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moreover, that the attractive power of the female passed oflf 

 after the second day. This we did not credit, as we had 

 proved the contrary with the Oak Eggar. — T. W. Won/or ; 

 Brighton. 



Smgular Variety of Chcerocampa Elpenor. — I have been 

 fortunate enough to breed a singular variety of Chcerocampa 

 Elpenor. Instead of being of the usual olive-green and 

 pink, it is of a uniform gray colour, with just a little olive- 

 green on the body. Mr. Garratt, of this town, has seen it, 

 and thinks it a very remarkable specimen. — Edward F. 

 Bishopp ; 62, Berners Street, Ipswich. 



Acronycta leporina at Ipswich. — On the 4th of June I 

 took a beautiful specimen of Acronycta leporina at rest on a 

 small birch tree in a wood near here. — Id. 



The English Humming-hird Hawk-moth. — 1 had gathered 

 a specimen of that scarce plant in Devon, the butterfly orchis 

 (Habenaria bifolia), which by the way has a delicious per- 

 fume, and whilst seated on a rock, with the flower in my 

 hand and close to my face, a humming-bird moth (Macro- 

 glossa Stellatarum) came, and, hovering before the plant, 

 introduced its proboscis into every flower, beginning at the 

 bottom and ascending to the top in a spiral direction, causing 

 a most extraordinary vibration through my fingers and down 

 the wrist during the operation. Notwithstanding I held the 

 plant so close to my face, in order to examine every action 

 of the moth, that it must have actually felt my breath, and 

 kept constantly calling to a friend who was fishing close by 

 to come and witness the interesting sight, yet strange to say 

 the insect did not appear in the least alarmed, but kept on 

 for many minutes, feasting until I suppose all the sweets 

 were extracted. — John Gatcomhe ; St onehouse, Plymouth. 



Ino Globularice in Wales. — Some time last summer I took 

 a specimen of Ino Globulariae near Dolgelly, in North Wales. 

 — IV. Sydney de Mattos ; Blackheath Park, June 29, 1870. 



Fly-parasite on Chelo7iia caja. — I send you some pupae 

 and imagos of a fly which were taken from a shrivelled larva- 

 skin of Chelonia caja. Is not this large fly a very unusual 

 parasite on our old friend the " miller's dog." — Joseph 

 Merrin ; 7, Shamrock Villas, Faulkner Street, Gloucester, 

 July 1, 1870. 



[The fly is a Tachina, but in the very imperfect state of 



