350 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Helioihis pelligera in South Wales. — Mr. Llewellyn records, 

 in the ' Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' the capture of a 

 specimen of Heliothis peltigera near the sand-hills on Port 

 Talbot Moors, in Glamorganshire. 



Larva of Lemuris fypica destructive to Pear-trees. — A 

 plague of the enclosed insects has appeared in a garden 

 here, utterly devouring the leaves of the pear-trees. They do 

 not cut the leaves into holes, but seemingly extract the whole 

 juices of the fibre, leaving the leaf black and dead, looking 

 as if scorched by fire. The insects are in countless multi- 

 tudes, and appeared all at once on the 14th of August, and 

 in twenty-four hours had rendered several trees utterly brown. 

 — S. Haddington. 



[The small caterpillars (which were squeezed on the leaves 

 instead of being sent separately in a tin box) are certainly 

 those of Lemuiis typica, a species of night-flying moth by no 

 means uncommon; but I was not previously aware they 

 were so excessively destructive. The eggs are laid in patches 

 of from twenty to sixty on the upper side of the leaf of some 

 fruit-tree, as pear, apple or plum ; and when the young cater- 

 pillars emerge they feed side by side on the upper cuticle 

 and parenchyma of the leaf, until nothing remains but the 

 brown and desiccated objects which my correspondent has 

 sent. — E. Newman.] 



Is Phihalapteryx vitalhata double brooded ? — I obtained 

 eggs of this species on the 12th of May ; the larvae were 

 hatched on the 29th, and fed up simultaneously, all entering 

 " the ground on the 23rd and 24th of June. The first imago 

 appeared on the 11th of July, and within a week I bred 

 seven more. Since that time (now a month ago) none have 

 appeared, and I have ten pupae remaining, which I presume 

 will not change this season. I should like to have the expe- 

 rience of others who have bred this insect. — J. P. Barrett ; 

 29, Radnor Street, Peckliam, August 15, 18()7. 



Catocala promissa near Chelsea. — This morning I was 

 fortunate enough to capture a pair of Catocala promissa in 

 splendid condition. As 1 believe this moth has not before 

 been observed in this locality, I send you a notice of the 

 fact. — C. B. Walland ; 19, Oakley Street^ Chelsea, August 

 21, 1867. 



The Cotton Crop in Egypt : Ravages of Earias siliquana. 



