THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 17 
took in about eight days. This year I have not taken so 
many: although I have worked very hard for them I have 
only taken twenty, and about one-half of these were bad 
specimens; the females are almost sure to be good. No one 
could be taken in with continental specimens of P. leuacopheza, 
as they differ from ours as much as though they were two 
distinct species: our specimens are very pale, being almost 
white; the marks are quite white, especially along the hind 
margin of the wings; whereas the foreign specimens are 
larger and very much darker in colour, even on the under 
side. I will now mention Nonagria albipuncta, the third 
specimen known, which I took in a pine wood, August 12th, 
1869, and sent alive to Dr. Harper, of Hyde Park; on 
the 16th I took one; on the 17th, one; on the 19th, three. 
I also sent one or two of the others off alive. In 1870 I took 
eleven fine specimens in our Blean, Hospital, and Pine Woods; 
in 1871, a collector, named Edney, and I took upwards of 
twenty, mostly fine; in 1872, only nine specimens; and in 
1873, only five specimens between two of us. I may add that 
had we worked well we could have taken upwards of a 
hundred in 1871. In conclusion, if any private gentleman is 
in want of the above-named three species, I shall be but too 
happy to take him to my hunting-ground, where I can 
promise he shall take them himself.—G@. Parry; Church 
Street, St. Paul’s, Canterbury, December 1, 1873. 
D. conspersa and D. compta (Entom. vi. 518, 546, 564).— 
In reply to Mr. Meek’s singularly inaccurate and illogical 
paper, permit me to answer him categorically. First, then, I 
never asked if D. compta was British. I wished that some 
one would place so-called British (Irish ?) specimens(?) in a 
relaxing-box, &c., and never showed him a Dianthecia 
compta, or said I took one on the Big Hill of Howth, in 
Wales, or elsewhere ; he and others called my Penmaenbach 
var. of Conspersa, Compta; mot J; and I am quite sure no 
amount of placing it in a damp box will ever make it Compta. 
I think your readers perfectly understand what he pretends 
puzzles him, hence I need not pursue that phantom, but 
proceed at once to show that Mr. Warrington cannot help me 
much. He (Mr. Warrington) says, in reply to my question: 
—“] have seen the remarks about Compta and Conspersa in 
the ‘Entomologist.’ I recollect picking out Conspersa in 
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