3-28 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



I put llie whole by in a box, thinking no more of it until 

 to-diiy. During the Vvcck, however, llie smaller chrysalids 

 had hatched, and the result is about half-a-dozen flies, rather 

 peculiar in appearance, which I have enclosed in a box, and 

 will post it to you, trusting that you may be interested in it. 

 The " drinker" chrysalis I found attached to a dead twig of a 

 yevv-tiee on our downs. — H, Jeffery,jun. ; Ratham, Chiches- 

 ier, August 12, 1867. 



[The fly is Tachina Puparura, and its parasitic economy 

 has long been known to naturalists. The series sent by Mr. 

 Jeflery is very acceptable, and beautifully illustrates the life- 

 history of the fly. — E, Newman^ 



Are two Species confused under the ■name of Cerura 

 vinula ? — I have frequently called the attention of Entomo- 

 logists to the great diff'erence which obtains between the 

 antennas of different individuals of both male and female 

 puss-moth ; in some the pectinations are fully twice as long 

 as in others. The late Mr. Stephens always entertained the 

 idea that we had two species, but he failed to point out 

 characters that have satisfied subsequent observers ; he, 

 moreover, was unfortunate in applying Hiibner's name of 

 Erminea to the supposed second species, which was cer- 

 tainly an error: if we have two species a difference will 

 inevitably be delected in the larva. — Edward Newman. 



GraphoUtha ravulana in Varenth Wood. — Dr. Knaggs 

 records, in the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine' for Au- 

 gust, the capture of this species by Mr. Meek, in June last : 

 no description is given. 



Scoparia, ingraiella at Folkstone. — In the same journal 

 the same Entomologist records the capture of Scoparia ingra- 

 tella at Folkstone, but he very wisely suggests a doubt 

 whether this insect be really distinct from Scoparia pyralelia 

 of our cabinets, a most variable species. 



Economy oj Depressaria nervosa. — During the early part 

 of June last I collected a number of the full-grown larva) of 

 Depressaria nervosa, which 1 placed in a breeding-cage. 

 Some of them changed to pupae, without cocoons, in the 

 stems of their food-plant ; but as there was not room for all, 

 the others spun slight silken cocoons in the sand, and 

 changed there. This appeared to nu; to be a curious instance 

 of larva) adapting themselves to ciicumslanccs, for in their 



