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I believe, however, that my friend took a specimen of 
Myrtilli; but at any rate we took three nearly full-grown 
larve of that species, for which I find September and 
October are the reputed months; and from these a moth 
emerged in my breeding-cage on June 8th.—[Rev.] EF. H. 
Eqgles; Enfield, June 18, 1874. 
Platypterix Sicula near Bristol.—I have to record the 
capture by myself, in Leigh Woods, on the 6th and 10th of 
last month, of three examples of this rare hooktip,—a male 
and two females; and on the 17th a male, by Mr. A. E. 
Hudd; this latter apparently just emerged. Another fine 
male was taken on the 27th by a visitor to Clifton. I believe 
the last recorded capture of Sicula was in 1859, when seven- 
teen specimens were taken. Altogether, to the present time, 
some twenty-five would be in existence in different collections. 
Perhaps it would not be out of place were I to mention a 
little adventure, in connection with my above-mentioned 
capture, which befel me in one of my excursions to these 
celebrated woods, and which at one time assumed rather a 
serious aspect. I was forcing my way through some dense 
undergrowth, when I had the misfortune to walk into one of 
the many excavations that occur in these woods, and of 
which I had no previous knowledge. It seems now perfectly 
marvellous how I could have fallen such a depth (upwards of 
thirty feet) without sustaining some injury beyond a few 
trifling scratches, and of course a good shaking; but such 
was fortunately the case; and the fact of having fallen on my 
feet, and the bottom of the hole being composed of soft 
mire, would partly account for my escaping with so little 
bodily hurt. Had I broken or sprained a limb, in all proba- 
bility I could not have made any subsequent attempt to 
extricate myself, and the chance of being heard would have 
been slight indeed, as I was in a part of the wood seldom 
visited by the keepers. For nearly two hours was I in this 
predicament, but at last managed to scramble out with the 
assistance of a half-rotten pole, which providentially had been 
thrown into the hole (as I afterwards heard) by a keeper, 
some seven years previously. My feelings of thankfulness 
-can well be imagined, for without this aid I certainly could 
not have got out, unless help had reached me from another 
quarter. This hole was some four feet in circumference at 
