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snares, and the numbers of our fellow-loci gers are thus thinned 

 night after night." — Edward Newman. 



Percy B. Gregson. — Name of Moih. — The moth repre- 

 sented in the drawing is Halias prasinana, the " common 

 silver-lines." It is neither represented nor described in my 

 'British Moths,' because entomologists have placed it among 

 the Micro-Lepidoptera, whereas that work only includes the 

 Macros. This lovely moth is of very frequent occurrence 

 near London, especially on oaks. I much wish entomologists 

 making enquiries of this kind would always send sketches as 

 Mr. Gregson has done ; there is no difficulty in recognizing, 

 and therefore none in naming, an insect thus accurately 

 represented, whereas 1 find descriptions are generally useless. 

 — Edward Newman. 



J. C. Wesley. — Larvae of Winter Moth. — 1 have no doubt 

 the young larvae are those of Cheiraatobia brumata. — Edtvard 

 Newman. 



T. Benson. — Cocoon of Tenthredo Cratagi. — In 1872 I 

 found the caterpillar of this cocoon feeding on the hawthorn. 

 I cannot find the description of it in Newman's ' British 

 Moths.' Will you kindly tell me what it is ? 



[It is the cocoon of a sawfly ; not a moth. The name is 

 Tenthredo Crataegi. — Edward Newman.^ 



W. Thomas. — Name of a Beetle. — I captured a beetle 

 to-day (May 12lh) on the wing, of a species quite unknown 

 to me; and knowing that your columns of the 'Entomo- 

 logist' are open for any information of the kind I require, I 

 beg you will give me some help with the name of the species, 

 which I am totally unable to ascertain, and of which I also 

 enclose a coloured drawing. The colour all over is more of 

 a dull coppery tint ; but 1 found it rather difficult to arrive at 

 the right hue. 



[I have little doubt from the drawing that the beetle is 

 Trichius nobilis; the colour of that insect is usually rather 

 golden-green than coppery ; but I have seen specimens in 

 which the coppery tint prevails. — Edward Newma?i.] 



Charles Wright. — Tiger, or Colorado Beetle. — I beg to 

 send you for examination some examples of the Colorado 

 potato-beetle, taken on paths in a wood near here, where they 

 swarm. No one here has ever seen anything like them 

 before; and our clergyman quite confirms my opinion that 

 this dreaded enemy has at last arrived amongst us. If you 



