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New locality for Lyccena Arion. — It will be interesting to British Lepidopteristi 
to bear that Mr. Wells, a pupil of this college, took a specimen of L. Arion las 
year near this place ; but was not aware of his good fortune until I discovered th( 
insect amongst his butterflies. Yesterday we took a walk to the same locality, anc 
found eight fresh specimens.— E. Dembski (French Master), The College, Chelten 
ham, 27id July, 1868. 
Elachista pallidum bred. — I have had the pleasure of breeding Elachistc 
paludum, from larvse I found here in Carex (? riparia). I first found the larv? 
last autumn, and sent one up to Mr. Stainton ; but it having died before reaching 
him, he could not decide it, but inclined to the belief, suggested by myself, that ii 
was the young larva of Gelechia arundinetella. However, on searching this spring 
I found the larva more fully matured, and saw at once they were ElacMstce : ir 
due time paludum appeared, — much to my delight. I do not recollect seeing anj 
other locality for them than Ranworth and Beccles, where they were found bj 
Mr. Winter. It is possible that, if specially looked for, they may turn up elsewhere 
They are scarce, and difficult to find, as they seem to grow up all at once, and an 
fearfully subject to ichneumons, &c. — John Sang, Darlington, Jwne 15th, 1868. 
Captures of Lepidoptera at Howth. — During Whitsuntide, Mr. Gregson and ] 
spent a few days at this locality for Irish novelties ; and, by dint of hard anc 
weary woi'k, we succeeded tolerably well. We both took Dianthxcia Barrettii. 
This cannot be, as has been suggested, a form of conspersa ; it flies in quite i 
different manner, and, when the wings are closed, the blotch — like that in H. atri 
plicis — is very striking. We each got three examples. Below I give a summarj 
of our captures, and remark that the single specimen of the rare Taleporia puM' 
cornis was taken by Mr. Gregson ; this is quite new to the Irish list, and has beer 
found in only one English locality. 
G. porcellus, S. philanthiformis, L. caniola and complana (larvse), 0. bidentatc 
(light var.), A. suhsericeata (common) and promutata, E. venosata and constrictata 
M. galiata, A. plagiata, M. furva, D. capsophila, Barrettii, and cucubali, H. nimhella 
P. suhornatella, S. littorana and sp. (?), 8. Penzia/na (pupa), E. albicapitana anc 
abricapitana, A. Baumanniana, T. pubicornis, P. roboricolella, D. marginepunctella. 
D. subpropinquella and capreolella (bred), G. mundella, instabilella, and artemi- 
siella, B. grandipennis and fusco-cuprea, Q. tringipennella, C. discoidella and 
gryphipennella, E. Gregsoni (?), collitella, and consortella, P. pterodactylus. I have 
a larva now feeding which may be that of D. Barrettii. — J. B. Hodgkinson, Preston, 
July 7th, 1868. 
Sesia myopceformis in Hawthorn. — Have any of the readers of " The Magazine " 
reared this clearwing from hawthorn ? In the piece of ground at the back of our 
house I, a few days since, met with some empty pupa cases protruding from the 
trunk of a double red-may tree ; these are evidently those of myopceformis, whicl 
is common enough in some neighbouring apple and pear trees. — H. G. Knaggs, 
Kentish Town, July 10th, 1868. 
Agrotis cinerea at Folkestone. — About two months ago I captured a female 
example of this local species in the Warren at Folkestone. I mention this, partly 
