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pin is by no means perfect, especially from a British collector's point 

 of view, it is, nevertheless, the first stride in the right direction ; and 

 now that the ball has been set rolling by a Erench firm, our British 

 pin makers will probably wake up and be upon their mettle. 



I would suggest to Messrs. Deyrolle that their metal might be 

 stiffened and rendered more elastic, with advantage ; and that the 

 element of copper which I find to be present should be eliminated. 

 The latter has, no doubt, been added as a component of the alloy for 

 hardening purposes, but surely some substitute for it could be found, 

 for Entomologists have such a horror of copper. Then, of course, 

 for the British market, the style would have to be considerably 

 altered — the length of the pins reduced, the heads made solid, the 

 points more tapering, and smaller sizes introduced. With these 

 modifications there does not appear to be any particular reason why 

 we should not ultimately enjoy the privilege of possessing a perfect 

 pin! 



Folkestone : Octoher, 1894. 



Phihalapteryx Japidata in South ArgylesJiire. — I saw and took two this autumn 

 (both $), one on September 24th, and the other on October 3rd. The two speci- 

 mens were taken not far from the head of Loch Striven, at spots about two miles 

 apart, but on the same hill, a rather grassy one, at 600 and 800 feet high. They 

 were both taken where many rushes grew ; they were fluttering feebly in the sun in 

 the early afternoon. It struck me that they much resembled Cidaria testata when 

 flying. — W. M. Cheistt, Watergate, Emsworth : November 6th, 1894. 



Fhihalapteryx lapidata at Glen Messin, Argyleshire. — Some time ago I was 

 shown an insect which was taken at Glen Messin on September 9th, 1892, by Mrs. 

 Teacher, of this city ; although a worn specimen, I recognised it as Fhihalapteryx 

 lapidata ; to-day I had another look at it, and find that my determination was 

 correct. This gives another locality for this interesting species. — James J. E. X. 

 King, 207, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow : October 22nd, 1894. 



Lita sucsdella T^iOT found in Lancashire. — On p. 82 of the current volume of this 

 Magazine I inserted " Lancashire {teste J. B. Hodgkinson) " as one of the localities 

 for Lita sucedella, and on p. 125 I wrote " AJr. J. B. Hodgkinson tells me that he 

 bred this species in July, about the year 1872, from larvaj found in May or June in 

 shoots of S.fruticosa, near the mouth of the Wyre in Lancashii'e," but added a 

 foot-note to tlie effect that Mr. Hodgkinson, although forwarding other allied species 

 under the idea that they were sucedella, and probably some of the specimens that he 

 had then bred, had failed to send me any of the Simon Pure, and that no evidence of 

 the occurrence of Suada fruticosa in Lancashire was forthcoming. I had no choice 

 but to make these entries, because, after a long correspondence with Mr. Hodgkinson;' 



