Arma. for Haema (neuter). 
Apaeiphe „ Apaeyphe. 
dicheoosyctus „ dlcheooscytus. 
^lOEHiNua ,, Aetoehinus. 
282 tMay , 
(8) Incorrect substitution, transposition, or omission of letters. Ex. gr. : — 
arcnicolus for arenicola (masc). 
merioptera „ ? (no sense) ; spissicomis, 
'jjallicornis „ pallidicornis. L 
dolohratus „ dolabrattts. 
CoEiMEL^NA is not Only impossible as a compound, but the adjective is in the 
wrong gender, for Koeis is masc. jEliodes should be jElioides : the termination 
-ODES means "full of;" similarity is expressed by -oidbs. TiNiCEPHALtrs involves a 
verb this time in the present infinitive (teste Fieber), and mutilated : the correct form 
would be Cephalotenes or Cephalotonus. Emblethis is an unusual participle, 
but may stand j it is masculine; the right word would have been Embolimus. 
PiONOSOMUS is a Boloecism ; for pion belongs to a class of adjectives never com- 
pounded : it should be PiosoMUS, from the alternative form PloS. COLIIOCOEIS has 
no meaning as spelt, and cannot be corrected. Deeephtsia is trebly wrong : (1) the 
subject is misplaced ; (2) the words are not connected by the letter O ; and (3) the 
termination is from a verbal inflexion instead of a root. CoElXA and CoEiSA, being 
fantasias on the word K0EI8, may be spelt according to taste. 
I have taken the trouble to rake together this rubbish, in hopes of preventing 
some of it at least from returning to disfigure our books. I shall be well pleased with 
even the most partial success. 
I observe a "printer's error" in my communication on this subject in the last 
No. of the Magazine, p. 260, 1. 8, where Cephalonomcea should be Cephalanomcea. — 
T. A. Maeshall, Milford, April 8th, 1868. 
Vanessa Atalanta at light. — While searching for moths on the gas-lamps in 
Love Lane, Lee, at about ten o'clock on the night of September 4th, 1867, I was 
rather surprised to find a fine specimen of V. Atalanta sitting on one of the glasses. 
Twice when I drove it ofi" it returned, but ultimately settled on a tree at a short 
distance, where I left it, 
I should like to know if it be a habit of this butterfly to come to light. — R. Adkin, 
Blackheath, S.E. 
[Similar instances of butterflies coming to light have been recorded ; but they 
must always be looked upon as accidental. In some cases the fact may be owing 
to the creature having chosen the immediate vicinity of the light as a resting- 
place. — Eds.] 
Vanessa Antiopa at Cambridge. — I have just come into possession of a fine 
specimen of Vanessa Antiopa, taken in a garden in this neighbourhood last autumn. 
— LiNN^us Gumming, Trinity College, Cambridge, 25th March, 1868. 
Pyrgus malvm (alveolus) possibly not Irish. — I regret to find that I assumed too 
hastily that all Mr. Fergus Smith's insects were collected in Galway. I now find 
that H. quercana was taken by Mr. Smith himself in Queen's County ; and on making 
further inquiries respecting P. Malvm, I have ascertained that the specimen belongs 
to Miss Nugent, who docs not remember from whence she obtained the insect, and 
does not think she took it herself.— W. F. Kibby, Dublin, April 3rd. 
