs in this neighbourhood. — Robert 

 Jordan ; West Teignmouth, Devon, June 21, 1842. 



203. Shuckard's Elements of Entomology. Permit me through the 

 medium of your valuable miscellany to enquire whether there is any 

 probability of Mr. Shuckard's ' Elements of Entomology ' being com- 

 pleted, the ' British Coleoptera' being very incomplete without it. T 

 hope Mr. S. will muster courage to finish it now, as I perceive there 



