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Sesia myopiformis with Yellow Belt. — At the beginning of the 

 fourth week of June last I took a specimen of Sesia myopiformis with 

 the abdominal band yellow, instead of red. — C. A. Bird; Rosedale, 

 162, Dalhug Road, Hammersmith, July 12, 1893. 



Migration of Butterflies. — As the April number of this journal 

 has only just reached me via Japan, I have only now seen Mr. Radley's 

 query [aiite, p. 134). I would refer him to Mr. M. C. Pisper's paper, " Obser- 

 vations sur des vols de Lepidopteres aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises et 

 considerations sur la nature probable de ce phenomene," published, in 

 French, by Ernst & Co., Batavia (Java), 1890, in pamphlet form, being 

 extracted from the ' Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Ned-Indie,' vol. 50, 

 part 3. It contains particulars of thirty flights of butterflies observed in 

 Netherlands India between 1872 — 1889, together with a lot of valuable and 

 interesting notes on the subject. — T. E. Sansom ; Esculonia, St. Leonards 

 Road, Eastbourne. 



Note on Coccinella ocellata, L. — Larvae were beaten on June 10th 

 from various foliage, but had evidently dropped from the fir trees. Colour 

 in general slaty blue. Head and thorax black, margined with and having 

 at base of latter a blotch of pale yellow. Abdomen with several pairs of 

 pale spots down the centre of back; also six rows of black spines extending 

 from base to apex, those on side margin of third and fourth segments being 

 of pale yellow. Legs black ; coxae pale yellow. The larvae pupated on 

 June nth, the pattern of the wing-cases being plainly visible through the 

 thin pupal covering. As in lepidopterous pupae, the wings were folded 

 round the front. The beetles commenced their emergence on June 18th, 

 and at time of writing have all (12) made their appearance, the duration of 

 time in this stage being from seven to nine days. Among the specimens 

 bred is one very remarkable variety. Instead of having black spots, encircled 

 with white, only three black spots at base are present, the remainder 

 being entirely white. — Gr. A. Lewcock; 73, Oxford Road, Canonbury, N., 

 June 22, 1893. 



Larval Food of Nyssia zonaria. — During a stay at Blackpool I took, 

 during June, over 400 larvae of Nyssia zonaria, feeding on the following 

 plants; — Taraxacum officinale, Plantago, Rumex, Trifolium pratense, and 

 Tussilago farfara. Has the larva been known to feed on these plants 

 before ? — Lionel Stones ; Northwood, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, near 

 Manchester. 



L. CYLLARUS V. COSTA. — When writing in the • Entomologist ' (xxvi. 

 91), I noticed the capture of a specimen of L. cyllarus, Rett., by myself, in 

 which the ocellated spots on the under side of the hind wings were 

 completely absent. The individual in question (a female), was caught at 

 St. Martin- Vesubie (Department of Alpes-Maritimes), on June 5th last. 

 This form is described in Antonio Curo's • Saggio di un Catalogo dei 

 Lepidotteri dTtalia' (Firenze, 1885), p. 52, as var. costa. Signer Curd 

 states it as occurring in " Central and Southern Italy (rare) " ; so the above 

 appears to be a new locality. — F. Beomilow ; Nice, France, April, 1893. 



Remarkable Aberration of Carabus violaceus. — Whilst collecting 

 at Cowley, towards the end of 1892, I found under a stone a specimen of 

 Carabus violaceus which has turned out to be a most curious variety worth, 

 perhaps, recording. The head does not differ from the type, nor does the body, 



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