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given by Mr. Piffard to Mr. Henry Doubleday, in whose colleotiou it 

 still remains at Bethnal Green Museum. Three specimens were taken 

 by Mr. Frank Standish, from whose collection they were purchased by 

 Mr. S. Webb, of Dover, in whose rich collection they now are. Two 

 other specimens were taken by Mr. Holyday, who tells me that they 

 are both still in his own collection. The last of the seven specimens 

 was taken by Mr. W. Purdey, of Folkestone, in June, 1871 (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. viii. 92). This specimen was sold by Mr. Purdey to Mr. Burney, 

 at whose sale I purchased it. The fact that none of Mr. Burney's 

 four specimens, although catalogued as taken by Mr. Piffard, were 

 really taken by that gentleman was known to every one in the auction- 

 room, as a letter from him to that effect was publicly produced and 

 read out ; but it was not generally remembered that one of these 

 specimens really was Mr. Purdey's specimen. Those, however, who 

 did remember it, and knew how specially interesting the specimen was 

 to me, most kindly refrained from bidding against me, and enabled 

 me to secure it. To prevent any future question or mistake, I also 

 bought Mr. Burney's three other specimens, which are, of course, 

 utterly valueless. I was with Mr. Purdey at the time of its capture. 

 I saw him strike at it, saw it in his net, and by the light of his lantern 

 assisted in determining its identity. It was to me therefore almost as 

 if I had taken it myself. It was taken in the small rectangular recess 

 on the left hand of the up-line between the crossing where the Warren 

 Station now stands and the tunnel nearest Folkestone. I might per- 

 haps add that shortly before Mr. Burney's death, Mr. Purdey wrot^ to 

 him asking whether the specimen was still in his collection, and 

 received a reply from Mr. Burney stating that it was ; and since the 

 sale I have taken it to Mr. Purdey, who identified it as his own. — 

 C. A. Briggs ; 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields, March 12th, 1896. 



Sesia andreniformis. — Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Harding, of Clifton, 

 both write to say that the late Mr. Wilkinson, of Scarborough, took 

 only one specimen of 5. andreniformis at Dardham. This particular 

 specimen was certainly in Ml*. Fry's collection, recently sold at 

 Stevens's but the origin of the other examples, two in number, is now 

 left in doubt. — Richard Soutii. 



The three specimens of Sesia andreniformis were thought by Mr. 

 Fry and self to have come out of the late Mr. Wilkinson's collection. 

 They were bought from Mr. E. G. Meek, who will doubtless be able to 

 say from what source he obtained them. — H. Mc Arthur ; 35, Averill 

 Street, Fulham Palace Road, W. 



A Further Note upon the Larva of Colias hyale. — Although a 

 considerable time has elapsed since my notes upon the life-history of 

 Colias hyale, when breeding this species from the Q^g (Entom. xxvi. 7), 

 I think it well, if only on account of the few opportunities we have of 

 making any observations upon this insect, to record the fate of the 

 larvse that were then alive. At that time (Dec. 10th, 1892) three 

 larvae were living in a perfectly quiescent state, having been in that 

 condition for about thirty days. On Nov. 26th these three larv£B, 

 having been in one position for about a fortnight, two resting on the 

 side of the jar in which they were contained, and one on a partly 

 curled-up leaf, all being apparently unaffected by the high temperature 



