THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 3*25 



Cirrcedia xernmpelina at Worcester. — I have taken two 

 specimens of C. xerampelina ibis month (September), both 

 at light. — C. R. Doward ; 41, Copenhagen Street, Worcester. 



Cirraedia xerampelina. — In the June number of the 

 * B'.ntomologist ' was recorded the taking by me of forty-one 

 larvie of C. xerampelina, and in consequence of that notice 

 I had many applications for the perfect insect : these have 

 now all emerged, but I am sorry to say they came out earlier 

 than I expected, and during my absence from home for a few- 

 days. On my return home, on the 24th instant, 1 found 

 them all battered and worn, so much so that nearly all of 

 them had the markings entirely effaced from the wings, and 

 out of forty there were only five or six which I took the 

 trouble to piu. A considerable number of eggs have been 

 deposited, which I hope may prove fertile, but I fear the 

 larvae will be difficult to rear. — [Re i\) Bernard Hartley ; 

 Park View, Pontefract, August '2Q, 1869. 



Diantlinecia coinpta and D. Barrettii at Hoivth. — ■"! have 

 lately been successful iu capturing a i'ew examples of D. 

 compta and several of D. Barrettii." — E. G. Meek, in Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. for August, 1869. 



Dianthoecia Barrettii in the Isle nf Man. — "A few days 

 afterwards I went to the little kingdom, and proceeded to 

 Port Jack, and before 1 slept I secured and set a fair speci- 

 men of D. Barrettii. This year 1 have taken it again there." 

 — C S. Gregson, in Ent. Mo. Mag. for August, 1869. 



Aplecta occulta, in Essex. — 1 took two fine specimens of 

 this moth at sugar in Epping Forest on the 26th of August. 

 — R. Meldola ; Park Place, Ley ton. 



Hydroporus ininutissimus in Deconshire. — During a late 

 excursion to Slapton, about seven miles to the westward of 

 Dartmouth, a single example of Hydroporus minulissimus 

 was discovered by my wile, amongst the small submerged 

 shingle at the edges of the Ley ; and being thus warned of 

 its presence, we continued to search patiently until a tolerable 

 series had been obtaiued. Its habits are precisely similar to 

 what I have observed in the Canary Islands and elsewhere, 

 the species delighting in shallow, clear water, amongst the 

 shingle of which it jjrincipally resides. — T. V. Wollaston, in 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. for August, 1869. 



Thread-uwrms produced from Larvte, confirmed. — In the 



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