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Crewe at Zool. p. 9254— at Ent. Mo. Mag. yoI. i. p. 141, 

 — and elsewhere in this present volume of the " Annual." 



EupiTHECiA CAMPANULATA, Herrich-SchafFer. 

 II.-S. Correspond. Nr. 17;— (?) Denotata, Hiibner, 455 — 

 et Breyer. Frontispiece, Fig. 6. 

 We are indebted to the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, the most 

 observant student and indefatigable collector of the Eupi- 

 thecice, for the addition to our lists of this interesting pug. 

 The discovery resulted from the perusal of a very short 

 article recently published by Dr. Breyer of Brussels, in a 

 little pamplet, wherein Dr. B. mentioned the fact of his 

 having found the larvae of this species somewhat plentifully 

 in the seed-capsules of Cauipanula traclielimn, on which 

 Mr. Crewe observes (Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. i. p. 142), " as 

 this plant is by no means uncommon in many parts of 

 England, it seemed to me that there was no just cause or 

 impediment why the insect should not occur as well, so one 

 afternoon in August I sallied forth into a wood not far from 

 hence, where I knew the plant grew, and set to work to look 

 for the larvcg of E. campanulita. Having gathered a few 

 plants I knocked them against the sides of my umbrella, and 

 soon saw a number of small pug larvee crawling about, 

 which were totally unknown to me. Having made up my 

 bag I returned home and shortly afterwards enclosed two 

 full-fed larvae in a quill and posted them to Dr. Breyer, who 

 forthwith returned answer that they were true and indubitable 

 Eup. campanulata.'' This little episode should, it strikes me, 

 impress the moral so often reiterated by Mr. Stainton, that 

 by paying more attention to the literature of our continental 

 " brethren of the pin and net," we should multiply our own 

 discoveries — not only of species but of facts — and so render 

 more progressive the entomological science of this country. 



