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Lythria purpuraria, near Tor'k. — I have two old specimens of this rare insec 
taken in Stockton Forest, four miles fi-om here, by Henry Baines. These are s 
with short household pins ; were taken at the same place, and by the same capt 
as my old Acidalia rubricata, which species has since been taken in the sat 
locality. — T. H. Allis, Osbaldwick, near York, February, 1870. 
Note on Cidaria reticulata. — I wish to call attention to a distinct character 
the male, I allude to the large round yellow spot on the under wiugs, which she 
both above and below. I have not seen any notice of this in English works.— Ii 
Depraved appetite in Lepidopterous larvae. —I have made a note of two cases 
depraved appetite in Lepidopterous larvse during the past season. 
The first is that of a larva of Agrotis saucia, which, though furnished m 
green food, ate a portion of the dead and dried body of a larva of Agrotis rip 
and the other is that of a larva of Eupithecia expallidata, which I watched devonri 
one of those claret — or mulberry — coloured aphides, that infest the Solida 
virgaurea. — J. Hellins, Exeter, 12th January, 1870. 
The sexes of Coniopteryx psociformis. — With reference to the supposition tl 
C. psociformis and C. aleyrodiformis may be only the sexes of one species, as not 
in my Monograph of British Planipennia (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1868, p. 193), I may rems 
that Mr. B. Cooke recently submitted to me two examples of psociformis whi 
appeared to be decidedly <? and 9 ■ They were quite similar in general form, b( 
with small hind-wings ; but that which I consider the ? was smaller than i 
other, and with the abdomen swollen and elongated, apparently full of eggs 
Egbert McLachlan, Lewisham, February, 1870. 
British Lepidop)terists as viewed by a German. — Some years since, when I was 
London, I called on a dealer in High Holborn, and, looking through his stores, Si 
among others, a Castnia that suited me. It was the, as yet, rare ]papilio7M\ 
Walker. He demanded sixpence for the specimen, which was somewhat worn, ; 
quite fit for the Cabinet. I could not do better than buy it at so cheap a pri 
When I had looked over the exotics and picked out something more, he shew 
some European species. There I found a very beautiful Luperina Haworthii. Mi 
from curiosity than from a desire to buy, I asked the price. " One pound " was I 
answer. I replied that, considering the low pi-ice of the exotics, he perhaps me! 
" one penny." " Oh ! no, no, Sir. One pound : that's a British insect." He 1 
scarcely spoken, when in came a British Collector who admired this " fine specie 
and without more to do, because this was a British-born specimen, bought it 
one pound. As a German insect, this Noctua would only have cost a few pen 
but as a pure-blooded Briton it was worth one pound. " sancta simplicitas 
murmured I, and went my way. — Peter Maassen, of Elberfeld [in the " Stettii 
Entomologische Zeitnng," 1870, p. 58, note]. 
[The insect noticed is Ccelena Haworthii of our lists. We would not fo: 
moment accuse Herr Maassen of having invented a ridiculous statement for t 
purpose of throwing up in stronger relief the self-isolating tendencies of many 
