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sible that similar results may occur where thero is an excess of males in a state 
of freedom. Such an excess may exist sometimes, for Nature is prodigal of means 
to accomplish certainty in result ; but the result of the perpetuation of a race 
would be defeated if such excess of males were not exceptional, if w r e may judge by 
the negative consequence of the polyandrous incident under notice. The subject is 
curious and worthy of w'ide experiment and observation, not only in this but other 
species of Lepidoptera , and also in species of other Orders. Polygamy in insects 
might also be a subject of research. — J. W. D.] 
Vanessa Antiopa at Guildford. — One of these butterflies flew against my hat 
at noon yesterday, in the most fashionable part of Spital Street. It was as black as 
a coal w r ith white fringe to its wings ; was very quick in its movements and was over 
the chimney-pots in a twinkling. — A. H. Swinton, Binfield House, Guildford : 
September 2nd, 1880. 
Catocalafraxini near Lewes. — I had the pleasure of taking this fine insect on 
sugar near this town on 27th September last. The specimen is in fair condition, but 
had evidently been some time on the wing. — J. II. A. Jenner, 4, East Street, Lewes : 
October 19 th, 1880. 
Tapinostola Bondi at Lyme Regis. — Although probably most Lcpidopterists 
are aware that T. Bondi is to be found in the neighbourhood of Lyme Regis, I do 
not think the occurrence of this species in Devonshire has been noticed in this 
Magazine. As the species is so extremely local, not only in this country but on the 
continent of Europe, it may be as well to record the fact of my finding it in abund- 
ance, in the beginning of July last, on the rough broken ground forming the slopes 
of the cliffs immediately to the west of the cement works at Lyme Regis, w r ell into 
Devonshire. 
It may be worth noting, that of the only two localities in this country from 
which this species has yet been obtained, one is in the south-east of Devon, and the 
other in the south-east of Kent. — H. Goss, Gloucester : October, 1880. 
[We think T. Bondi was first discovered at Lyme Regis by Mr. Wormald, as 
noticed in the “ Zoologist,” vol. xxi, p. 8861 ; it ought surely to occur elsewhere on 
the south coast between that place and Folkestone.- — Eds.] 
Xylina furcifera ( conformis ) bred. — Like my friend Mr. W. II. Tugwell, I have 
been tolerably successful in breeding the above. From ten eggs that hatched at the 
beginning of May, I succeeded in getting eight larvne to pupate by the middle 
of July (the larvae grew very slowly during the first month and then fed up 
rapidly). The first moth appeared the 17th of September and the last this evening, 
October 4th. Eight very fine examples. — William II. Grigg, 51, Redland Road, 
Bristol : October 4th, 1880. 
Folia nigrocincta at sugar, in South Wales. — During the second week of 
September, wdiile collecting in the South of Pembrokeshire, I took a specimen ( d ) 
of Folia nigrocincta at sugar, in the middle of a small w r ood. It passed as F. 
Jlavocincta until compared with specimens of this moth, and its identity has since 
been confirmed by Mr. Barrett. The only previous record I can find of F. nigrocincta 
having been found in the perfect state is the report by Mr. Ilopley (in E. M. M., 
