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not hatch till spring ; and he considered the proper food to be the flower buds of 

 ash, which we all know unfold some considerable time before the leaf buds. With 

 this information before me, I had no hesitation in placing xerampelina in my list 

 at p. 222 ; but it certainly seems that the eggs require to be kept in the cold, for 

 that a very little extra warmth will cause the larva to be developed during the 

 winter. — J. Hellins, Exeter, April bth, 1870. 



Depressaria pallorella and Qracilaria populetorum at Witherslack. — Last 

 September, I met with both these rare species at the above locality ; and, as D. 

 pallorella is an Isle of Wight species, and 6. populetorum seems to occur chiefly in 

 Ireland, I thought it might be interesting to record a fresh locality. My friend 

 Mr. Bond has seen both specimens, and to him I am indebted for their names. — 

 J. B. Hodgki-nson, 15, Spring Bank, Preston, April 10th, 1870. 



Note on Depressaria Weirella. — I see by the " Annual " the larva of this species 

 cannot be separated from that of applana ; it seems curious, but I do not breed 

 one applana for a dozen of TVeirella ; perhaps no one thinks it worth while to 

 take the green larvae home, being afraid of being troubled with a lot of such a 

 common species as applana ; it was so with me, as I had an idea that Weirella 

 larva was dark like that of pimpinellce, until I saw in Stainton's "Manual" that 

 the larva was green : now I can get plenty of Weirella, but they are very local. — Id. 



Note on the luminosity of Fulgora. — The luminosity of the tribe Fulgorites 

 having at various times been the subject of- discussion among entomologists, I 

 think it would be as well to preserve all reference to the subject in entomological 

 publications, and accordingly reproduce the following notice from the History of 

 Chili, by the Abb6 Don P. Ignatius Molina, vol. i (1809), page 173 :— "The glow- 

 worms that I have seen were in general similar to those of Italy : but one night, 

 as I was passing a little wood, I observed three insects, as large as the Death's-head- 

 sphinx {Sphinx Atropos), which gave a very bright light. My attempts to take 

 them, however, were fruitless, and I was never afterwards able to discover any of 

 them, but I am of opinion that they were a species of lantern-fly." Could these 

 insects have been Fulgora latemaria ? their size would lead one to think this 

 possible. — Fredk. Smith, British Museum ; Slst March, 1870. 



Entomological Society oe London, 21st March, 1870. H. W. Bates, Esq., 

 F.Z.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Vaughan exhibited examples of Dianthoecia conspersa found by Mr. Henry 

 Moore in Devonshire. These were remarkable as being varieties which, in some 

 respects, approached D. Barrettii, but perfectly distinct therefrom. The Lepidop- 

 terists present had no difficulty in separating the two forms, although mixed in 

 Mr. Vaughan's box. 



Mr. Bond exhibited Psyche betulina, Zeller (= anicanella, Br.), found by Mr. 

 Mitford, at Hampstead. 



Mr. Smith exhibited an extraordinary larva from Monte Video, completely 

 covered with clavate hairs, resembling those of Acronycta alni, but in extreme 

 abundance. 



