42 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



no more, as it is possible it may have dropped out at the 

 moment of tearing the case open and escaped my observation ; 

 but there certainly was only one case for the two pupae." 



" July 9fch.— Mr. Bennett gave me two specimens of Pieris 

 [Aporia] cratagi, both males ; two of Abraxas uhnata, and one 

 Gnoj^hria rubricollis, all taken at Eoss in Herefordshire, within 

 the last month." 



" May 25th, 1841. — About two years ago Mr. Ed. Doubleday 

 gave me an old honeycomb and beehive, from which I bred a 

 specimen of Galleria alvearia [Achroea (/risella]. It was after- 

 wards thrown aside in a cellar, but the other day I accidentally 

 discovered one of the moths in the house, and on going to the hive 

 found them in abundance. I have bred at least 400 specimens." 



" June 7th. — Eeceived from Mr. H. Doubleday, who is now at 

 Whittlesea Mere, a small box by post with five larvae of Lycana 

 dispar." 



" June 20th. — About three or four days ago one of the above 

 went into chrysalis, but two appear to be dead. Mem. — Of the 

 five larvae I bred a male and female ; one larva died and two pro- 

 duced ichneumons." 



June 6th, July 23rd, and July 30th, 1842.— The entries 

 under these dates refer especially to large numbers of Bomhyx 

 castrensis from the Isle of Sheppey, and his difiiculties in rearing 

 them. He appears, however, to have been fairly successful, as 

 by other entries it seems that he bred sixty male and thirty-five 

 female specimens, together with a gynandrous example recorded 

 as follows : — 



" August 7th. — Bred one hermaphrodite. This extraordinary 

 specimen has the left half the appearance of a pale male, and 

 right a dark female. The division of colour on the thorax is 

 very apparent. The upper part of the body is of the same 

 colour as the females usually are, but beneath it is longitudinally 

 divided into dark and light, as are also the legs." 



The next item in the same year is an important one, if the 

 insect referred to was correctly identified, as the locality seems 

 to be one not hitherto recorded : — 



" August 15th. — At Shirley I took about half a dozen 

 specimens of Crambus latistrius, but only one fine. I found 

 them on the piece of waste ground by the sand pits going from 

 Shirley to Wickham." On the 18th thirty specimens of this 

 species were taken, " most of them in bad condition. In colder 

 seasons they probably are in perfection about this time. I found 

 them more widely distributed to-day." 



'• August 23rd. — Saw Samuel Stevens to-day and find be has 

 taken fifty-one specimens of Colias hyale, which has made its 

 appearance in the following places this year [1842] , and in some 

 abundantly: — Epping, St. Osyth, Chalk, Deptford, Highgate, 

 Arundel, Yorkshire, Northampton." 



