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found one to measure ten inches in length, and the other 

 eight inches and a half ; I should think their thickness is 

 about that of coarse white or black thread. 1 am rather 

 anxious to know, through the 'Entomologist,' if a similar cir- 

 cumstance with larvae has ever been recorded before. I have 

 reserved both worms and the monacha larva. — F. O. Slan- 

 dish ; 2, Alfred Cottages, Warner Road, Camber well, S.E., 

 June, 1868.' 



Capture of Notodonta trepida at night. — While in search 

 of night larvae in Darenlh Wood, on the 9th of Ma}', I had 

 the pleasure of taking a fine male of Notodonta trepida ex- 

 panding its wings on the stem of a young oak. — Id. 



Tanniocampa miniosa bred. — • I have bred a fine lot of this 

 pretty species from very young larvae taken off oak last year, 

 feeding in a nest of two or three hundred, in the same way as 

 the young larvee of Eriogaster lanestris and Bombyx neustria 

 do. — Id. 



Eupoecilia subroseana. — I have taken a very fine series of 

 this species, which is often represented by E. ruficiliana, but 

 is positively distinct from that species. — Id. 



Stauropm Fagi. — On the 31st of May I captured a male 

 Stauropus Fagi at Leith Hill, and on the 7th of June a female 

 at Darenth Wood (the latter laid a few eggs, and I have now 

 the larvae feeding) ; also, on the 14th, at Darenth Wood, a 

 very fine male ; my friend Mr. Dow also took a magnificent 

 female on the same day. Although 1 have been collecting 

 for upwards of twenty years, I had previously only taken one 

 specimen. — Id. 



Larva of Polia nigrocincta in the Isle of Man. — I have 

 again, this day, had the pleasure of taking the larva of Polia 

 nigrocincta in the Isle of Man. — Noah Greening ; Isle of 

 Man, June 19, 1868. 



To destroy Weevils in Maize. — A friend of mine in Queens- 

 land wishes to know how or by what means he can destroy 

 the weevils, which are very destructive to his maize, if you 

 would insert this in your next number, I shall esteem it a 

 favour. — Joseph Leigh ; 27, Touilinson Street, Hulme, Man- 

 chester, June 12, 1868. 



[I am sorry not to be able to offer any advice : I do not 

 even know what insect is called the weevil in Queensland. — 

 E. Newman.'] 



