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and perseverance. On his return I looked through his well- 

 filled boxes, noting what appeared noteworthy. 



In butterflies there is a remarkably good series of Erebia 

 Epiphron, but not so good of E. Medea : Mr. Eedle met 

 with the latter in one locality only, and there not abundantly. 

 Of Coenonympha Davus there is no great show, and no 

 varieties of mark : the extremely uniform, unocellated cha- 

 racter of this butterfly in the North of Scotland and in 

 Ireland, while the Lancashire specimens are so richly varied 

 and so beautifully ocellated beneath, induces one to doubt 

 the propriety of uniting them under one specific name. 

 Lycsena Alexis is larger and more beautiful than in England; 

 but Mr. Doubleday pronounces them to be correctly so 

 named. 



In Georaetrae the collection is very rich : of the common 

 Ypsipetes elutala there isa lovely series : the varieties seem 

 endless. Lobophora lobulata is in great variety, and Cidaria 

 immanata equally so : the latter insect, like Elutata, seems 

 inexhaustible in its protean powers. Dasydia obfuscata, 

 Fidonia pinetaria and F. carbonaria, Coremia munitata, 

 Melanippe tristata, Acidalia fumata, Larentia caesiata and 

 L. ruficinctata, Emnielesia ericetata and E. blandiata, are in 

 great force. And there is a series of Thera juniperata 

 slightly diflferent from our Croydon insect, and taken two 

 months earlier in the year. 



In Noctuae there is a single specimen of Pachnobia alpina, 

 a series of Hadena adusta and one extraordinary variety, 

 H. contigua, H. rectilinea, Noctua neglecta, Plusia interro- 

 galionis, Anarta melanopa, and black Xylophasia polyodon. 



In Pyrales, &c., a fine series of Scopula alpinalis, and 

 Crambus margaritellus. 



Among the Micros, I may notice Epigraphia avella- 

 nana, Poedisca Solandriana in wonderful variety, Euchromia 

 flammeana-, E. arbutana, E. palustrana, Dicrorampha plurn- 

 bagana, Phlceodes tetraquetrana, Penthina ochromelana, 

 Cleptes ruslicana, Mixodia Schulziana, Coccyx vacciniana, 

 and Eupoecilia lepidana. — Edward Newman. 



Deilephila lineata at light. — I have just received a 

 specimen of Deilephila lineata taken at a gas-lamp in Dover, 

 on Sunday evening, the 2nd of October. — Thomas Eedle ; 

 9, Maidstone Place, GoldmiUh Row, Hackney Ro((d, Oct. 0. 



