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and again in spring, they ate the leaves with great voracity as 

 soon as they appeared, and long before they were fully 

 developed. I may observe that this larva totally differs from the 

 figure published by Hiibner and approved by Guenee. Since 

 the preceding description was written I have received the ibl- 

 lowing note on this insect from Mr. Bryant: — "The eggs of 

 Anchocelis rufinavvere laid in a pill-box on or about the 20th 

 of October, 187 J, and the young larvae appeared on the 2nd 

 or 3rd of February following : they fed up very quickly, and 

 every larva had gone down by the 28th of March." — Edward 

 Newman. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, 8fc. 



Xylomyges conspicillaris at Malvern and Malvern Link. 

 — I have the pleasure of sending you the intelligence of the 

 appearance of several specimens of X. conspicillaris in the 

 breeding-cages of collectors in this neighbourhood. Mr. 

 Wilson, pupil of Malvern College, heads the list with three 

 specimens. I am not aware of the dates of appearance of 

 these. Mr. Edwards, of Malvern, had a cripple emerge on 

 February 16th, and a perfect insect on March 1st. I had a 

 beautiful male on March 16th, and a female on the fol- 

 lowing day. — R. F. Towndrow ; Malvern Link, March 21, 

 1872 



Black Crepuscularia. — On the 27th of April I took, 

 quietly at rest on a Scotch fir, a fine black variety of 

 T. crepuscularia. The only mark on it is a white zigzag 

 line on the four wings near the hind margin, in place of the 

 black one in ordinary specimens. It is quite as black as the 

 ordinary black variety of Betularia. I should be glad to 

 know if this is an unusual occurrence. — E.Earl; Newcastle^ 

 Staffordshire, May 8, 1872. 



ISphinx Pinastri in Devonshire. — I have in my possession 

 a specimen of this moth found by Miss Jones, in her garden, 

 September, 1861. I have no doubt that when taken it was a 

 fine specimen, but, it not having been taken much care of, it is 

 faded and broken slightly. I have very little doubt but this 

 lady's label with it is correct, as she had no general collection, 

 only a few British Lepidoptera taken in her own locality. — 

 John Purdue; Ridgeway, Plympton, Devon, May 8, 1872. 



