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also Hillsborough Terrace ; from this spot the whole town is 

 overlooked : on the right is Hillsborough, to the left the 

 Tors ; whilst in front stretch the waters of the Bristol 

 Channel, the Welsh coast forming the horizontal line of the 

 view. The cottage in which 1 resided had its front entirely 

 covered with roses and honeysuckle. One night — a brilliant 

 moonlight one — 1 was standing at the cottage door, when I 

 observed numerous insects flying about and settling on the 

 flowers. On observing them more closely, I thought I 

 noticed a specimen of M. Stellatarum. To make sure of 

 this I fetched my net, and soon captured a specimen of that 

 moth. Having satisfied myself on the point of identity, I 

 gave the moth its liberty, and then noticed several others 

 hovering over the flowers. This observation was repeated two 

 or three nights in succession. — Frederick Smilh ; British 

 Museum, February 1, 1873. 



Varieties of Jacohece, Mesomella, and Strigillaria. — On 

 the 17th of June last, whilst in the New Forest seeking for 

 Caliginosa, with my friend Mr. Tawell, I was fortunate in 

 capturing a splendid, perfect variety of Jacobeae. The usual 

 type of this pretty species was abundant about its food-plant 

 the ragwort, and amongst them was the variety 1 caught, 

 which was easily detected whilst on the wing. It was appa- 

 rently fresh from the pupa, though at first sight in my 

 cabinet it appears to be an exceedingly worn and washed- 

 out looking specimen. Its fore wings are of a paler blackish 

 gray than the common form, whilst the usual costal stripe, 

 the two spots on hind margin, as well as the stripe on the 

 inner margin, are not so large as usual, and instead of 

 crimson are of a dull grayish pink ; the hind wings are of the 

 same hue, with a black fringe; in fact, the whole of the 

 markings seem to be almost obliterated : indeed, a friend, 

 who looked through my cabinet a short time ago, accused me, 

 with a smile, of having passed the specimen up and down the 

 chimney a few times. I do not for a moment suppose the 

 specimen is unique, but 1 gather that it is not a usual variety, 

 from the fact that all who have seen it pronounce it to be the 

 first which has come under their observation. I am aware 

 that several of our moths — as Trifolii and Lonicerae, Caja, 

 Dominula, &c. — occasionally have their red or crimson 

 markings replaced by yellow ; in fact, I have bred such a 



