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of the air died that night in the box, before it had time to regain 
its promised liberty. On Sunday, June 29th, 1919, a dull and 
cloudy morning, not far from the spot above referred to, in the 
glade of a wood, overgrown with honeysuckle, I was startled by 
the weak flight of a butterfly overhead. I saw the underside against 
the light and recognised Szbylla. I struck at it and the insect 
appeared to fall to the ground, I groped about for it amongst the 
leaves and foliage upon the ground, and just as I was giving up 
the search I saw something flutter a little, popped a glass-bottomed 
box over it and secured the prize. It was the first specimen I had 
caught, or in fact possessed, and only the second I had seen on 
the wing. It proved to be a male, perfect to a scale. The fortnight 
following was wet and dull, but on Sunday, July 13th, a warm and 
sunny morning, when visiting the same spot in company with my 
brother, we had the good fortune to meet with several more of these 
butterflies which were flying up and down the glade. I was privileged 
to secure another specimen, a female this time, in perfect condition, 
and my brother also obtained one. As a matter of fact, although 
we possessed only the specimens referred to we had no desire to 
exterminate it. There were certainly several more flying about 
when we left, and subsequently Mr. H. Wagstaff, the Secretary 
of the Coventry Natural History Society, also observed its evolutions 
on the same spot or near it without attempting its capture. Last 
year, 1920, I had not the opportunity of visiting the spot owing, 
firstly, to absence on holiday from July 2nd to 19th, and this, with 
subsequent bad weather, kept me away till the beginning of August. 
I did not at that time see it, but I do not despair of seeing it during 
the coming season, and, I hope, in increased numbers.—HE. H. Sins ; 
 Sibylla,” Bray’s Lane, Coventry, January 14th, 1921. 
ReaRinGc oF Hytoicus PINASTRI LARV#.—In my article on H. 
pinastri in the ‘ Entomologist,’ November, 1919, I stated that all my 
captures with the exception of two were made on the sunny side of 
the pine trunks. I made a further effort for this insect last year, 
working the pine woods at Aldringham and Woodbridge. My 
captures, sixteen in all, were with one exception on the opposite side 
of the trunks, plainly showing, owing to the wind blowing on each 
occasion, that the sheltered side was the favoured one. In ‘ Practical 
Hints’ I notice it is stated that the larvae appear easy to rear; my 
experience has been very much to the opposite. From about 170 
ova or more in 1919 I fed up nearly to full size about 150 larvae: 
eventually two pupated but no moths emerged. In 1920 I sent 
living females to several friends. Newman, of Bexley, and myself 
appear to have been the most successful. I obtained 140 ova, and of 
these only 23 hatched. When full-fed two larve died. Out of 
the remaining 21 only 8 formed perfect pup, and a centipede 
finished two out of the eight. The remainder mostly attempted 
the change but formed misshapen pupxe.—E. Crisp; ‘“ Heathcote,” 
Heathfield, Sussex. 
New Forest Hymenoprera acuLeata (1920).—The following 
species have been accidentally omitted from my list of above: 
Pompilus bicolor, P. minutulus, P. spissus (all scarce), Nomada 
