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species ? Early in June I found a "nest" of young larvae of 

 T. miniosa, on an oak branch in the New Forest, and fed 

 them up, but quite nine-tenths of them were ichneumoned ; 

 that, however, could not have been the case with Opima. 

 Possibly the removal of Opima from its home in the north, to 

 a more southern latitude, might have had an effect upon its 

 development. I have often found that insects are diflBcult to 

 rear if removed far from their birthplace ; but in no previous 

 case has it been more fully illustrated than with the species 

 now under consideration. The subject of the so-called 

 localization of insects is, I think, often overlooked by a 

 majority of ns. — G. B. Corhin. 



Imago of Smerinihiis Populi emerging in July. — On the 

 27th of April last I captured a pair of the Smerinthus 

 Populi, and from eggs laid by the female I reared some very 

 fine larvae. The latter went down from about the 1 7th to 

 24lh ult., and, from the pupae, two perfect insects emerged on 

 the 8th inst., since followed by some thirty more, most of 

 them being fine specimens. T do not know whether this is 

 unusual, but should be glad to learn, as I have hitherto 

 always found these moths remain in the pupa state during the 

 winter. — H. W. Craik; 3, Queen'' s Terrace, Surbiton, July 

 15, 1872. 



Ptinus Fur settling on Water. — Observing the peculiar 

 colour and Hight of an insect in the bright early sun, in my 

 bedroom, 1 approached it with a glass of water, and as it 

 made one of its rapid falls I placed the glass in the line, and 

 caught the creature in the water. It did not seem to be 

 alarmed; and in the course of a minute or so, standing on 

 the surface of the water, it raised its wing-coverts, spread its 

 wings, and rose from the water, master of the situation. It 

 was the small brown beetle which is too often bred in old 

 furniture, in the inferior wood used out of sight. — fV. H. 

 Wayne; Much Wenlock, July 16, 1S72. 



Liparis dispar : JMrva feeding at large. — Considerable 

 doubts having, I believe, been lately expressed as to the 

 right of Liparis dispar to be still considered a British insect, 

 a record of the capture of the larva feeding at large may be 

 of value. I took one on a fruit-tree in my garden here, in 

 June : the moth (a female) emerged on the 25th of July. — 

 Henry D. GreviUe; Soulhjields, JVandsuort/t, July 27, 1872. 



