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triously reported from almost every part 
of England, — even in Scotland it has 
been seen (Intel. No. 105), but from Ire- 
land we hear nothing of it. May I be 
allowed to fill up the blank? During a 
brief sojourn in the North, I was twice 
delighted with a sight of this yellotv 
gem. On the 16th ult. I observed in a 
clover-field, near Rathlinland, County 
Down, a fine, fresh-looking specimen, 
and sighed in vain for my net, which un- 
fortunately I had left behind, so little 
did I suspect the proximity of this lovely 
insect. It soon vanished from my ad- 
miring gaze. Unwilling to hasten from 
the spot, I lingered on, and soon another 
presented itself. The temptation was too 
great : hat in hand, I darted after it. 
The clover was soon abandoned, gaps 
were cleared and hedges broken through 
with astonishing rapidity, until at last, 
miserabile visu ! my winged tempter 
soared triumphantly away, — far beyond 
the reach of pursuit. Doubtless many 
collectors in Ireland have, during the 
past season, taken, as well as seen, Edusa. 
Why then are they so silent? — Jamus 
Leathem, Wareham, Dorset; Oct. 5. 
Flight of Antiopa. — I saw V. Antiopa 
on the wing to-day : apparently it was a 
fine one; it crossed the road as I was 
driving from Brough to Appleby, and, 
after hovering about some thistles at the 
side, it went over the hedge, and I saw 
no more of it. What a conspicuous ob- 
ject it was! No one who has once seen 
it could ever make a mistake about it a 
second time ; its flight was slower than 
that of Atalanta ; it seemed to float 
through the air. — T. H. Allis, York; 
September 26. 
Late Larva; of Vanessa Atalanta . — 
Whilst out larva collecting, in company 
with my friend Mr. H. Reynolds, I was 
surprised to find the larvae of V. Atalanta, 
from scarcely a week old to full fed, and 
one pupa. Is it not very late for them ? 
I always thought that the imago hyber- 
uated, and laid its eggs in the spring; 
but this would seem to point to a second 
brood, unless it is tbe warm summer 
we have had, which would also account 
for the second brood of C. Cardui . — 
H. W. Killingback, 10, Oldham Place, 
Coppice Row ; Sept. 20. 
Duration of the Pupa-state of Ache- 
rontia Atropos. — On the 22nd inst. I had 
a fine specimen of^. Atropos make its ap- 
pearance, having only been in pupa seven 
weeks and two days. — W. Lavcock, BatA 
Street, Sheffield ; Sept. 27. 
Duration of the Pupa-state of Ache- 
rontia Atropos. — The full-fed larva was 
brought to me on the 19th of August; it 
changed into a pupa, above the earth, 
on the 21st of August, and the perfect 
moth appeared on the 3rd of October. — 
W. Rogers, Durdan's Cottage, Epsom; 
October 5. 
Acherontia Atropos successfully forced. 
— I have succeeded in rearing all my 
pupal (nine in number) of A. Atropos, 
obtained in this neighbourhood: four 
were males and five females. The 
females were without eggs. The plan I 
adopted was to keep them between two 
layers of wet moss, in a temperature 
varying from 72° to 80°. They assumed 
the perfect state between the lOth and 
25th of September. — W. Groves, 12, 
Morden Place, Lewisham Road, Green- 
wich, S.E. 
Agrotis Saucia bred. — On the 30th of 
last month I bred a beautiful specimen 
of Agrotis Saucia. The larva was beaten 
from a large dock at the beginning of 
J une. As far as I can recollect, the larva 
was dull green with yellow spiracles ; 
dorsal line bluish green ; head and legs 
brown. I have already bred two speci- 
mens of A. Atropos. — G. F. Mathews, 
Raleigh House, near Barnstaple ; Oct. 3. 
Xanthia Gilvago. — I see from the ‘ In- 
telligeneer’ that the Rev. Joseph Greene 
claims to have had the honour of being 
the first to have bred the above insect in 
this country, but unfortunately he does 
not know from whence he obtained the 
