C)0 [September, 
Re-occurrence of Stathmopoda pedella.— On the 7th inst., my brother secured a 
single specimen of this species at West End, Hampstead, in exactly the same spot 
as the two specimens captured there in 18G1 (vide " Intelligencer," Vol. x., p. 131). 
He saw another, but it escaped him. I have been twice since, but have not met 
with any further examples. — Percy C. Wormald, 35, Bolton Eoad, St. John's 
Wood, N.W., 9th July, 1867. 
Note on the ceconorny of Colias E&usa. — Aug. 16. — While out for a walk to-day, 
I observed a female Edusa very busily engaged in depositing its eggs on some 
clover, and was fortunate enough to secure three of the eggs. I find, on consulting 
several works on Lepidoptera, that the larva should be looked for in June and July, 
and here we have eggs in the middle of AugTist. If any of your readers can tell 
me whether the insect remain in the egg state until the spring I shall feel obliged. — 
J. Ingram, Nettlestone, Ryde. 
Capture of Dianthcecia Barrettii. — Mr. Birchall having kindly indicated to us 
the locality for this insect, Mr. A. G. Moore and I went to search for it on the 27th 
of June. We were fortunate enough to take six specimens, but at tliis date some- 
what woi-n, so we conclude that a week earlier would be a better time to find the 
insect in perfect condition. On the same occasion we met with D. capsophila (1), 
D. cucubali (1), Eupithecia venosata (very fine), Melanippe galiata, Addalia suh- 
sericeata, Eupcecilia alUcapitana, &c. The above insects are now in the collection 
belonging to the Royal Dublin Society.— W. F. Kirby, R. D. S., Dublin. 
Note on the colouring and marlcings of Anthocaris cardwmines, Sfc. — In the 
August number of this Magazine, Dr. Sharp offers an opinion that no object is 
probable for the variation of the sexes in A. ca/rda/mines. It is true that in 
Anthocharis and the allied genus Zagris, the "orange tip" is often peculiar to the 
males, but in some species both sexes are without this adornment. In an interesting 
note read at the Entomological Society, May 4th, 1863, Mr. T. W. Wood has shown 
the use of the colouring of the under-side of A. cardamines, as assimilating it to the 
colour of the plants on which it prefers to settle. The question of the greater 
adornment of the male sex in animals has frequently been discussed ; but in the 
case of Anthocaris I am about to suggest a reason for the female being vrithout the 
orano-e spot. The females of most Lepidopterous insects are much less noticed on 
the wino- than the males. Now, if we consider that the safety of the females is of 
oreater importance to the continuance of the species than that of the males, we 
can understand why they are less adorned and less conspicuous. Moreover, the 
want of the orange blotch assimilates the appearance of the females to that of the 
genus Pieris, several species of which are abundant in Europe. It is not improbable 
that the elimination of the orange spot may be still going on ; for in the aberrant 
European species of the JBeWa-group the orange blotch is wanting in both sexes, 
and in Zagris Eupheme it varies greatly in size and conspicuousness, so far as I 
know, without reference to sex. — Id. 
Notes on (Egoconia quadripuncta (Kindermanniella, Z.J. — This not generally 
abundant little moth has been tolerably common in the cellar of this house during 
