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regained its former position, and extended its wings as they 

 were before its sudden tumble. But as J watched it I 

 noticed that instead of its wings becoming stiff and ready for 

 flight, they gradually diminished in size, until, in about a 

 quarter of an hour from the time of its fall, they w^ere exactly 

 the same size as they were when it emerged from the pupa- 

 case. Has the fact of a moth's wings decreasing in size 

 after they had grown to their full extent been recorded ? — 

 M, A. J. Pitman ; 8, Dacre Park, Lee, Kent. 



Locust near Halifax. — AsMi.W. Elliott, gardener, Queens- 

 bury, near Halifax, was pursuing his occupation in the course 

 of last week, he heard something flying near him, which he 

 imagined to be a bird, but which proved to be a fime locust, 

 and which he captured. Its body was fully two inches long, 

 and its wings, when closed, extended half an inch beyond that 

 measurement. — Halifax ; September 4, 1869. 



Locusts in Aberdeenshire. — Locusts sometimes occur in 

 Aberdeenshire along the coast, and as far west as Balmoral, 

 where I saw large quantities on the way to Loch-na-gar last 

 autumn. 1 am sorry that I can send you but a nuitilated 

 specimen. — W. C. Angus ; 130, Union Street, Abetdeen. 



[Mr. Walker has examined this specimen with his usual 

 care, and pronounces it to be Pachytelus migratorius, as 

 stated in the ^Year-Book,' p. 17, where Mr. Walker has a 

 most valuable paper on our British locusts. — E. Newman.^ 



Cucullia Chanionrillce bred. — This morning (March 9th) 

 I found a fine specimen of Cucullia Chamomillae (just out 

 from the chrysalis) in my breeding- cage ; and as I think it 

 is rather early for that species to appear (more especially 

 considering the severity of the season), perhaps you might 

 deem it worthy of a notice in the 'Entomologist.' — John 

 Gatcombe ; 8, Lower Durnford Street, Plymouth, March 9. 



Leucania vitellina and Catocala Fra.xini at Canterbury. 

 — I took a fine specimen of Leucania vitellina on the 7lh of 

 October, 1869. On the 14th of the same month 1 took a 

 large specimen of Catocala Fraxini. I sent both specimens 

 alive to Mr. Harper, of Hyde Park : he said he would write 

 to you, but as no notice of their capture has appeared 

 I conclude that he forgot to do so. — G. Parry ; St. PaaVs, 

 Cantei-bury. 



Dormice at Sugar. — Whilst collecting in the Forest with 



