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four of the female imago of Cloeon Bhodanl, under stones which were lying partially 

 exposed in a stream neai" Cambridge. When lifted up into the air, they crawled 

 down again to the surface ; and those which were closely observed, after feeling 

 about with their fore-legs, voluntarily entered the water. — A. E. Eaton, Little Bridy, 

 Dorset. 



[The above observation by Mr. Eaton is most valuable and interesting. The 

 presence of females only, under the stones, points significantly to the reason which 

 induced them to seek such a position. — R. McLachlan.J 



Capture of XylirM conspicillaris near Worcester. — On the 7th inst., I took a 

 very good specimen of this insect, at rest on a small oak, in a wood near here. 



I took a specimen in the same wood some years ago ; and I noticed then, as 

 now, that the moth prefers resting on a part of the tree where the bark has been 

 removed, probably because it is of the same colour as itself. — Rev. E. Hokton, 

 Lower Wick, May 9th, 1865. 



New locality for Depressaria rhodochrella. — This species (as well as several 

 others of the same genus), has been found at the Land's End, by beating stacks of 

 heath turf put up to dry. — C. W. Dale, Glanvilles Wootton, 2nd May, 1865. 



Rema/rlcs on leaf-rolling. — In " Eirhy and Spence's Introduction to Entomology," 

 in allusion to the power possessed by certain larvas of drawing together leaves or 

 portions of leaves, the following passage occurs : — " The little caterpillar first fixes 

 " a series of silken cables from one side of the leaf to the other. She next pulls at 

 " these cables with her feet, and when she has forced the sides to approach, she 

 " fastens them together with shorter threads of silk." (vol. i., page 454.) 



Now, from what I have observed, there appears to mc to be another reason for 

 the approximation of the portions of leaves spun together, namely, the contractile 

 power of the recently spun web itself, which certainly shrinks very considerably in a 

 short space of time ; and this must be of (at any rate) great assistance to the leaf- 

 rolling larva. 



That this contractiUty does exist, can be made evident by the following 

 experiment : — Having attached a small piece of paper to one extremity of a newly 

 spun thread a few inches in length, suspend it by fixing the other end of the thread 

 to a firm object, and mark off the exact i^osition of the lower end of the piece of 

 paper. After a short time, it will be found that the paper has been raised, in a 

 very appreciable degree, above the mark at which its original position had been 

 indicated. — Bernard Piffaud. 



Note on the ovipositing of Boarmia cinctaria. — Having again reared this species 

 from the egg, I suppUed the impregnated females with the catkins of sallovv' for 

 their nourishment, and common heath (Callnna vulgaris) and the bark of willow 

 for the reception of their eggs ; the eggs, however, were deposited most freely, and 

 almost exclusively, in the sallow catkins. Perhaps this may serve as a hint to 

 some of your readers. — George Gibson, 55, Chalk Farm Road, May, 1865. 



Offer of larvcn of Clostera anachoreta. — Should any Entomologist still be in want 

 of this species I shall bo most happy to supply him witli larvas. — Id. 



