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Lilywac. — I. A. The Appendix to the 
‘Manual’ is the Synonymic Lists ad- 
vertised July 20th, 1861 (p. 128). 
II. Brown can generally be distin- 
guished from yellow by an eye at all 
conversant with colour; mahogany is 
rarely mistaken for cheese, or vice versL 
III. Laurel leaves, oxalic acid or 
chloroform. 
CAPTUEES. 
Lepidopteba. 
Sphinx Atropos. — Last night a hoy 
brought me a fine larva of this species, 
found in a field, feeding on potatoes. — 
E. Boschee, Bellevue House, Tivicken- 
ham ; August 6. 
Xylophasia Scolopacina. — I captured, 
on the 17th of July, no less that 107 
specimens of this insect, in excellent 
condition; this is a fortnight earlier 
than they were in this district last 
year. — G. Lumb, Kirkyate, Wakefield; 
July 30. 
Captures at Torquay. — On the 2nd 
of July I captured a specimen of Leu- 
cania Putrescens at sugar. I have 
worked vei-y hard, but have not taken 
any more. I have also taken several 
fine specimens of Agrotis Lunigera at 
sugar in the early part of July. I find 
moths of all orders very scarce this 
year — far more so than last year. — 
R. M. Stewaex, 3, Park Place, Torquay, 
Devon ; August 3. 
Neueoptera. 
Captures of Phryganidce. — I have again 
taken Agrypania Pagetana and the new 
Limnophilus Borealis (which was ex- 
hibited at the iiiceliug of the Eiiloiiio- 
logical Society of London in November 
last), in the Norfolk Fens. — W. Wintee, 
Aldeby, near Beccles; July 31. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Acronyeta Alni. — A larva of this 
scarce moth was brought me on Satur- 
day: it was found reposing under a 
hedge composed principally of sloe 
bushes, on a leaf of the common dock> 
in a district remarkably destitute of 
trees, and consequently in about as un- 
likely a spot for the species to be met 
with as could well be imagined, the 
nearest wood — in which, by the bye, 
I took a specimen of the perfect insect 
at sugar five years ago (Int. p. 109) — 
being about two miles distant. It re- 
fused sloe as well as elm, sycamore, 
sallow, willow, bramble and wild rose, 
paid no attention to oak, ash or hazel, 
but ate part of a leaf of hawthorn, 
which it left to feed on alder ; this, how- 
ever, could not have been the food on 
which it had been subsisting, as the 
plant does not occur nearer the spot 
than at the wood alluded to above. — 
S. Stone, Brighthampton, Witney, Ox- 
fordshire ; August 6. 
EXCHANGE. 
Polyommatus Avion. — I have a few 
specimens of P. Avion, taken by myself 
this year, which I shall be happy to 
exchange for — 
Erebia Cassiope, 
Apatura Iris, 
I’icris Daplidicc, 
