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New Forest. From this insect I obtained a batch of ova, which 
hatched in about fourteen day’s time; the larve duly pupated, 
having been fed on plum. On the 12th of October I was 
astonished to find that a perfect insect had emerged from one of 
these pupze. Up to this time no more imagos have appeared, so 
it would seem that the rest of the brood intend to remain in the 
pupa-state for the usual length of time. The pup have not been 
“forced ”’ in any way.—E. W. H. Braae; Cheadle, Staffordshire, 
November 8, 1886. 
Papisca (Mrxopra) RATZEBURGHIANA IN SurREy.— Working 
among spruce in a wood at Addington, on the 28rd of last 
July, I captured three specimens of a Tortrix, which I did 
not at the time recognise. A few days ago, on going through the 
Doubleday Collection, I found they were Pedisca ratzeburghiana. 
This northern species is not included by the late W. P. Weston 
in his list of Tortrices of Surrey, Kent, and Sussex; and does 
not appear to have been hitherto recorded from this county.— 
W.G. SuHetpon; Rose Cottage, Oval Road, Addiscombe, Surrey, 
October 22, 1886. 
OCHSENHEIMERIA VACCULELLA.—This insect has hitherto been 
considered a rarity, having managed to keep itself hid away from 
the prying eyes of the entomologist; but it seems now to have 
turned up in almost incredible numbers, not in any one particular 
place, but apparently all over the country. I have for many 
years past found a few specimens of Laverna stephensiella on one 
or two large oaks in our forest; and on searching last year for 
this insect I met with O. vacculella for the first time. Thinking 
its larva possibly might have fed under the bark, I went down in 
the early part of last July and collected a large bagful of the 
bark, with its usual abundance of webs and rubbish. I examined 
it carefully day by day, but no moths emerged from it. In the 
middle of July I again visited the trees, and was surprised to find 
vacculella in plenty, twenty-seven being captured in about an 
hour, with ten L. stephensiella and two Sesia asiliformis (cynipi- 
forme) (one drying its wings), when I was compelled to leave to 
meet my train. I believe I could have taken any quantity of 
vacculella had I not been limited to time. The life-history of 
this insect at present remains a mystery; probably its larva, 
when discovered, will prove, like others of the genus, to be a 
