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our knowledge of this genus I will make no attempt to name 

 the species. The fact of its parasitism on Arctia caja was 

 recorded by me in * Loudon's Magazine of Natural History,' 

 in 1824 ; and I there also mention that it had a parasite of 

 its own, a hyper-parasite as it might be called, one of the 

 Chalcidites. — E. Newman^ 



Stauropus Fagi, 8fc., at Darenth Wood. — > I was fortunate 

 in capturing three fine specimens (two females and one male), 

 in the space of two hours, at rest on the trunks of trees in 

 Darenth Wood : this is really lobster-catching. I also beat 

 out a beautiful specimen of Eupithecia succenturiata. Sugared 

 trees were most prolific night sport, producing common 

 Noctuse in abundance ; in fact it was a sight I never 

 witnessed since I have been entomologizing, multitudes of 

 common species causing a regular fight for the sugar, in 

 which the weak or intoxicated were soon driven off by fresh 

 comers. The best species taken were Aplecta herbida, A. 

 tincta, and Neuria Saponarise. — F. O. Standish ; 2, Alfred 

 Cottages, Warner Road, Camberwell, S.E., June 19, 1870. 



Early Appearance of Platypteryx lacertula. — On the 30th 

 of April, 1870, I captured a specimen of this insect at Somer- 

 hill Park, near Tonbridge, at about 7 o'clock in the evening : 

 am 1 right in concluding that this is a hybernated specimen ? 

 1 cannot think otherwise, since I captured the perfect insect 

 when just emerged, and in tolerable plenty, towards the end 

 of May. The specimen mentioned above was flying when I 

 captured it; it is of a somewhat darker colour than usual, and 

 but very slightly worn : I shall feel myself under a sincere 

 obligation to any of your readers who can explain. — G. H. 

 Raynor ; Bordyke House, Tonbridge, June 25, 1870. 



Notodonta ziczac with three Wings. — Would you or your 

 friend the Rev. Joseph Greene care to see a specimen of 

 Notodonta ziczac (reared) which only developed three wings? 

 There is not a vestige of the under wing on the left side. It 

 is of a similar kind to those already mentioned in the pages 

 of the ^Entomologist.'— i^. /. Battershy; Cromlyn, Rathoven, 

 Co. Wesimeath, July 8, 1870. 



Cymatophora ridens bred. — A female, taken at rest in 

 April, 1869, laid a number of eggs, from which I have reared 

 a fine series this season. — F. O. Standish ; 2, Alfred Cot- 

 tages, Warner Road, Camberwell, 



