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  Mr. 
  Desvignes 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  ht/d 
  a 
  Noctua 
  found 
  transfixed 
  by 
  a 
  thorn, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  

   satisfied, 
  from 
  its 
  being 
  in 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  that 
  no 
  bird 
  had 
  ever 
  touched 
  it. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Bond 
  however 
  were 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  insects 
  

   found 
  impaled, 
  had 
  been 
  so 
  fixed 
  by 
  birds 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Waring 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  repeatedly 
  

   found 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  shrikes, 
  guided 
  by 
  the 
  birds 
  and 
  insects 
  hung 
  u\) 
  in 
  their 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Curtis 
  said 
  that 
  at 
  Dover 
  he 
  had 
  lately 
  seen 
  Scaeva 
  Pyrastri 
  in 
  vast 
  abundance, 
  

   and 
  he 
  was 
  convinced 
  that 
  S. 
  uuicoloris 
  only 
  a 
  variety 
  thereof: 
  he 
  was 
  unable, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  striking 
  variety, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  learn 
  if 
  any 
  existed 
  

   in 
  the 
  London 
  cabinets. 
  He 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  insects 
  seemed 
  to 
  vary 
  far 
  

   less 
  than 
  the 
  females, 
  and 
  it 
  often 
  struck 
  him 
  as 
  remarkable 
  that 
  whilst 
  pale 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  the 
  females 
  of 
  Colias 
  Edusa 
  were 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  a 
  similar 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  

   should 
  be 
  unknown. 
  When 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  France, 
  in 
  1830, 
  he 
  caught 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  C. 
  

   Edusa 
  flying 
  in 
  copulA 
  ; 
  the 
  male 
  was 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  orange 
  colour, 
  the 
  female 
  pale 
  yel- 
  

   low, 
  the 
  C. 
  Helice 
  of 
  Hiibner. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  Micro-Lepidoptera, 
  

   extracted 
  from 
  the 
  ' 
  Tauschvereins 
  Bericht,' 
  1848 
  — 
  50, 
  just 
  received. 
  

  

  " 
  Myelois 
  epelydella 
  is 
  a 
  rarity. 
  One 
  of 
  my 
  friends 
  discovered 
  the 
  larvae 
  in 
  tubu- 
  

   lar 
  cocoons 
  on 
  blackthorn. 
  

  

  " 
  Phycidaea 
  binsevella. 
  The 
  larva 
  lives 
  in 
  autumn 
  in 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  ragwort, 
  . 
  

   {Senecio 
  Jacobcca) 
  ; 
  it 
  is, 
  however, 
  difficult 
  to 
  rear. 
  

  

  " 
  Micropteryx 
  Anderschella 
  appears 
  with 
  us 
  in 
  spring, 
  when 
  it 
  often 
  swarms 
  in 
  the 
  

   sunshiue 
  on 
  the 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  the 
  oak. 
  The 
  larva 
  appears 
  to 
  live 
  as 
  a 
  miner 
  in 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  that 
  tree. 
  

  

  " 
  Depressaria 
  emeritella. 
  We 
  find 
  the 
  larvae 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July 
  on 
  tansy 
  (Tanace- 
  

   tum 
  vulgare), 
  where 
  it 
  lives 
  between 
  united 
  leaves. 
  In 
  seeking 
  for 
  it, 
  one 
  needs 
  to 
  go 
  

   carefully 
  to 
  work, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  any 
  danger 
  it 
  hastily 
  descends 
  to 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  " 
  Opostega 
  Laburnella. 
  The 
  food-plant 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  is 
  the 
  laburnum, 
  {Cytisus 
  

   Laburnum). 
  Where 
  the 
  larva 
  occurs 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  plentiful 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  best 
  to 
  collect 
  

   the 
  pupae 
  in 
  autumn. 
  

  

  " 
  Hypsolophus 
  limosellus, 
  Martini, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  In 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  this 
  new 
  species 
  close- 
  

   ly 
  resembles 
  Hyps, 
  fasciellus. 
  The 
  anterior 
  wings 
  are 
  narrow, 
  and 
  in 
  form 
  quite 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  in 
  Hyps. 
  I'asciellus. 
  The 
  ground-colour 
  is 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  and 
  before 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  margin 
  it 
  becomes 
  a 
  nut-brown, 
  which 
  colour 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  an 
  aggregation 
  of 
  

   darker 
  atoms. 
  On 
  the 
  costa 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  from 
  next 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   curve, 
  is 
  a 
  narrow, 
  sooty, 
  black-brown 
  streak. 
  On 
  the 
  disk, 
  half 
  way 
  across, 
  three 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  spots 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  distinctly 
  marked 
  specimens 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  

   is 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  before 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   margin. 
  Under 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second, 
  but 
  more 
  towards 
  the 
  second, 
  near 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin, 
  lies 
  a 
  similar 
  spot, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  third 
  another, 
  somewhat 
  directed 
  towards 
  

   the 
  base, 
  and 
  yet 
  it 
  also 
  appears 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  spot. 
  One 
  or 
  other 
  or 
  all 
  the 
  spots 
  

   except 
  the 
  third 
  are 
  often 
  wanting. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  in 
  tubularly 
  united 
  leaves 
  of 
  se- 
  

   veral 
  low 
  plants. 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  on 
  Fragaria 
  vesca, 
  F. 
  collina, 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  Trifolium 
  

   and 
  Scabiosa 
  arvensis, 
  but 
  hitherto 
  only 
  on 
  an 
  open 
  place 
  in 
  a 
  wood. 
  It 
  changed 
  to 
  

   a 
  pupa 
  in 
  its 
  abode 
  : 
  the 
  imago 
  appears 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  " 
  Depressaria 
  Libanotidella, 
  Martini. 
  Size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  D. 
  Heracleana, 
  which 
  it 
  

   otherwise 
  much 
  resembles 
  ; 
  the 
  size 
  is 
  variable, 
  as 
  specimens 
  occur 
  as 
  small 
  as 
  D. 
  

   Pimpinella;. 
  The 
  larva 
  lives, 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  in 
  the 
  umbels 
  of 
  Alhamunta 
  Liba- 
  

   notis 
  (Libanolis 
  monlana)^ 
  on 
  the 
  mountains 
  and 
  in 
  woods 
  near 
  Jena. 
  When 
  young, 
  

  

  