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Description of the mine of Lithocolletis anderidce, Fletcher. — With regard to Mr. 

 Stainton's note at p. 192, on the occurrence of Lithocolletis anderidce at Bloxworth, 

 I have taken a description of the mine, of which I found several at Bloxworth in 

 October, 1889. These were kept in a cold room, and the perfect insects began to 

 emerge on May 6th last. The mine is placed on the under-side of the birch leaf, 

 between two side ribs, and varies in its length, which is about half-an-inch or a little 

 less. The lower surface of the leaf is puckered longitudinally, which causes the 

 mine to be visible from the upper-side by a slight elevation of the upper-surface, as 

 well as from the eating of the green part of the leaf by the larva. Two mines 

 sometimes occur in the same leaf. The larva lines the inside of the mine with 

 whitish silk, but makes no cocoon. 



L. anderidce, together with other rare species which have occurred lately in this 

 county, will be figured from coloured drawings by Mrs. Richardson on the moth 

 plate in the Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 

 vol. xi. — Nelson M. Richardson, Montevideo, near Weymouth : Aug. IQth, 1890. 



Further note on Pt/ralis pictalis, Curtis. — Mr. Warren has very kindly furnished 

 me with some further information respecting this species, met with in the course of 

 his investigations at South Kensington and elsewhere, from which it would appear 

 that the late Mr. Robertson's specimen is not unique by any means — indeed, I find 

 that my friend Dr. Mason, of Burton-on-Trent, has a specimen reputed to be of 

 British origin. 



It seems that specimens exist in the National Collection obtained from Japan, 

 Sumatra, Ceylon, and various other localities in India, and that besides the name of 

 Pyralis (or Asopia) pictalis, Curtis, Walker, &c., they exist under the synonyms of 

 pronaealis, Walker, Lederer, &c., bractiatella, Walker, e/«cAia, Butler, and y«m- 

 pennis, Butler, which last is a smoky variety. 



I gladly embrace the opportunity of correcting my involuntary mis-statement. 

 — Chas. G. Baeeett, 39, Linden Grove, Nunhead : July, 1890. 



Note on the history of Nemeobius Lucina. — My friend, Mr. W. R. Jeffrey, sent 

 me this year some eggs of Nemeobius Lucina, and I am sorry to hear that those he 

 retained have proved abortive. I assumed that the life-history of Lucina was well 

 known, and did not keep very careful notes, but I am tolerably positive that the 

 larva moults only three times ; this interested me so much that I looked up the 

 matter. Scudder, in his North American Butterflies, states that what is recorded 

 about it is very defective, and I then turned, as I might have been expected to have 

 done at first, to Buckler. I think he notes four moults, but am not sure that he 

 does not imply five. His account of the egg and young larva is rather meagre, nor 

 does he describe the form of the full grown larva. As I have lost my opportunity, 

 I make this note to suggest that some one should fully observe and describe these 

 missing items, especially the newly-hatched larva, which is very curious, and the 

 number of moults. I may, however, note that the eggs are laid in pairs, or 

 occasionally more together, and to the naked eye look spherical, and very like those 

 of an Arctia. When magnified, however, it is seen to be apple-shaped, that is, 

 narrowed a little upwards, and with a depression at top, its widest diameter and 



