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made a drawing of the male, which I may send to Dr. 

 Staudinger when I next write. After I last wrote to you it 

 struck me that it was an American insect, and identical with 

 one my late brother took in the State of New York. Guenee 

 had the specimen to describe ; and on referring to his 

 description I find it agrees exactly with the specimen we 

 have in the British Museum : I will look at them when I can 

 get there. Guenee named it Commoides. — H. Doubleday." 

 — G. Parry ; Church Street, Si. PaitVs, Canterbury, Sep- 

 tember 5, 1873. 



[Guenee describes Leucania commoides thus: — "The 

 insect has the cut of Leucania Comma, to which species it is 

 certainly very nearly allied ; but instead of the little detached 

 mark which that species has below the median ray of the fore 

 wings, we find in L. commoides a broad and perfectly conti- 

 nuous stripe, and a second on the inner margin, which is totally 

 wanting in L. Comma. The series of dots is very perceptible. 

 The hind wings of the male are like those of the female in 

 our Comma, that is to say, they are of a uniform blackish 

 gray ; the under side is darker and more shining. The 

 abdomen of the male is much more hairy, and so are the two 

 last pairs of legs, the tibiae of which are provided on their 

 inner side with two short, stout fascicles, besides the hairs, 

 which are very thick. ]t inhabits the State of New York, U.S." 

 Edward New77ian.^ 



Species of Pterophorus requested. — The following plume 

 larvae are particularly wanted by me that I may complete the 

 figures of all the British plumes. I shall endeavour to repay 

 any working entomologist who can oblige me with even a 

 single larva, and shall be delighted to give him credit for his 

 discovery : — Platyptilia ochrodactyla, said to feed upon 

 tansy ; P. Berlrami, said to feed upon yarrow ; P. tessera- 

 dactylus, food unknown to me ; Amplyptilia acanthodactylus, 

 said to feed on rest-harrow; A. Isetus, food unknown to me; 

 A. Pilosellae, food unknown to me; Pterophorus pterodac- 

 tylus, said to feed on dead nettle, &c. ; and Cnaemidophorus 

 rhododactylus, said to feed on dog-rose. So far I have 

 worked the plumes out single-handed, but now appeal for 

 help to my fellow-workers, who may be more favourably 

 located than myself. — C. S. Gregson ; Rose Bank, Edge 

 Lane, Liverpool. 



Phylloxera Vastatrix. — The newspapers inform us that 



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