THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 67 



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From the June number we learn that Dr. Williams took, 

 near Westbury, during the first week in May, a specimen of 

 Stauropus Fagi. 



The July number contains " Notes on the Leucanidae ;" an 

 explanation of the apparent truism noticed in the ' Entomo- 

 logist,' that large moths lay larger eggs than smaller moths ; 

 Mr. Doubleday's familiar recipe for preventing mould on 

 moths, published in the ' Zoologist ' (Zool. 8467) ; and a list 

 of a hundred Coleoptera taken within the last two years by 

 Mr. Cruttwell. This last requires revision : as a complete 

 list it is most imperfect, because some of the commonest spe- 

 cies are omitted ; as a list of rarities it is equally objection- 

 able, because some of the commonest species are inserted : 

 then again the genus Dendrophilus stands alone without a 

 species, and in the next line the word "punctatus" stands 

 alone without even the initial letter of the genus ; other species 

 which possess this prefix are very unintelligible, as O. rotun- 

 datus, and the matter is not much mended when two letters 

 are given, as Ep. sestiva. 



There are a few other brief notes of captures of Lepi- 

 doptera, an offer of exchange, a short and pleasantly written 

 review of the 'Entomologist,' No. 1, and answers to corre- 

 spondents, among which I observe it stated, as regards 

 Cicada haematodes in the New Forest, that the weight of evi- 

 dence goes to prove that it is not musical. 



Note. — In this department of the 'Entomologist' I ought 

 to observe that the printing of each number nearly a month 

 before the date of publication has hitherto made these notices 

 appear somewhat out of date : this will probably be reme- 

 died hereafter. 



Entomological Notes, Queries, Captures and Duplicates. 



1. How many times do the Larvte of Smerinthus change 

 their Skins ? — Has any correspondent observed the number 

 of times the larvse of Smerinthus change their skin ? I have 

 reared a larva of Smerinthus Populi from an egg found on 



