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HennaphrodUo Trichiura cratcegi. — The following as yet unpublished description 
of a hermaphrodite Oastropacha (Trichiura) cratcegi occurs in a letter, dated 
December 15th, 1866, addressed to me by my esteemed friend, Herr Ch. Haury, of 
Pratjue ; but, as the specimen has since then changed hands, T am unable to say in 
whoso collection it is now. 
Herr Haury writes, — " One of my entomological friends here has bred this 
season a specimen of Gastropacha cratcegi, the right ahtenna of which, as well as 
the exact right half of the body, and the right wings, are male, whilst the whole left 
side is female. The anal organs are, also, male on the right, and female on the left. 
" The difference in the wings are very great, as the male side is much darker 
than the female one ; the right male half of the abdominal segments is black, 
whilst the left female half is simply pale grey. 
" The larva did not appear to differ in any way from others of the species." — 
Albert Muller, Penge, Januanj Wth, 1867. 
Captures in the Isle of Wight. — I beg to send the following notes. The captures 
were made close to my residence (with the exception of M. Qinxia and A. luctuosa, 
which were taken at Ventnor). 
At sallow blossom : — 2 D. rubiginea, 5 T. miniosa, 4 T. gracilis, 2 X. petrificata, 
and hosts of commoner species. 
Bred : — E. lanestris, A. villica, C vinula, S- tilice, and lots of common moths. 
I also bred Cinxia and Artemis. 
Taken with net : — V. maculata, E. lineolata, A. citraria, A. luctuosa, B. trifolii, 
L. quercifolia, M. Cinxia, A. luctuosa, Hoporina croceago, and S. irrorella (Eckisa did 
not put in an appearance.) 
At ivy blossom I was fortunate enough to secui'e 6 D. rubiginea, and several 
other good things. 
Among my best captures wei-e two curious varieties of H. Janira, one having 
the centre of all the wings a pure pearly-white, and the other having the wings 
of one side (the right) marked in the same manner. 
I got only one specimen of A. Atrop)os this season ; last season I could count 
them by dozens. 
I saw a fine specimen of G. Celerio while at the ivy blossom ; it came to my 
lamp, but, being upon a ladder at the time, I was unable to secure it. — James 
Ingram, St. Helen's Schools, Nettlestono, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Dec. 11th, 1866. 
Curiotis locality for Acari. — At Gosforth, in August last, I caught a number of 
water bugs of the genus Corixa, and was a good deal surprised, when I came to 
mount them, to find several specimens infested by Acari. The parasites were 
lodged on the upper surface of the abdomen, beneath the wings ; they were minute, 
bright red creatures, and quite unknown to me. One of the Corixa (semistriata) 
had, in addition to several of the mites, what I take to be an oval egg sack, of 
sufficient size to hold a good number even of the perfect creatures. 
Both hemelytra of this Corixa are punctured through the centre of their 
corium, and the holes appear to be of old standing, their edges being smooth 
and blackened. Can these holes have been made by the mites, for facility of 
ingress and egress to their strange dwelling place?— Thos. Jno. Bold, Long Benton, 
December 2Qth, 1866. 
