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might be the result of confinement in a dark tin box. — 

 George R. Dawson; Poundsworth, Driffield, June 11, 1872. 



It will probably appear this month. 



X. Conspicillaris. — In last month's 'Entomologist' (Entotn. 

 vi. 110) I see Mr. iMarsden, in giving Gloucestershire as one 

 of the localities where the above species are taken, and also a 

 description of the same, asks what the Worcestershire speci- 

 mens are like. In answer to that enquiry I, for one, may say 

 I have bred eleven specimens, and have seen several others, 

 all of which (with one slight exception) are faithfully repre- 

 sented in the top figure of the three specimens given in 

 'British Moths' (p. 288). — Thomas Goodyear; Church Road, 

 Malvern Link, June 6, 1872. 



Cymatophora Ocularis. — Until the year 1870 I never 

 found more than one pupa of Ocularis at a tree, and, 

 therefore, was under the impression they only occurred 

 singly. In the above year I turned up six at one tree, 

 and on May the 2nd of this year, accidentally coming across 

 two or three poplars, and with my knife for a digger, I turned 

 up no less than twelve pupae of the above species at a single 

 tree. Is not this unusual ? — Thomas Goodyear. 



Yes; it is extremely good fortune. 



Lithosia ruhricollis. — I do not think the early appearance 

 of Rubricollis unusual. I have been in the habit, the last few 

 years, of taking it on the wing in June. I have never 

 observed it in August, though it is abundant enough in June. 

 — \^Rev.'] A. C. Hervcy ; Pokesdown. 



Saiurnia Carpini. — Last winter I had some pupse of 

 S. Carpini, and at the beginning of April they all emerged 

 except one. After waiting some time 1 cut open the cocoon 

 to see if the pupa had perished, but it was all right and very 

 lively. As it has not yet come out, I wanted to ask you 

 whether they ever pass a second winter in the pupa state } I 

 should be much obliged if you would tell me. — G. B. Hulme ; 

 Hope Cottage, Wormley, June 21, 1872. 



Several instances have occurred within my knowledge of 

 Saturnia Carpini remaining in the pupa state until a second 

 season. 



Sesia Apiformis. — I should be much obliged if you could 

 inform me, through your 'Entomologist,' how to rear the 

 larva of Sesia Apiformis from the egg. — C. Sayers; 48, West 

 Street J Horsham, June 17, 1872. 



