142 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



IV. A. Forbes. — Is not Zygcena tnibi^ena a Scottish Insect ? 

 — In a conversation I had with you some weeks ago about 

 our British Zyga;na), you doubted whether Z. nubigena had 

 occurred elsewhere in these isles than in Ireland. At the 

 time I stated to you my belief that it also occurs in Scot- 

 land ; and in a letter I received from Dr. Buchanan White, 

 dated March 9th, he says, amongst other things : — " Nubigena 

 is not uncommon (I believe) near Oban, whence I have 

 specimens, and I have seen a specimen that was taken in 

 Forfarshire." This species is also noted as occurring in one 

 or more localities in Scotland — all maritime, I believe — in 

 the " Insecta Scotica," now publishing in the ' Scottish 

 Naturalist.'— [F. A. Forbes; 32, Gower Street, W.C., March 

 29, 1876. 



[I have received several specimens of Zygaena from Scot- 

 land under the name of Nubigena, but they were so wasted 

 that they might be almost anything. As I enacted the pan 

 of sponsor to Mr. Birchall's Irish Nubigena, I can positively 

 say that I have seen no example of that species from Scot- 

 land, and I have rather fallen into the way of not trusting to 

 the names kindly sent me without the specimens. I prefer, 

 therefore, leaving the matter as it stands for the present. I 

 believe Mr. Birchall and Mr. Carrington have seen the 

 so-called Scotch specimen of Nubigena; and I shall be 

 satisfied, and, more than that, gratified, if they will establish 

 the claim of Zygasna nubigena to be considered indigenous 

 to Scotland, — Edward Newman.^ 



G. Edwards. — Hatching of Saturnia Carpini. — I have 

 some eggs of Saturnia Carpini, laid the second week in April. 

 Will you tell me when the young larvas ought to be out, and 

 also if they can be fed upon anything that grows in London ? 

 Heath is difficult to procure. — G. Edwards ; 10, Gloucester 

 Terrace, April 23, 1876. 



[Try them with blackthorn ; I think the leaves are exposed 

 now. — Edicard Newman.] 



Despatch of Hnmble Bees to New Zealand. — I send you 

 cuttings from the 'Weekly Press' of January 15, 1876, of 

 Chistchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, received by last 

 mail, announcing the failure of Mr. John Hall's experiment 

 to introduce the humble-bee into New Zealand, — a failure 

 which many of your readers will be sorr}' to hear of. — 



