44 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
the border of specimen No. 2 is decidedly narrower, white, and strongly 
suffused with black, a smoky streak passing through the middle, whilst the 
margin towards the inner side is very indistinctly defined.—J. JAcER; 
180, Kensington-park Road, Notting Hill, January, 1892. 
GREEN AND Brown-coLouRED Pup& or Papitio PoDALIRIUS.—I was 
sent last June a dozen eggs of P. podalirius, which 1 fed up during June 
and July on sloe. In July eight successfully turned into pup, four 
of which were of a light green colour, and four the ordinary light brown. 
The green ones all produced perfect specimens in August, but I still 
have the brown in pup. Is this always the case, or is it only a 
coincidence that the green should emerge and not the brown ? — J. Lewis 
Bonnore; C/o Rev. W. D. Bushell, Harrow. 
CurE FoR THE RavacGes oF THE Larva or N. ripysiu. — Whilst 
paying a visit to a friend in Somerset last week, he informed me that he 
never remembered the larvee of the sawfly, N. ribesit, so numerous as they 
were last season. In his garden they swarmed on both gooseberry and 
currant, completely stripping some of the bushes of their leaves. He 
found the following remedy so instantaneously effectual, that perhaps some 
of your readers may be glad to know of it:—1 tablespoonful of fir-tree oil 
in 1 gallon of water (same proportion as for aphis); syringe; the larva, 
on being touched with the liquid, falls, and almost instantly dies. — JoHN 
N. Stitt; Seaton, Devon. 
Larv#-BEATING IN Eppine Forest.— During the past season of 1891, 
many kinds of lrve were abundant throughout the Forest. Several 
species which are generally very scarce were fairly plentiful. On 4th 
July I beat out a larva of Thecla betule near High Beach, from which I 
bred a fine female specimen on 11th August. ‘This species has been taken 
freely in various parts of the Forest on sloe. The great feature of the year 
was the occurrence of Stauropus fagi in Monk Wood. On Sept. 5th I 
beat one from oak, and on the 12th ot the same month I obtained two more, 
one from oak and the other from beech; at least a dozen other larve of 
this species were found in the same locality; and the fine beech trees in 
Mouk Wood also yielded an unusually large number of H. prasinana, D. 
corylt, D. pudibunda, EF. linearia, &c. Other kinds, such as NV. ziezac, N. 
camelina, D. furcula, &e., were also freely distributed. Thus it is evident 
that the severe weather has in no way diminished the number of larve, but 
has probably destroyed many of the deadly parasites that prey upon them. 
Also it would appear that the entomological resources ot Epping Forest are 
far from exhausted yet—C. B. SmivH; 24, Rectory Road, Stoke Newing- 
ton, N., January 1, 1892. 
COLEOPHORA METALLICELLA, n.s.—F or twenty years I have had a species 
of Coleophora under the name of metallicella in my cabinet, and have felt 
convinced all the time that it was quite distinct from either C. nigricella or 
C. fuscedinella. From both these species it differs in the following 
respects :—Firstly, it is of a bronzy lightish green colour; the scales are 
larger and more raised, and the insect has a more muscular appearance. 
In one sex the antenne are white nearly half way down, and the tips are 
white in both sexes; but this is not a trustworthy character, as it is subject 
to variation. The larva occurs in May, and is nearly a month earlier than 
that of C. fuscedinella, which is not found till June. How I happened to 
