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not likely to be disturbed for some months, in which case I 

 anticipate that these two species will obtain a permanent footing 

 here. Two years ago E. passulella was plentiful in and about the 

 warehouses belonging to the dock company ; but last year, 

 although a search was frequently made, no trace of this insect 

 could be found : probably the cake, or whatever the larvae might 

 be feeding upon, was removed from the warehouses. If this 

 supposition be correct it would be quite sufficient to cause the 

 insect to become very scarce, and thus account for its apparent 

 absence last year. — Edward A. Atmore; Exton's Road, Lynn. 



Exapate gelatella in Surrey. — At page 44 of the present 

 volume of the ' Entomologist' a note occurs by Mr. Porritt, in 

 which he states that this species was excessively abundant at the 

 end of last October and beginning of November in certain 

 northern parts of England. As a supplement to this information 

 it may be interesting to record its capture at New Maiden, 

 Surrey ; for although I have collected in this district for many 

 years yet I never met with, or heard of, its being taken until 

 December 2nd, when one flew into my umbrella. I also took 

 another quite fresh from the pupa a fortnight later. Considering 

 where its head-quarters are situated, it seems strange that this 

 moth should have turned up here at all, but more especially that 

 it should be six or seven weeks after its appearance in the more 

 northern and colder part of the country. — H. T. Dobson, jun. 



Irregular emergence of Lepidoptera. — During last 

 October, November and December I took several larvae of 

 Phlogophora meticulosa on geraniums in the open and in a 

 greenhouse. About the middle of December some of the first I 

 took spun cocoons just under the surface of the earth placed in 

 the breeding-cage. On February 4th, when I was placing fresh 

 geranium leaves in the cage, I was surprised by finding a fine 

 female on one side of the cage. Another appeared on the 

 7th inst. ; and fifteen in the course of the next five days. There 

 was no fire in the room where they were kept until about a 

 fortnight before the appearance of the first on the 4th inst. — 

 A. Druitt ; Christchurch, Hants, February, 1884. 



Paronymic Nomenclature. — At the last meeting of the 

 Entomological Society, March 5th, Mr. J. W. Dunning, President, 

 called attention to a paper entitled " Description of a Pieris new 



