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,. Habits and description of the la/rva ofAcidalia imrmitata. — I received eggs of this 

 species from Dr, Knaggs on 18th July, 1863, and the larvae hatched on July 22nd. 

 They chose for their food Polygonmn aviculare, but did not attain any great size 

 before liybernation ; through the winter they rested on the withered stems of their 

 food-plant, and did not begin to feed again in spring till the young seedlings of the 

 Polygonum had put out their second pair of leaves, when they seemed to find out 

 that it was time to commence to eat again. They attained their full growth during 

 the last week in May and first week in June of the present summer, and spun 

 themselves up in silken cocoons under some short moss which had grown upon the 

 surface of the earth in their flower-pot. The first moth emerged on July 2nd. 



When full grown the larva is about 1^ inch long. In shape cylindrical, slightly 

 pufied at the spiracles, tapering evenly towards the head, which is small and round ; 

 the whole skin is ribbed in rings which go quite round the body. The ground 

 colour is a warm stone-coloured tint, and there is a dusky dorsal line fonming two 

 ismall dots at each segmental division ; above the spiracles an irregular double dusky 

 line } spiracles black, placed in a stripe rather paler than the ground colour, below 

 which comes another dusky line, darkest on its upper edge and fading off below. 



The larva described above, in structure and colouring resembles those otAcidalia 

 fumata, promutata, and imitaria, except that the two last are longer ; and it is al- 

 together different from the type furnished by the shorter, stiff, and flattish larvae of 

 A. suhsericeata, incanata, aversata, inomata, and osseata. — Eev. J. Hellins, Exeter. 



AcidaUa promutata. — Three or four seasons following I have reared one or two 

 of the larvae of this species upon yarrow and mugwort to nearly full growth, when 

 without any apparent reason they have all sickened and died. I should much like 

 to hear from any one who has been more successful. — Id. 



Captures on the Cotswolds. — When at Dinsby, on the 19th of May, in a 

 three hours' recreative ramble on the north hill-side and summit of Stinchcombe, 

 one of the most prominent of the Cotswold range, I was happy to meet with Argy- 

 nnis Euphrosyne, Melitcea Artemis, and Nemeohius Lucina. — W. Far]£en White, The 

 Vicarage, Stonehouse, Gloucester. 



Captures in the neighbourhood of Wandsiuorth. — Up to the end of May I have 

 met with the following species at Coombe Wood : — Argynnis Euphrosyne (flying in 

 the open parts) ; T. punctulata, Ephyra porata, punctata, and pendularia (by 

 beating) ; Eupisteria heparata (very local, I only found it in one particular glade) ; 

 Nvm,eriapulverai-ia (by beating) ; Ypsipetes impluviata (by beating amongst alders) ; 

 Platypteryx Falcula (from birch). Whilst mothing in my garden I have also met 

 with Coremia unidentaria, (ferrugata does not appear to be common here), Scotosia 

 certata and Xyloca/nipa Uthorhiza. And on Wimbledon Common I collected 

 eighteen larvae of Orgyia Qonostigma. — G. B. Longstaff, South-fields, Wandsworth. 



Stawropus Fagi, near Aylesbury. — While searching for examples of Cidaria 

 silaceata, in Drayton Wood, yesterday, I was fortunate enough to find a fine male of 

 Stauropus Fagi at rest on a small fir tree, it looked as fresh as if it had just emerged 

 from its pupa. I may also mention that I took a female specimen of Notodonta 

 Cucullina last May in the same locahty. — W. E. Paksons, New Koad, Aylesbury, 

 Bucks.— Jkhc Uth, 1864. 



