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back apparently dead. Two hours afterwards he had entirely 

 revived, and was niarchinj? around as if hunting for some- 

 thing to eat." — Liverpool Mercurij, Sept. 11, 1866. In re- 

 ference to this extract, can you supply the scientific name of 

 the " array worm," or say whether the statement that it passes 

 through the larva state in the short period of eight or nine 

 days is a fact, or only the fiction of a speculator for a rise in 

 cotton ? — Edtcin Bircliall ; College House, Bradford. 



[The insect is said to be the larva of Heliothis armigera, 

 and from its having been thus named by the scientific the 

 name " army worm" has originated: but several points re- 

 main to be settled. Is the insect really the same as our 

 European Heliothis armigera ? Is the present species the 

 same which destroyed the cotton crops in 1788, 1800, 1825 

 and 1845 } Have any reliable observations on the life- 

 history of our European insect been recorded ? Information 

 will be thankfully received from any of my readers. — Edward 

 Newman.] 



Dicranura hicuspis and Acronycta Alni at Leominster. — 

 My son has had the great good fortune to take a larva of 

 Dicranura bicuspis on alder, and one of Acronycta Alni on 

 oak; the latter was injured, and has unfortunately died. — 

 E. S. Hutchinson ; Grantsfield, Leominster, September 19. 



[Mrs. Hutchinson does not wish to part with D. bicuspis : 

 please therefore not to apply. — E. Newman.] 



Time of Emergence of Dicranura furcula. — On the 

 evening of the 10th of July, between 8 and 9 o'clock, while 

 sugaring some old willows at Lee, I noticed something 

 struggling between the bark to get free, and on examination 

 I discovered it to be a specimen of Dicranura furcula freeing 

 itself from its cocoon : when free it crawled about six inches 

 from its case, and there remained until it had expanded its 

 wings : it was quite dark before it was fit to take. I took one 

 in July, 1863, at the same hour, with its wings quite limp. 

 Is it general for this species to leave the pupa at that parti- 

 cular time ? If so, it may be interesting to Entomologists in 

 want of it. — W. West; 6, Green Lane, Greenwich, Septem- 

 her 24, 1866. 



Captures at Burford. — One specimen of Xyloraiges con- 

 spicillaris, probably dug amongst a batch of pupae between 

 Worcester and Stourport ; one Notodonta dodonaja, from a 



