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Occurrence of Lemiodes pulveralis, Hb. ; a genus and species of Lepidoptera new 

 to Britain. — During my stay in the Isle of Wight this season, I was so fortunate aa 

 to capture a $ specimen of this species, in company with Botys flavalis. Two 

 specimens have since been taken by my brother, and one by myself, at Folkestone. 

 The insect was kindly determined for me by Dr. Knaggs. — E. G. Meek, 4, Old 

 Ford Eoad, E., 4th October, 1869. 



[This inconspicuous insect has already had a place in our Lists, on erroneous 

 evidence. Stephens, in his " Illustrations " (Haust., vol. 4, p. 55), includes it, 

 remarking — " My specimens were taken in June, at Darenth Wood, several years 

 ago ; Maldon Park, G. Wailes, Esq." But, in his British Museum Catalogue, he 

 refers these examples to Botys fuscalis. Guenee says (Pyralites, p. 402) — "La 

 figure 826 de Wood, et peut-etre meme sa figure 323, pourraient etre des individus 

 passes. Cependant Stephens lui-meme rapporte la premiere au Botys fuscalis, et 

 son temoignage doit 6tre accepte." — Eds.] 



Deiopeia pulchella at Folkestone. — On Friday last, October 1st, whilst shooting 

 on the hills, at the back of Folkestone, and not far from where I took sacraria in 

 1865, I disturbed and caught a specimen of Deiopeia pulchella. A turnip field, not 

 the usual stubble, was the scene of capture. I kicked up the insect out of a strip 

 of white turnip, between a field of swedes on the one side and a slope covered with 

 rough herbage on the other ; there was, however, a barley stubble at no great 

 distance to windward. A close inspection of the vicinity produced no further 

 results. When disturbed, the insect only flew a few yards at a time, but would 

 not at first allow itself to be boxed, being exceedingly shy. On getting a hat 

 over it, however, it most obligingly shammed death, and was speedily boxed. The 

 specimen is a male in fair condition, but rather damaged in one hind-wing. 



During a stay there of more than two months, I found little else worth 

 noticing; Liparis chrysorrh&a was exceedingly abundant in the Warren at the 

 beginning of August, my brother and myself finding 62 cocoons (quite empty) on 

 one bramble bush. Odontia dentalis has been rather common in the Warren, but I 

 have obtained most of mine by searching the Bugloss for its very conspicuous 

 cocoon. I have seen but few Oolias Edusa, and only one Hyale. Sugaring has 

 paid pretty well, but then I have scarcely missed a night in the vain hope of 

 Leucania albipuncta putting in a re- appearance. A few Aplecta occulta came at the 

 end of August, and Agrotis puta and A. saucia have been far more abundant than 

 they were last season. Puta has continued from August 2nd until now, and of the 

 latter which came out about September 20th and is just over, I usually had eight 

 or nine each night. — Thos. H. Briggs, 6, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, October, 1869. 



Leucania emtranea, Heliothis peltigera, and Sterrha sacraria at Neath. — I have 

 much pleasure in recording the capture here by R. Stafford, of a fair female speci- 

 men of Leucania extranea. He took it on September 15th, about 7.30 p.m., enjoying 

 the sweet blossoms of Scabiosa succisa. He also took, on September 3rd, an un- 

 usually brightly marked example of H. peltigera. 



I have been in the North of Argyleshire for two months, and saw many 

 common Lepidoptera ; the most noteworthy species being, perhaps, Ph. lapidaria : 

 I found it amongst Myrica gale. 



