444 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Deiopeia pulchella at Folkestone. — I had the good fortune 

 to take a specimen of D. pulchella, at Folkestone, on the 1 2th 

 September last. — C. Oldham; Newton House^ Amhei'st 

 Road, Hackney. 



Deiopeia pulchella in DorsetsJiire. — Seeing it mentioned 

 in your ' History of British Moths,' that Deiopeia pulchella 

 is a rare moth, I venture to trouble you with the information 

 that I have one which exactly corresponds with your descrip- 

 tion. It was caught about a month ago by my little son 

 (aged four), on the low-lying shore ^of Poole Harbour, Dor- 

 setshire, where we have been spending our holidays, and 

 where my boys (this one, and an elder one of six) began to 

 form their little collection of moths and butterflies. The 

 forget-me-not grew plentifully near the spot where it was 

 caught. — Henrietta J. Hiley ; 3,^ Cambridge Gardens, 

 Richmond Hill, September 29, 1871. 



Anticlea sinuata near Newbury. — At the latter end of 

 June last my friend, Mr. W. H. Herbert, of Wyfield Manor, 

 took a beautiful specimen of A. sinuata. When captured it 

 was found sitting on a nettle-leaf. The land adjoining the 

 spot where the insect was found is barren and sandy, but, in 

 spots, growing an abundance of Galium verum ; so that Mr. 

 Wratislaw's conjecture, regarding this and allied species, 

 certainly appears to be correct. — Henry Reeks. 



Xantltia gilvago at Coombe Wood. — In Mr. Doubleday's 

 letter, published in last month's 'Entomologist,' he says, 

 speaking of Xauthia gilvago : — " I was surprised to see it, as 

 I do not think this species has occurred before in the 

 neighbourhood of London." I beg to inform you that my 

 brother and I took this insect last year at sugar in Coombe 

 Wood. — H. D. Greville ; Southjields^ Wandsworth, October 

 3, 1871. 



A New British PJiycis. — During a short stay in the Isle of 

 Wight, last July, 1 captured a few specimens of a species of 

 Phycis, which 1 felt certain at the time to be rare in, if not 

 new to, Britain. 1 exhibited a specimen at the following 

 Thursday meeting of our Society (the llaggerstone) ; it was 

 not known by anyone present. Mr. Henry Doubleday has 

 seen it, but not named it: he informs me that in all 

 probability it is figured in Herrich-Schajffer. Perhaps you 

 will be so kind as to see what you can do towards identifying 



