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(inserted doubtfully), Limenitis sibylla (1861), Apatura iris (1864-66), 

 Folyommatus {Lyccena) acis (1885). None of these butterflies have 

 been observed in the district since the years quoted, but Mr. Edwards 

 states that he found a brood of the larvae of A. cratcegi, feeding upon 

 hawthorn, in 1876. The Sphingina number twenty-four species ; 

 Bombycina, about seventy species ; Noctuina, upwards of one hundred 

 and eighty species ; Geometrina, over one hundred and sixty species ; 

 Pyralidina, forty-seven species. The " Micro-Lepidoptera " appear to 

 have received but little attention, as only fifty-one species of Tortri- 

 cina are mentioned, and the Tineina are omitted altogether. 



In the ' Transactions ' of the Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' 

 Club, vol. i. pt. 2, pp. 55-64) is a hst, drawn up by Mr. J. W, Boult, 

 of the Macro-Lepidoptera collected within eight miles of Hull. The 

 compiler has only included species obtained by himself or other 

 members of the Club during the past twenty-five years. Two hundred 

 species are catalogued, and of these twenty-five are butterflies. 



Retarded Emergence of Sphinx ligustri. — I took some full-grown 

 larvas of S. ligustri, which soon entered the pupa state, in September, 

 1898. All these, except one, attained the perfect state in the following 

 June. The imago from the remaining pupa did not emerge until 

 Aug. 22th, 1899. Is not this rather unusual ? The conditions in 

 which the pupae were kept favoured a much earlier appearance of the 

 moths. — (Rev.) W. J. Leigh Phillips ; The Cottage, Parkwood Road, 

 Tavistock, Jan. 11th. 



Unusual Pairing of Satyrus semele. — This year I captured a fine 

 female of S. semele with, two males "in coitu." This struck me as 

 worth recording. — (Rev.) W. J. Leigh Phillips. 



New African Dragonflies.— Dr. F. Karsch (' Entomologische Nach- 

 richten,' No. 24, December, 1899) gives a lengthy account of a new 

 genus, Atoconeura, of African dragonflies, and of eleven new species : — 

 Trithemis pruinata, T. furva, Atoconeura biordinata, Orthetrum polli- 

 nosum, jEscIma dolobrata, Notogomphus stuhlmanni, Libellago consueta, 

 L, trifaria, Pseudagrion gerstackeri, Agriocnemis inversa, and Lestes 

 uncifer. — W. J. Lucas. 



New Work on British Odonata. — The publication of ' British 

 Dragonflies ' (L. Upcott Gill) at the commencement of the year affords 

 an opportunity for those who secure a copy to thoroughly digest the 

 contents before the active season begins. The study of our native 

 dragonflies has probably been neglected by collectors because of diffi- 

 culty in the way of readily determining the species. With the aid, 

 however, of the clear descriptions and admirable figures given in this 

 book by the author and artist (Mr. W. J. Lucas), the correct identifi- 

 cation of captures becomes a comparatively easy matter. 



Setting Relaxed Insects. — Relative to the above (Entom. xxxii. 

 307), I mentioned I had been using (unsuccessfully) cement, which I 

 bought of Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster. I think, in justice to that 

 firm, I should state that the cement was not sold to me for the purpose 

 for which I used it, and that in other respects I have found it an 

 excellent cement. — Arthur H. Rydon ; Awbrook, Lindfield, Sussex 

 Jan. 3rd, 1900. 



