THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Vot. III.] SEPTEMBER, 18095. [No. 33. 
: HOTES. 
THE meetings of the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society 
are suspended during September, the next one being announced for October 
15th. 
A curious example of Cattleya Dowiana and C. D. aurea on the same 
inflorescence—or, at all events, what is considered as such—has been sent 
by F. Hardy, Esq., of Tyntesfield, Ashton-on- Mersey. It bears two flowers, 
one having the lip deep blackish-purple, veined only with yellow through- 
out, as in the former, the other with two large yellow areas at the sides, as 
in the latter. The first-named flower is normal in size, but the latter, for 
~ gome reason, is much smaller, which may not be unconnected with the 
absence of purple at the sides of the lip, and both may be equally 
accidental. 
It is interesting to note that a fine Bulbophyllum, allied to B. grandi- 
florum, Blume (whose history is given at page 104), has been found in the 
Solomon Islands, and is described in the June number of the Kew Bulletin 
(page 138) as B. Cominsii, Rolfe, after its discoverer. The flowers are 
described as purple and white, and smaller than in B. grandiflorum. 
A possible new Orchid pest has been sent by O. O. Wrigley, Esq., 
Bridge Hall, Bury, which was found in his brother’s collection, on the 
leaves of some newly-imported Vanda ccerulea. It is said to ‘‘bite holes 
in the upper green surface of the leaf, exposing the fibres, and damaging the 
leaves in a serious manner.”” The example sent was in the pupa state, and 
could not be identified. It is roundish-oblong, about a line long, and 
reddish in colour. Strong measures were taken to destroy the colony, as if 
