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streak round the sides to the mouth. Some very small yellow scattered tubercles 

 on the ventral surface. 



On the 11th June, it began to spin its pale grey silken oval cocoon amongst 

 the stems of heather, and a few days later the pupa became dimly visible through 

 it, lying in the middle, in a nearly horizontal position, the head being lowest. Its 

 length about half-an-inch, the wing cases nearly as loug, their tips uppermost, 

 and projecting in a blunt point ; from them the abdomen is bent downward at a 

 right angle, having a blunt anal point attached to the shrivelled coat skin of the 

 larva. Its general appearance rounded, obtuse, and thick, of a blackish-brown 

 colour, and with scarcely any polish. 



The perfect insect emerged on July 8th. — Wm. Buckler, Emsworth. 



Capture of Hadena assimilis. — On the 30th June last, I took a specimen of the 

 above insect, on the 10th inst. another, and on the 11th inst. a third, all at sugar in 

 Inverness-shire. — Nicholas Cooke, Spring View, Liscard, 16th July, 1869. 



Occurrence of a Dicrorampha nev> to Britain ; D. plumbana, 8c. — Some time 

 since Mr. Hodgkinson, of Preston, kindly sent me examples of a Dicrorampha 

 evidently new to our lists. One of the specimens (a $ ) I forwarded to Professor 

 Zeller, who has most obligingly furnished me with its name. He writes as follows 

 concerning it : — " The Dicrorampha ? I can by no means separate from what I 

 "consider to be D. plumbana, Sc. (Zachana, H., Blepharana, H.-S.) : identical 

 "specimens were abundant in Upper Carinthia, before and after the beginning of 

 " June." Mr. Hodgkinson on capturing the insect at once saw that it was some- 

 thing new to us. He again met with the species at Witherslack, in the beginning 

 of the present month. Dr. Staudinger gives ulicana, Gn., as a synonym of plumbana, 

 but Mr. Hodgkinson's insect is certainly not the ulicana of our lists. — H. G. Knaggs, 

 Kentish Town, July, 1868. 



Addition to the list of Irish Lepidoptera. — Coccyx Splendidulana, quite new to 

 the Irish fauna, has been, by some error, omitted in my list. — Herbert Marsden, 

 Gloucester, 



Dianthoecia compta 8f D. Barrettii at Howth. — I have lately been successful in 

 capturing a few examples of D. compta, and several of D. Barrettii. Thinking that 

 the occurrence of the former especially will interest your readers, I send you this 

 note.— E. G. Meek, 4, Old Ford Road, E., July 11th, 1869. 



Note on the occurrence of Dianthoecia Barrettii. — In June, 1868, I visited the 

 Hill of Howth, in Ireland, for the purpose of taking D. Barrettii in its original 

 locality, and succeeded in securing a good series of specimens, varying much in 

 size. On reflection, it struck me that " Port-Jack," in the Isle of Man, resembled 

 the best locality I had found for it at Howth so nearly in its Flora and Fauna (so 

 far as I had then ascertained), that I determined to try there for D. Barrettii on 

 my next visit to the Island. A few days afterwards, I went to the little kingdom, 

 and proceeded direct to " Port-Jack," and, before I slept, had secured and set a 

 fair specimen of Barrettii. This year I have again taken it there, so that we may 

 now hope that this hitherto exclusively Irish species will be obtained in the Isle of 

 Man, by all who work for it, at less cost in money and time than it can be hoped 

 for in the Irish localities. — 0. S. Gregson, Stanley, Liverpool, July 12th, 1869. 



