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under the name of Scopula fnlvalis, to which it bears no 

 resemblance. Mr. Newman appears to have made this 

 mistake through liastily reading a remark of" Guenee's, that a 

 specimen of fnlvalis stands in the Vienna Cabinet under the 

 name of polvgonalis. — Hen rij Double day ; Eppiny, April 19, 

 1870. 



[I am much obliged for the correction, which was evidently 

 needed. — E. New7nan.'\ 



In the matter of D. Barrettii. — Mr. Moore has shown me 

 the Dianthoeci^ mentioned by him in the February number 

 of the ^Entomologist' (Entom. v. 30), and they are most im- 

 doubtedlv varieties, but very extraordinary ones, of D. con- 

 spersa. These are what he had always considered them to 

 be, until when recently he was informed that they were 

 D. Barrettii. These varieties were exhibited by me at a 

 recent meeting of the Entomological Society, and in the same 

 box were placed specimens of D. Barrettii and conspersa 

 (types), from the former of which they were readily dis- 

 tinguished. With regard to my friend Mr. Barrett's '' strange 

 coincidence" (Entom. v. 57), although it does not apply to 

 Barrettii, it may be mentioned that both larvae and imagos of 

 D. carpophaga are to be found at the same time, and larvae of 

 Carpophaga and Capsincola captured in June often produce 

 moths in the two following months, although the majority 

 hybernate in the pupa state. — Howard Vaughan ; Kentish 

 Town, April 13, 1870. 



[As I have thoroughly examined these specimens, and, in 

 common with others present at the examination, arrived at a 

 different conclusion to Mr. Vaughan, I think that gentleman 

 should scarcely state so decidedly that they are "un- 

 doubtedly" D. conspersa. I would rather suggest that in 

 such a case as this, where opinions differ widely, the insects 

 should be submitted to a competent Lepidopterist, such as 

 Mr. Doubleday, for his decision. — E. Newman.^ 



Nephopteryx angustella, — The imago appears at the 

 beginning of May, and continues on the wing till nearly 

 the end of June. In the hot season of 1868 a second brood 

 appeared in September and October. The eg^ is deposited 

 on the fruit of the spindle tree, generally on the under side, 

 and frequently between two berries. As soon as the larva is 

 hatched it cats its way into the berry, and closes the entrance 



