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Poaphila ? paucula, Walk., seems nearly allied to Pleonectyptera 

 phal(enalis, Grote, though a perfectly distinct species. 



The genus Milyus, Wlk., will supersede his Chabora; the 

 typical species M. mixtura comes (not from Africa as stated by 

 Walker) from Jamaica, and is the male of Azeta uiicas ; Azeta 

 will take priority over both genera. 



Walker described a genus Coma, and placed it in the 

 Poaphilidffi ; the type species C. inconspicua he subsequently 

 described (p. 1089) as Hypernaria? tenehrosa. This genus 

 belongs to the Trifidse, and is nearly allied to Stellidia, Guenee, 

 originally described as a genus of Geometrites, of the family 

 Boletobidae. Capnodes cinerea, Butler, from Japan, must be 

 referred to Stellidia. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSEEVATIONS. 



The Light Form of Vanessa c-album. — I have just taken some 

 more of the light form of this species in Shropshire. As no name 

 appears to have been given this very distinctive seasonally dimorphic 

 form of V. c-album, — which occurs as the type of the first generation 

 upon the Continent, but only as an aberration of the same brood 

 in this country, — I beg to propose the name lutescens for it. — W. 

 Harcourt-Bath ; June 29th, 1896. 



Another Use for Naphthalin. — When my insects revive after 

 they are set, instead of dropping a little chloroform on them, which 

 sometimes spoils the appearance of the specimen, I cover them with 

 naphthalin, which soon kills and leaves no other trace behind. As 

 the " emeralds " will not stand the vapour of ammonia, I stupify 

 them in the cyanide-bottle sufficiently to set them, then cover them 

 with naphthalin, and in a short time they are dead. — F. Hilton ; 

 184, Stamford Hill, N. 



Euchloe cardamines at Best. — On June 21st, near Esher, I came 

 across a specimen of Euchloe cardamines at rest on the uncurling tip of 

 a bracken frond, where it was well protected by resemblance, the 

 mottled under surface of the hind wing harmonising wonderfully well 

 with the green knobs of the unfolding fern covered with whitish down. 

 One could almost fancy that this position was assumed after deliberate 

 thought ; but I suppose the fact is rather that the peculiar markings 

 on the under surface of the hind wings harmonise with, many plants 

 whose foliage is finely divided, just as they do with the blossoms of 

 some of the Umbelliferae. — W. J. Lucas ; Knight's Park, Kingston- 

 on-Thames. 



Dragonflies caught by Drosera. — On June 27th, at the Black 

 Pond, near Esher, Surrey, I noticed several small dragonflies caught 

 by the Drosera, which was in fine condition. On one plant of D. 

 rotundifolia there were no fewer than four dragonflies, three living 



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