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})reserver. The pupa is slender and pointed, enclosed in a 

 loose cocoon, covered with particles of earth and lichen, just 

 below the surface of the ground. The insect is so rare in 

 collections that perhaps it may be useful to collectors who 

 have access to apple-orchards if I say that the moth looks 

 like a cross between Venosata and Pumilata. — E. Birchall ; 

 April 13, 1869. 



Eupilliecia consignata. — I have this morning (April 20th) 

 bred five beautiful specimens of this beautiful Pug, from eggs 

 sent me last May by Mrs. Hutchinson, of Goatsfield. I have 

 placed them under a glass cylinder, with sprigs of the food- 

 plant in a bottle, and hope to gel impregnated eggs. In the 

 course of last summer Mr. Brown, of Cambridge, sent me 

 several larvae of this insect, which he had beaten from white- 

 thorn in the neighbourhood of Cambridge. This makes the 

 fourth tree upon which this larva has been taken, viz., apple, 

 oak, hazel and whitethorn. — H. Harpiir Creive. 



Larva of Abraxas grossulariat a feeding upon Sedum Te- 

 lepliium. — One day last summer I was exceedingly surprised 

 to find a sprig of "orpine or livelong" (Sedum Telephium) 

 almost denuded of leaves, and a fat full-fed larva of the 

 " magpie or gooseberry moth " (Abraxas grossulariata) busily 

 engaged in devouring the remaining leaves. I have since 

 seen that this peculiarity has come under the notice of other 

 entomologists. — Id. 



Cidaria silaceata in Scotland. — I see that you have 

 received no notice of the capture of Cidaria silaceata in 

 Scotland. I have taken nine or ten specimens during the 

 past season. Three other entomological friends have also 

 taken numerous specimens. — John M. Bramwell; March 

 29, 1869. 



Notodonta trepida : Prolongation of the Pupa State, — 

 The following extraordinary instance of prolongation in the 

 pupal state of the above insect may be interesting to the 

 readers of the 'Entomologist.' In the summer of 1865 I had 

 a small brood of larvse, which resulted in about a dozen 

 pupa;. Four of these emerged in the spring of '66, and two 

 more in '67. None appeared in '68, and in the autumn of 

 that year I found three dried up. Three remained. Though 

 believing it to be a hopeless case, 1 brought these with me 

 to Ireland last November, and kept them in a cool room. 



