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neglect. One of ray own which I ventured, in describing 

 Daplidice, at the commencement of a child's periodical, 

 called ' Young England,' suggested that specimens, occa- 

 sionally "blown over" from the Continent, finding appropriate 

 food and conditions, ate, drank, increased and multiplied ; 

 in fact, became established on British soil for a few years 

 as colonists, but did not find the conditions sufficiently 

 favourable to effect a permanent settlement. — Edward 

 Newman.'] 



Trichiura Cratcegl. — Can any of your readers tell me 

 when I may expect young larvae to emerge from eggs laid by 

 this species in the beginning of September ? — G. H. Raynor : 

 Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, September 22, 1873. 



Deiopeia pulchellaat Lilllehampton. — Seeing it mentioned 

 in your ' British'Molhs' how very scarce English specimens 

 of Deiopeia pulchella are, I think it worth while to mention 

 that I caught an unusually fine specimen at Littlehampton, 

 in Sussex, in 1870. — Cyril D. Ash. 



Zygcena Lonicerce and Z. Trifolii. — At the request of my 

 friend Edward Newman I send a i^'^ remarks upon these 

 two species : Trifolii is one of the most variable, and Lonicerse 

 probably the most constant, in markings, of the European 

 Zygaense. The antennae of Trifolii are rather abruptly clavate, 

 but those of Lonicerae are long and slender. The fore 

 wings of Trifolii are more rounded at the apex than those of 

 Lonicerae, and the two central red spots are generally united, 

 which is very rarely the case with Lonicerae. The width of 

 the black border of the hind wings varies a good deal in 

 different specimens of Trifolii, but it is always broader in this 

 species than in Lonicerae. Trifolii appears on the wing early 

 in June, and in forward seasons I have seen it out the last 

 week in May. Lonicerae seldom appears before the middle of 

 July, and is pretty much confined to the northern and midland 

 counties of England ; it is also found throughout Northern 

 Europe. Trifolii is found in Central and Southern Europe, 

 and in the southern counties of England. The supposed 

 specimens of Lonicerae, which have been captured in the 

 Isle of Wight and other localities on the south coast, are, I 

 believe, all Trifolii ; those which 1 have seen are certainly 

 this species. Lonicerye was formerly very abundant in the 

 moist meadows near Monk's Wood, Huntingdonshire j the 



