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Sphinx Convolvuli was captured in a mechanic's shop at 

 Copley, near Stalybridge, on the 3rd of October, and is now 

 in my possession. — Mark Kershaw ; Hillgate Street, Hurst 

 Brook, Ashton-under-Lyrie. 



S. Convolvuli at Highgate. — A fine specimen of this 

 insect was captured at Highgate, on the 7th inst., by Mr. 

 E. Danty, on a public-house window. — W. E. Davis. 



Zygcena Filipendulce in October. — Having returned from 

 a hard day's digging, I wish to send you, so that you may 

 receive it living, a specimen of Filipendulse. I have never 

 seen it before, except in the usual season ; nor have I heard, 

 so far as I recollect, of its appearing at this date. I saw it on 

 the wing, and at first quite failed to recognize it at such 

 a time : but soon saw it was a burnet or cinnabar. —R. F. 

 Towndrow ; Wohurn Cottage, Malvern, Lincolnshire, Octo- 

 ber 18, 1871. 



It is a very unusual circumstance to capture Zygaena Fili- 

 pendulae in October: it must, of course, be a second brood. 

 It is, apparently, just out of the chrysalis. I am obliged for 

 the specimen. 



Deiopeia pulchella Bred in England. — The numerous 

 accounts, which appeared in the 'Entomologist' for last 

 month, of the capture of D. pulchella, remind me that I have 

 often thought it might be worth while recording in its pages 

 the fact that Pulchella has been bred in this country, and that 

 not many years ago. It was, I believe, in 1856 that a gentle- 

 man, with whom I have a very slight acquaintance, a good 

 naturalist, but not a collector of insects, captured a female at 

 Torquay, where he was then staying. This female laid a iew 

 eggs on the side of the pill-box in which it was taken, and, I 

 believe, fourteen or fifteen larvae were hatched. How many 

 were reared, and on what plant the larvae were fed, 1 do not 

 now recollect; but my acquaintance very kindly sent me a 

 pair of them, which now grace my cabinet. Besides this 

 pair, I also possess another pair, very old and dilapidated, 

 which were taken by the late Dr. Aldridge, of Torquay. Also 

 another, a curious variety, taken some years ago in Lan- 

 cashire, and sent to me by Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson ; and one 

 fine one taken on the Sussex coast, near Hastings, procured 

 for me by the late Mr. Bouchard, about ten years ago. — 

 [Rev.] Henry Burney ; Wavendon Hectory, Woburn, Bed- 

 fordshire, October 3, 1871. 



