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say that the larvae assumed the pupa form within the skm of the larva3, 

 which split and opened longitudinally on the back, during the fourth 

 week in April, and in the third week in May they appeared in the per- 

 fect state. 



Hylohius Abletis, Mr. Snow, the gardener at Wrest Park, Bedford- 

 shire, writes me word that he has taken this weevil by candlelight, 

 eating the leaves of camellias and vines; and that he has seen the rho- 

 dodendrons and laurels eaten in the same way, and doubts not that 

 the mischief was caused by the same insects, although he never caught 

 them in the act. 



Psilura monacha. The caterpillars, which are black, hairy, and 

 having large heads, I found on the trunk of oaks in the New Forest. 

 They became pupae about the 20th of June, and were perfected on the 

 3rd of July. 



Pyrophila tetra. I beat the larva? from an oak in Richmond Park 

 on the 18th of May ; and on the same day they formed coverings of 

 the leaves in which to undergo their change, and became moths on the 

 2nd of July. 



Hipparchus pa2nlionarius. I beat the larva on the 3rd of May from 

 a birch tree at Birch Wood ; on the 18th it suspended itself to a leaf, 

 and appeared in its perfect state on the 13th of June. 



I have taken the following insects, among many others, during May 

 and June. 



Leiodes humeralis, West Wickham, under bark. 



ILngis rufifrons, West Wickham, in Boleti. 



Ips 4-guttatus, Silvamis unidentatus and OuckJus monilicornis, 

 in the New Forest, under bark of oak. 



Triphyllus bifasciatus, Hainault Forest, under bark of hornbeam. 



Throscus ohtusus, Richmond Park, on whitethorn flowers. 

 „ dermestoides, West Wickham. 



Elater sanguineus, New Forest. 



Cistela fulvipes. New Forest, under bark. 



Anohium Ahietis, in fir paling, Shirley. 



Abdera ^-fasciata, Hainault Forest, under bark of dead hornbeam. 



Ischnomera Jlavicollis, Richmond Park, on whitethorn flowers. 



Cleora viduaria, Aids consortaria and A. ea;tersaria, New Forest, 

 8th to the 13th of June. 



Aids roboraria, Hainault Forest, 20th of June. 



J. W. Douglas. 



