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Note on Ltc^nid^e. — At the sand-hills near Lytham, in Lancashire, 

 on September 12th of this year, I took a dwarf male LyccBua icarus ; also, 

 a few days afterwards, a male Lycana adonis in good condition. Is not 

 this rather northerly as a locality for the dwarf butterfly, and also for L. 

 adonis ■ — G. Renshaw ; Sale Bridge House, Sale, near Mauchester. 



Effect of Ammonia on the Ova of Lepidopteea- — Some ova of 

 Pericallia syringaria, deposited July 18th, were accidentally placed in the 

 ammonia-jar, where they remained four hours. This treatment destroyed 

 the vitality of about half the number ; the others hatched out on Aug. 4th, 

 but all the larvge died in their second moult. On a previous occasion a 

 batch of the eggs of Hadena oleracea were deposited with some moths in 

 the lethal chamber, and at the end of one hour removed therefrom. The 

 moths were then dead, of course ; but the eggs were not destroyed, as they 

 produced larvse in due course ; but, as these were turned adrift to forage 

 for themselves, the effect of the amuionia, if any, upon them is not linown. 

 — EicHAED South ; 12, Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, N.W. 



Effect of Cyanide of Potassium on the colour of Gonopteryx 

 RHAMNi. — I noticed in the ' Proceedings of the Entomologic;;! Society,' 

 May 1st, 1871 (quoted in Entom. for 1871, p. 323) a statement concerning 

 a variety of Gonopteryx rliamni, to the effect that " Mr. Janson said he had 

 noticed that yellow insects liilled by cyanide of potassium became red." — 

 K. M. Prideaux. 



PoPiE WANTED FOR TEMPERATURE EXPERIMENTS. — I am greatly in 

 want of a number of pupae of British Lepidoptera for the purpose of 

 carrying out some experiments on the result of change of temperature upon 

 their emergence during an approaching voyage to the tropics, and shall be 

 much obliged if any of my old correspondents or others will kindly supply 

 me with some. My wish is to get as great a variety as possible, and the 

 commonest species will be acceptable. They should be sent to the address 

 below not later than the middle of November, and forwarded in common 

 boxes that will not require to be returned, as my time is limited. Their 

 receipt will be promptly acknowledged. — Gervase F. Mathew (Fleet Pay- 

 master); H.M.S. ' Tyne,' Chatham. 



AcRONYCTA ALNi Larva NEAR MANCHESTER. — In casB Sale, about six 

 miles from Manchester, has not been recorded for Acronycta alni, I may 

 mention that one August I took a larva from an alder tree in a friend's 

 garden. — G. Renshaw ; Sale Bridge House, Sale. 



Larva of Acronycta alni at Clifton. — Whilst beating maple for 

 Ephyra omicronaria larvae, here in July last, down came a tiny larva of 

 Acronycta alni into the tray. It is so marvellously like a bird-dropping in 

 this stage that, unless previously known, it might be excusable to pass it 

 over as such. After feeding and growuig well for some time, it finally 

 died, for no apparent reason, but 1 was able to preserve the skin by 

 inflation. — R. M. Prideaux; 9, Vyvyan Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



Pupation of Acronycta alni. — Mr. W. H. Livett, in referring to the 

 larva of Acronycta alni (Entom. 245), mentions it having turned to a pupa 

 in a slight web. Is this an occasional or a frequent custom? In 1889 

 I found two larvse in this district, one on the horse-chestnut, the other on a 

 beech tree. Finding, from Newman, that this larva also bored into stems for 

 pupation, I placed some stems of the chestnut, about the size of one's 

 finger, wlien they appeared ready for pupation. It was very interesting 



