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upon setting the specimens I had bred and captured, I found that about half my 

 supposed males were females. Mr. Hudd has also bred all three forms. 



Upon a close examination of my specimens, I was much struck by their resem- 

 blance to the desci'iption of Xysmatodoma melanella in Mr. Stainton's Manual, and 

 in forwarding specimens to Mr. Doubleday I drew his attention to the resemblance, 

 but, as I did not previously possess examples of melanella, I could not say positively 

 if the specimens would be found to difFor when placed side by side. 



In a communication since received from Mr. Doubleday I find that my surmise 

 was a correct one, and that 8. poinonw, Stainton, and X. melanella, Haworth, are 

 the same, so that I presume Mr. Stainton's name will have to drop, at least as far 

 as pomonce is concerned. 



It will be interesting to observe in the future whether we shall at once lose 

 the winged form or whether we shall reach the state of all wingless females by 

 degrees ; I incline to the latter opinion, as a few years hence we could be able to 

 feel certain of rearing a considerable per-centage of winged forms of the other 

 species, inconspicuella, but of late years only apterous females appear. May we not 

 expect that with this species also a brood of winged males and females will appear, 

 if they have not already done so ? 



I do not possess a single winged example of inconspicuella ; but perhaps gentle- 

 men possessing winged specimens will carefully examine them, in order to find, if 

 possible, winged female forms of that insect as well as of melanella.— Geo. Harding, 

 Jun., Stapleton, Bristol, July lBtli, 1869. 



[The above communication appeared to us so extraordinary, that, before putting 

 it in type, we communicated with the writer, who says in reply that the cases from 

 which he has bred both forms occur on some pear trees within ten yards of his 

 house ; and adds, " Strange as my communication might appear to you, I am still 

 of opinion that my deduction is correct ; at any rate it is sent in good faith, and 

 with an honest desire to elucidate the truth on the subject." — Eds.] 



Procris globulariw, fyc, at Folkestone. — I have found this tolerably abundant in 

 one particular spot near Folkestone, from which place I think it has not yet been 

 recorded. On the sunny slope of a hill rising from one of the numerous hollows 

 in the neighbourhood, it was possible to take any number of them ; though, from 

 the nature of my engagements, I could never get to the spot till about six in the 

 evening, and was then obliged to be content to take whatever specimens lingered 

 about in the last rays of the sun. Flying with it, there was also a plentiful supply 

 of statices, and a few, if I am not greatly mistaken, of Geryon ; but of this latter 

 species I will not be certain until I have shown it to a better authority than myself. 

 I caught the first specimen on the 25th of June, and at the present date they are 

 still about. This is later than they are usually said to appear ; but this must bo 

 attributed to the season, which is certainly adverse to entomologists. 



T. chrysidiforme was a long time putting in an appearance, and has only been 

 out during the past ten days, and that very sparingly, one specimen in a couple of 

 hours being my reward in the same spot, where, last year, in the middle of June, 

 I could take ten or a dozen in the same time. T. Bondii has come out during the 

 past week or so, but, I fancy, is not so abundant as formerly. — Henky Ullyett, 

 Folkestone, July 6th, 1869. 



