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mouthshire, last October, a specimen of ChcBrocampa celerio, small, but 

 in fine condition. He took it at rest on a gas lamp in that town. — 

 J. Mason, Clevedon, Dec. 7th, 1888. 



Crambus ericellus. — This insect swarmed in Sutherland last 

 summer, but, of course, the old story, I thought it was pascuellus. I 

 could have taken any number of it, and only took one or two, finding 

 out on my return that they were this rare species. I hope to visit the 

 place again next July, and to find it in plenty. — J. Mackay, Glasgow. 



Oxyptilus distans. — The plume I sent out last time was so evi- 

 dently attached to Hievacium pilosella, occurring only where that plant 

 was growing in patches on one hill slope, that I rather hastily assumed 

 it to be 0. pilosella, but having doubts afterwards, I forwarded speci- 

 mens for identification, and they were returned as undoubted Distans 

 of the Brandon type. It is paler in colour, more feathery looking, and 

 not so stiff an insect as Teucrii. Hieracii (true) has never, I believe, 

 been taken in England. It may be distinguished by the white mark 

 at the inner margin of the second digit of the fore- wing, being almost 

 a " full moon," very different from Teucrii. Teucrii was Greening's 

 plume, and according to the rules of priority of publication, the name 

 of Britanniodactylus should be substituted. — Sydney Webb, Dover. 



Notes and Observations. 



Lyoena argiades at Blackpool. — About 25 years ago, Mr. Jos. 

 Clegg, of Oldham, whilst collecting Lyccena alexis at Blackpool, to 

 make pictures, caught a small specimen with tails, but which he 

 thought to be only L. alexis. He set it, pinning it with a very short 

 pin, the same as he used for Alexis. I afterwards obtained it from 

 him, and it has been in my collection ever since under the name of 

 L. bcetica. Many of my friends have seen it, viz., the late Messrs. B. 

 and N. Cooke, and Mr. S. J. Capper, and advised me to send an 

 account of it to the entomological magazines. I neglected to record 

 it, in the hope that some of my friends or myself would be so fortu- 

 nate as to capture other specimens. Recently, Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill 

 was looking through my collection, and requested me to let him see the 

 underside of my Batica, and immediately declared it to be L. argiades. 

 —Joseph Chappell, Manchester. 



Variety op C. Porcellus. — I have bred a grand variety of C. 

 porcellus. It has the usual rose coloured body, and a fine rose coloured 



