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Ch^rocampa Porcellus. — Last night I took a pair of Porcellus in 

 cop., at I a.m. ; it is seldom, I think, that any of the Sphingidae have 

 been noticed thus. They were on the head of a tall stalk of grass, and 

 attracted my attention from the brilliant colour of the pair. — E. R. 

 CuRZON, Dublin. 19th June, 1891. 



ZvGiENA LONICERiE AND FILIPENDUL.E AT COVENTRY. — It may in- 

 terest some of your readers to know that 12 or 13 years ago I brought 

 a quantity of pupae of these species, and placed them in a suitable 

 position on the Railway embankment. By the third year I found they 

 had separated themselves. There are two bridges cross the line about 

 300 yards apart Near one of these I found any quantity of lonicevcB 

 and scarcely Siny JilipendtU^s ; near the other JilipendulcB was abundant, 

 but not lonicerm. Both species are still to be found where I introduced 

 them. — E. F. Nicholls, Coventry. 



Agrotis lucernea AND AsHwoRTHii. — I have had the good for- 

 tune to discover the locality for Agrotis lucernea in this neighbourhood^ 

 I was after some " Graylings " on the top of a pass, a good 1,000 feet 

 above the sea level, when I saw what I took to be gamma, but 

 a difference in the flight made me secure it, and at first I thought it 

 was Ashwovthii, which I had never seen. I was much pleased and 

 hunted assiduously on succeeding days, taking several more, and yes- 

 terday I had the pleasure of taking a real Ashworthii, sitting on the 

 face of the rock, and as I shall be here a week longer, I hope now that 

 I have really found it, I may secure some more. Lucernea also was 

 new to me, so that if I can get a few more Ashworthii I will have rea- 

 son to be pleased with the results of my holiday. — L. S. Brady, Pen- 

 maenmaur. 



D. Barrettii bred. — I have just had the pleasure of breeding D. 

 Barrettii from the pupa. It is an undoubted Dianthoicea and not a 

 Liiperina. The pupa is a light brown colour, and rather elongated* 

 with the ventral projection common to the genus. This I think settles 

 the question as to its proper place in the list. I doubt its having any- 

 thing to do with L. Inteago, and always have done so.— E. R. Curzon, 

 Howth, Dublin. 7th June, 1891. 



Plusia moneta in Surrey. — i captured at liglit, on the evening 

 of July iith, a very fine specimen of Plusia inoneta. Fab. I im- 

 agined the species to be new to Britain, but find Mr. Richard South 



