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THE YOUNG NATUEALIST. 



Doubting whether this was because its resemblance to the common whites 

 caused it to be passed by, I took every white that came in my way, for an 

 hour the other day. I obtained no female Cardatnines, but captured six 

 males, and saw many others. — J. E. Eobson, Hartlepool. 



An old Zygjsna Meliloti. — I have a specimen of flygcena rneliioti taken 

 by my father forty or fifty years ago. — C. W. Dale, Glanvilles Wootton,. 



The Synonymy of C^nobia Ettpa. — I would ask Mr. Tutt why, in cor- 

 recting Messrs. Eobson and Gardner, he did not also correct the error of 

 Dr. Staudinger and Mr. South who write CcenoMa, Haw. ? Haworth in- 

 cluded rufa in his genns Phytometra. Mr. Kirby, in the " European Butter- 

 flies and Moths," writes Ccenobia, Steph. Stephens, in his " Illustrations,^ 

 included it in his genus Ancometia. In the " British Museum Catalogue," 

 Part Y. — Lepidoptera, printed in 1856, the genus is given thus : Ccenobia, 

 Steph. M.S.S. In referring to the specific name, Mr. Tutt writes, "The 

 name rufa has been in constant use since 1803 (the date of publication of 

 Lep. Brit.) by British authors." Unfortunately for Mr. Tutt, Haworth 

 described it in the second, not the first part of Lep. Brit., and this was pub- 

 lished in 1810. The genus appears to have been first characterized by Kirby 

 and the proper synonymy ought to stand thus : 

 Ccenobia, Kirby, 1882. 



rufa, Haw., 1810. 



despecta, Tr., 1825. 

 C. W. Dale, Glanvilles Wootton, 7th June. 



[A further rejoinder by Mr. Tutt is to hand, and will appear.] 



An Insect with Six Wings. — Five weeks this morning, while walking 

 in Bywell Wood, I caught a moth which I do not know. It is about the 

 size of Salicata, but do I not recognise it as such. It has four ordinary wings, 

 and two wing-like appendages about the sixth of an inch long, white, fringed, 

 like the other wings. As I have not seen one like it before I think it must 

 be an unusual occurrence, and would be glad to hear something about it, — 

 J. Bates, Wellingborough, 18th June. 



Heliothtjs Peltigera. — I had the pleasure of taking a fine specimen of 

 this insect here on 15th June. It is a female, and appears to have deposited 

 all its eggs. This makes the third taken here that have found a place in my 

 cabinet, though it is the first that has fallen to my own net — John E. Eob- 

 son, Hartlepool. 



Ephippiphora Eegiana.— I took some pupa under sycamore bark this 

 year that have produced this species. I am not aware that it has been found 

 here before, though I believe it occurs in upper Teesdale. — John E. Eobson* 



