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sequestered nook near here. I may mention with regard to 

 this insect, that Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, the only 

 locality in which Machaon can now be found with any 

 certainty, is diminishing in size every year ; and before ten 

 more yeai's have rolled over our heads Machaon may rank 

 vviih Hippothoe, as no longer a native of Britain. — G. 

 H. Uaynor ; Hazeleiyh Rectory, iMcddon, Essex, August 26, 

 1872. 



Zyg(Bna Meliloii. — Seeing several notices in the September 

 number of the 'Entomologist' respecting this insect, it may 

 interest several readers to know that 1 took the species in 

 1869, in the New Forest. Mr. A. B. Farn was looking over 

 my collection last week, and drew my attention to a very 

 small Burnet, which, on examination, proves to be Meliloti. 

 On referring to the number in my journal, I find I caught it 

 in the enclosures, between those known as '' Boldrewood" 

 and " Stubby Copse," Lyndhurst, in July, 1869. This proves 

 the value of journalising (by means of a number underneath) 

 eiiery specimen in one's collection. — H. Ramsay Cox ; Sep- 

 tember 2, 1872. 



Eremohia ocliroleuca near Ware. — A ^ew weeks ago I 

 found E. ochroleuca on a chalk-hill, near this place. — Alfred 

 F. Buxton ; Easneye, Ware, September 14, 1872. 



Second occurrence of Calosonia sycophanta near Pen- 

 zance. — Our naturalist, Mr. W. H. Vingoe, some years 

 since, captured a specimen of this rare beetle within the 

 limits of this town. I have now to report a second capture 

 by his son, Mr. Edward Vingoe, a ievf weeks since, at the 

 parish of St. Paul, a little to the west of Penzance. I saw the 

 latter alive myself; the metallic colours of both examples 

 were similar. — E. H. Rodd ; Penzance, September 12, 

 1872. 



Calosonia sycophanta at Plymouth. — A fine specimen of 

 this beetle was taken by a friend of mine, in a street at 

 Plymouth, last week. The last, I believe, was captured far 

 inland, and is now in my cabinet. — J. Brooking Rowe ; 

 August 31, 1872. 



Erratum. — Entom. p. 193, line 14, for J'anessa Antiopa at 

 Sheerness read Vanessa Antiopa near Rochester. 



