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very nearly with Caniola, but mine was feeding on the 

 lichens : I saw them in the act of feeding before I removed 

 them, so there could not be any doubt about it. I waited 

 patiently for about a month, and bred sixteen perfect insects, 

 and they agreed with Caniola; but 1 could not remove the 

 impression from my mind that it must be something else, 

 as you slated they fed exclusively on Legurainosa?, and per- 

 tinaciously refused to touch lichens which had been provided 

 for them. I submitted some to Mr. Bond, and he at once 

 pronounced them to be Caniola; and he further stated that 

 on the Continent they were generally found feeding on 

 lichens on walls, churches, &c. The insect also occurs at 

 Dartmouth. — Geo. C. Biynell ; 6, Clarence Place, Stone- 

 house, Pit/mouth, November 19, 1872. 



[I am obliged for the correction as regards Coryli, but I 

 need scarcely remind my correspondent that I had no know- 

 ledge of the work issued in my name, until after this 

 description was published. In his observation on my descrip- 

 tion of the food of Caniola, Mr, Bignell has, and I am sure 

 inadvertently, omitted the words "in confinement," which 

 seem to me to contain the pith of my statement. This 

 species has always been supposed to feed on lichens. In my 

 translation and abstract of Guenee's monograph of Lithosia, 

 I have said (Zool. 8387): "It is known that all their larvae 

 feed on lichens ;" and of Caniola, in particular, I have said : 

 " The larva lives principally, if not exclusively, on the lichens 

 which grow on the walls, and especially on the tiles of the 

 roofs" — of the cathedral at Chartres, &c. Mr. Birchall's 

 discovery of its feeding on Leguminosae I mention as extra- 

 ordinary, and as confirmed by my own observation of the 

 larva in conjinement. — Edward Newman.] 



Late Appearance of Cccrnleocephala. — On Monday, Octo- 

 ber 28lh, 1 caught a very good specimen, apparently just 

 out, resting on a lamp-post; and the same evening look 

 another from a lighted lamp, and saw another flying round 

 it.^ — Edward B. Poulton ; Victoria Villa, Reading, Novem- 

 ber 4, 1872. 



C. Bandit. — I regret the omission of the date of this capture, 

 and am obliged to Mr. Clifford for reminding me of it: it was 

 the first week in July. As to the wild rhubarb, I always 

 called it by that name, not thinking that it was a near relation 



