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mound-shaped protuberance of the same color as the wing-cases, 
but crossed by a row of brick-red spots. The little creature is 
two-thirds of an inch long. Its most remarkable feature is its 
long feelers, which are not unlike long bamboo fishing-rods 
joined to the ends of the horns. Each of these has nine joints, and 
the joints are black, whilst the rest of the feeler is nearly white. 
They are moved freely in any direction, and when laterally 
extended give the beetle a breath of six and a half inches. 
Perhaps some reader can explain whence this little visitor comes. ” 
The above is a cutting from the “Star ” of August 14th; from the 
extraordinary description, it is impossible to state what species it 
may be, but from the long “ feelers ” (antennae) it may be 
Astynomus cedilis known in Scotland as the “ Timberman beetle, ” 
it is not uncommon in some parts of Scotland although very 
local; it is, however, very rare in England and the few specimens 
found in the South are probably imported with timber brought 
fromtheNorth. It belongs to the Longicornia, and initslarvae state 
it feeds on the wood of pines, it is also a common insect in 
various parts of the Continent.—A Ford. 
Some Gloucestershire Albinos. —We have had a pure 
white lesser white-throat to preserve which was killed near 
Cirencester, also a pure white sparrow from the same place. 
Two white starlings have been killed at Prestbury, also a white 
thrush at the Sandfields* near Cheltenham, and a white sparrow 
at JBentham.—G. J. White. 
Abundance of Apatura Iris. —All butterfly collectors will 
be pleased to hear that the purple emperor is to be found in great 
quantities at Rotherham. A correspondent to the Yorkshire Post 
says that one can see dozens at a time feeding on the Plums in 
that neighbourhood .—The People, Sept. 10th, 1893. 
Catocala nupta on a Chestnut Tree. —I saw a fine 
specimen of Catocala mipta, apparently just out of the chrysalis, 
at rest on a chestnut tree in the park at Ely, in the early part of 
last August. There were no willows in the immediate vicinity, 
and it looked too fresh to have flown far, or I should not have 
thought its occurrence there so extraordinary.—A. H. Waters. 
Late pupation of Pyrameis Atalanta. —Writing at the 
end of September I have a larva or two of P. Atalanta which are 
still feeding and there seems every prospect of them waiting till 
October before they pupate.—A. H. Waters, Cambridge. 
Sir Anthony Ashley first introduced the cabbage into Eng¬ 
land from Holland. It is said that a cabbage cut out of stone 
lies at his feet on his monument at Wimborne, in Dorsetshire. 
