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Mr. Marshall states (Hint. Mo. Mag.) that the damage recorded by 
Barrett as being done to fruit in Natal, and described ante., p. 198, is 
not done by the moths at all, the offender being a Trypetid, the moths 
only being attracted by the exuding juice. 
Lord Walsingham alters (Mnt. Mo. May.) the specific name of 
Phalonia erigerana to Phalonia sabulicola owing to the similarity of 
erigerana to eriyeronana, the latter a Conchylis named by Riley in 1887. 
Mr. W. C. Boyd observes (Hint. Mo. Mag.) that a 4 per cent. 
solution of formalin is perfectly satisfactory in preserving female 
Psychids, the shape, size, and colour being exceedingly well retained. 
Whilst we were at Chambery we looked 1 up the collections which the 
Societé Histoire Naturelle de la Savoie keeps, and which the members 
kindly throw open to the public. The society, founded in 1844, is, 
we believe, largely aided by the local authorities, those of Chambéry, 
we were informed, granting 1,000 frances and those of Aix-les-Bains 
200 francs annually. We had expected to find a collection of 
Lepidoptera of a very high order, as it is well-known that several 
eminent entomologists aided many years ago in its formation, but the 
careless exposure of the specimens in cases on walls in the full glare of 
the light has ruined what was evidently, a half century ago, a truly 
good representative collection of the lepidoptera of the district, and 
one finds now nothing but bleached specimens—Pericallia syringaria, 
Ennomos autumnaria, Boarmia roboraria, in fact, all the Geometrids, 
as well as Arctiids and Noctuids, are white as silver. The butterflies, 
too, are often wrongly named. rebia goante is placed as I’. gorge, a 
male Satyrus cordula pairs off with S. dryas under the name of bryce, 
and soon. One always wishes when one goes into a district for the 
first time that a good local collection may be available for reference. 
This rarely is so, but when there has been, and it has been allowed 
to go to ruin, one is more than mepnpelnted: 
YOTES ON LIFE- HISTORIES, LARVA, &c. 
Larva or LirHOSIA GRISEOLA AB. STRAMINEOLA.—On October 2nd, 
1898, I made the following note of some still-feeding larve of L. 
griseola ab. stramineola. —About 4!” long; head, black and shining ; 
short dark-brown bristles on each segment ; colour blackish with 
reddish markings between the segments and on either side of the black 
dorsal line, so that the body presents a sort of mottled black and red 
appearance ; a distinct red blotch on pro- and mesothorax and another 
on the anal segment; the dorsum is almost without hairs, the latter 
appear to spring from the lateral tubercles ; the lateral line blackish 
with very faint indications of paler markings; the ventral surface 
light brownish-black.—H. M. Epeusren, F'.E.8., Forty Hall, Enfield. 
Larva or CaLuicenra miInIATA.—On October 2nd, 1898, I made the 
following note of some hybernating larve of Calligenia miniata :— 
Leneth about 6°25mm. Head shining, yellow; body covered with 
long dark fawn-coloured hair tussocks, placed on each segment, hairs 
about 1:5mm. in length, the thorax covered with bristles ; the body 
yellowish in colour, the ventral surface paler than the dorsum and 
lateral parts of body. The hybernating larva rests under pieces of 
bark, &c., lying on the surface of the sand, which leads one to suspect 
that it may be a ground-feeder in nature.—lIsip, 
