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Art. LVIII. — Varieties by Various Contributors. 



115. Captures of Larva. From the 20th to the 25th of August I captured larvee 

 of the following Lepidoptera near Thorrington Wood, Essex. 



Acherontia Atropos, feeding on potato Pterostoma palpina, feeding on sallow 



Cerura bicuspis, sallow Chaonia Dodonea and Peridea serrata 



Furcula, aspen feeding on oak 



And from the 11th to the 19th of September I captured the following larvae at Birch 

 Wood. 



Smerinthus ocellatus, feeding on sallow 

 Sphinx Ligustri, on privet 



Cerura Furcula, on poplar 



Clostera reclusa, on sallow and poplar 

 Notodonta Dromedarius, on birch 



Ziczac, on sallow 



Leiocampa Dictsea and Dictaeoides, 



Pterostoma palpina, feeding on sallow 

 Cucullia Asteris, on golden rod 



Mamestra Pisi, on oak, hazel and birch 

 Geometra illunaria, lunaria, and illustra- 



ria, feeding on birch 

 Platypteryx lacertula, feeding on birch 

 Drepana falcataria, ditto 



feeding on birch. — Alfred Lamhcrt ; 6, Trinity St. Borough, Sept. 29, 1841. 



116. Colocasia Coryli. From Mr. Dale's note on my communication respecting 

 Colocasia Coryli (Entomol. 190), I think he cannot be aware that the insect is double- 

 brooded, appearing early in May and in July. I have also found the following species 

 to be double-brooded: — Notodonta Dromedarius and Ziczac, Leiocampa Dictaea and 

 Dictaeoides, Pterostoma palpina, Clostera reclusa and curtula. — Id. 



117. Geometra illustraria. On the 20th of September I captured the larvae of Ge- 

 ometra illustraria. This I believe is also double-brooded, as I have taken the larva on 

 the 20th of June and bred it on the 22nd of July following ; but all these specimens 

 (six in number) are small, and pale in colour and markings. Several of my friends 

 have also captured them at this period, and they are invariably the same, while the 

 imago from the larva first mentioned is nearly double the size, and the markings and 

 colour are very rich. This is the fourth larva I have captured during five years. — Id. 



118. Apus Cancriformis. Having met with a specimen of Apus Cancriformis in 

 one of the pools near Powick in the county of Worcester, I should feel obliged if any 

 of your correspondents can inform me, through the medium of ' The Entomologist,' 

 with any other localities for this curious insect. The specimen in question is now liv- 

 ing, and may be seen at the Museum of the Worcestershire Natural-History Society. 

 — John Evans ; Grove House, Worcester, October 12, 1841. 



119. Captures of Lepidoptera in various localities. — 



Forest near Wanstead. 



March 26. Hadena Lithorhiza June I. 



Larentia multistrigaria 



Depressaria Alstroemeriana 6. 



Dasytoma Salicella 



Epigraphia Steinkelnerana 

 April 18. Anticlea derivata 



Yponomeuta caesiella June 6, 



May 14. Microsetia atricapitella 13. 



Pseudotomia atromargana 

 Juuel. Ericostoma Thunbergana 



Alabania Geoifroyella 



Anacampsis alternella 

 Callisto Fyeslella 

 Lozotasnia cruciana 

 Spilonota sticticana 

 Anchylopera unculana 

 Pseudotomia nigricana 

 Pseudotomia nitidana 

 Tinea ustella 

 Astyages cylindrella 

 Porrectaria Gallipennella 

 Aphelosetia marginea 



