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synonymy-mau ; for I suppose there is no one not thoroughly 

 prepared for the announcement that " Meliloli, Ef^per^'' must 

 he promptly surrendered for the "Coribungus" of some 

 "prior" worthy. It may be worth while to add that this 

 insect is not the Meliloti of Stephens or Curtis. The former, 

 however, considers that Albln's picture of a Zygaena larva 

 (pi. Ixxxii.), represents the larva of Meliloti, figured and 

 described by Esper. I can see no resemblance. — JV. A. 

 Lewis; Temple, Octoher, 1872. 



Callhnorpha Hera at St. Leonard's. — A specimen of Cal- 

 limorpha Hera was caught by a member of our household in 

 1868, in a garden near Warrior Square Station, St. Leonard's, 

 and is still in my possession. I have also a Vanessa Antiopa, 

 taken on a paling near this house in 1872. — H. C. Faivcett ; 

 Beach View, Hollincjfon, Hastings, October 7, 1872. 



Note on Zettzera ^sculi. — I have more than once observed 

 that this moth, when newl}' emerged, has the wings rubbed 

 or lorn at the margins; and this is probably the case pretty 

 frequently with this and other wood-feeding species, where 

 the moth has to extricate itself from a puparium partially 

 surrounded by wood and bark. The female moth rarely quits 

 the tree from which it has emerged until impregnation has 

 taken place ; but the male flies about with some degree of 

 briskness. — J. R. S. Clifford. 



R. Crat<Bgata and A. Caja. — The following facts, from 

 personal observation, about these two common species, have 

 not, I believe, yet been recorded. Many larvae of Crata?gata 

 hybernate, at least in the North of England, and are found 

 full grown in the spring; the moths from these begin to 

 emerge about Midsummer, and ibrm our summer brood : 

 these are half as large again as the iuiagos of the spring 

 brood, and more brilliantly coloured. In this district Caja is 

 rather scarce, and the eggs are generally laid on willow or 

 poplar, on which the young larvae thrive well till after hyber- 

 nation. When found in the spring they are generally on low 

 plants, as in those places where the species is most abundant. 

 — G. P. Harris; Ric/iniond, Yorksliire. 



Tceniocampa Opiina. — Through the kindness of Mr. 

 Capper, of Huyton Park, near Liverpool, 1, like Mr. Corbin, 

 became possessed of eggs of the above species, and acting on 

 the advice of that gentleman, I placed them in a fine calico 



