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admirably on Plantarjo major. Withregard to Mr. Turner's note (Entora. 

 xxvii. 316) concerning the disastrous effect of removing the pupae from 

 their cocoons, it is noteworthy that in some conditions it seems equally 

 fatal to their emergence to leave them alone. A few years ago I 

 reared some larvfe of this species till they spun up, but many weeks 

 elapsed, no moths having emerged, It was found, on examination, 

 that in every case the insects had matured, and had left the pupal case 

 as far as they were able, but had been unable to push their way 

 through the partially-ruptured cocoon. In some instances the palpi 

 and head of the dead and dried prisoner could be seen protruded. 

 From the condition of the cocoons it appeared that there had been a 

 lack of sufficient solvent fluid to enable enough of the front part to be 

 softened to admit the passage of the moth. I have never found this 

 inability to escape from their cocoons with Bomhyxquercm, although it 

 is a very laborious process with this species, as may be observed if it 

 is witnessed from the commencement. After the front end of the 

 cocoon has been sufficiently softened, the moth begins a series of 

 strenuous efforts to escape, which are never wholly successful at once, 

 prolonged rests being taken by the insect between its endeavours to 

 force an exit. — R. M.Prideaux; Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Nov. 19th. 



Cakadrina supeestes not a British Insect. — It now appears that 

 Caradrina superstes has not yet been taken either in Guernsey or 

 England ; the specimens I have taken in the past few years, and of 

 which I, in conjunction with Messrs. Abbott and Tait, took over two 

 dozen this past autumn at Freshwater, turn out to be C. amhiciua. 

 Mr. L. B. Front discovered the blunder, and pointed it out to Mr. Tutt 

 as far back, if my memory serves, as October, at a meeting of the City 

 of London Entom. and Nat. Hist. Society. Mr. Tutt then acknow- 

 ledged his mistake, but has not seen fit to correct it yet, beyond a 

 sudden alteration of the name, without explanation, in the subsequent 

 numbers of the Ent. Rec. I have taken the liberty of drawing your 

 attention to the fact, in view of your article (Entom. xxvii. 342) on 

 " Additions to the List of British Lepidoptera during the past ten 

 years." — Albert Hodges; 2, Highbury Place, N., Dec. 20th, 1894. 



On the Lanceolate Form of Epinephele hyperanthes. — In July, 

 1893, I captured, at Oxford, a remarkable variety of E. hyperanthes, 

 Linn, {tus, Stgr. Cat.), which is identical with Mr. South's figure 

 (Entom xxvi. 281). I propose to name this form lancenlata. The other 

 extreme form, in which the ocelli or spots on the wings are almost 

 obsolete, is called arete,'- Miiller, by continental entomologists. 



Nox. lanceolata. — Colour similar to the type. Upper surface : fore 

 wings with two largish roundish ocellated spots, with a creamy-white 

 centre spot ; the blackish ring is rather thick, and is margined with a 

 rather wide creamy-white margin ; hind wings with four similar 

 ocellated lanceolate spots, each having a whitish centre ; the spots 

 are much narrower on the outer side nearer the margin of the wings, 

 and are in one or two instances produced to a point ; the spot at the 

 apical angle of the hind wings is considerably smaller than the others. 



'■■■ Arete, Miiller, Fn. Fr. p. 36 ; Ochs. Die Schm. Eur. i. 1807, p. 228. 

 ENTOM. — JAN. 1895. C 



