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are quite gone ; it is then called Artaxerxes. The conclusion I arrive at is this, that 

 Agestis, Salrnacis, and Artaxerxes, are but one species.'' — Edward Newman]. 



Note on a Variety of Pamphila linea. On the 22nd of July I took a delicate huff 

 variety of Pamphila linea. It was the only one I could find out of many hundreds of 

 specimens I saw that day on the wing. The decided black margin, contrasting with 

 the pale ground colour of the wings, makes it a very pretty insect. — H. W. Bates ; 

 Leicester, August 15, 1844. 



Note 07i the occurrence of clear -icing <cd Sphingidce near Leicester. We have taken in 

 our neighbourhood the two species of iEgeria, the Trochilia, tipuliforme and formicae- 

 forme, and Sesia fuciformis. The differences between the two iEgeriae I think are 

 but obscurely known. I took Lewin's crabroniformis in a damp oak wood, flying in 

 July, horizontally over a row of tall Umbelliferous flowers, and the other species has 

 been taken by Mr. Plant in June, on the stems of osiers. Sesia fuciformis (the nar- 

 row border) I took twice iu May, from the flowers of the common bugle, growing in 

 grassy pathways in old woods : and Trochilium formicae forme has been added to our 

 list by Mr. Plant, who took it in July from Umbelliferae, in the snipe-grounds of 

 Grooby-pool. — Id. 



Note on the capture of Trochilium Ichneumoniforme. A short time since, in an en- 

 tomological ramble, I took a specimen of Trochilium Ichneumoniforme, which I be- 

 lieve is a very rare moth. It proved to be a female, and during her captivity she laid 

 a little batch of eggs. These I am anxious to hatch, and rear the larva?. Can you 

 inform me on what they feed ? Westwood does not mention the food of the caterpil- 

 lars. If you are not acquainted with what they eat, would you be kind enough to 

 make the enquiry in ' The Zoologist,' as doubtless some of your readers will know. — 

 John Pemberton Bartlett ; Kingston, near Canterbury. 



[A great number of the same species has been taken by sweeping the herbage 

 about the pit at Charlton, a very celebrated entomological locality. Messrs. Douglas, 

 Stevens, Ingall and Bedell, have been the fortunate captors. Mr. Ingall observes 

 that it principally frequents the devil's bit scabious, (Scabiosa succisa). — E. Newman]. 



Note on the hatching of the Eggs of the Orgyia antiqua which had never been im- 

 pregnated. Last summer I found a chrysalis of this moth, which I placed in a large 

 pill-box, with a few pin-holes pierced in the top. In due time a female moth appear- 

 ed, which was never taken out of the box, yet laid a plentiful supply of eggs. I fre- 

 quently said that the eggs might be thrown away, but it was never done ; and much 

 to my astonishment, on opening the box when I returned home a few days since, I 

 found several small caterpillars had already made their appearance, others are still 

 coming out, and all of them are now enjoying themselves with a few rose-leaves with 

 which I supply them. — J. B. Harrison ; Barham, near Canterbury. 



[I shall be very glad to hear whether these caterpillars ever arrive at maturity. — 

 E. Newman]. 



Note on the capture of Lasiocampa Trifolii and Agrotis annexa. Mr. Gregson, of 

 Liverpool, captured a male specimen of the former insect on the wing, at New Brigh- 

 ton, in August last : and about the same time he got a shattered specimen of Agrotis 

 annexa, in a fisherman's cabin at the rabbit-warren, New Brighton. Both these spe- 

 cimens he liberally added to my collection. — R. S. E 'dies ton ; Manchester, April 11, 

 1844. 



Note on the capture of Mamestra suasa, Ochs. (Dens canis, Haw.) I possess a fe- 

 male specimen of this rare moth, captured under a grass sod, on the 31st of May, 1842, 



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