THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 148 
snares, and the numbers of our fellow-lodgers are thus thinned 
night afler night."—Edward Newman. 
Percy B. Gregson—Name of Moth.—The moth repre- 
sented in the drawing is Halias prasinana, the “common 
silver-lines.” It is neither represented nor described in my 
‘ British Moths, because entomologists have placed it among 
the Micro-Lepidoptera, whereas that work only includes the 
Macros. This lovely moth is of very frequent occurrence 
near London, especially on oaks. I much wish entomologists 
making enquiries of this kind would always send sketches as 
Mr. Gregson has done; there is no difficulty in recognizing, 
and therefore none in naming, an insect thus accurately 
represented, whereas I find descriptions are generally useless. 
— Edward Newman, 
J. C. Wesley.— Larve of Winter Moth.—\ have no doubt 
the young larve are those of Cheimatobia brumata.— Ldward 
Newman. 
T. Benson.—Cocoon of Tenthredo Crategi.—In 1872 I 
found the caterpillar of this cocoon feeding on the hawthorn. 
I cannot find the description of it in Newman’s ‘ British 
Moths.’ Will you kindly tell me what it is? 
[It is the cocoon of a sawfly; nota moth. The name is 
Tenthredo Crategi—LZdward Newman.] 
W. Thomas.—Name of a Beetle.—\ captured a beetle 
to-day (May 12th) on the wing, of a species quite unknown 
to me; and knowing that your columns of the ‘ Entomo- 
logist’ are open for any information of the kind I require, I 
beg you will give me some help with the name of the species, 
which I am totally unable to ascertain, and of which I also 
enclose a coloured drawing. The colour all over is more of 
a dull coppery tint; but 1 found it rather difficult to arrive at 
the right hue. 
[I have little doubt from the drawing that the beetle is 
Trichius nobilis; the colour of that insect is usually rather 
golden-green than coppery; but I have seen specimens in 
which the coppery tint prevails.—ELdward Newman.) 
Charles Wright.—Tiger, or Colorado Beetle.—\ beg to 
send you for examination some examples of the Colorado 
potato-beetle, taken on paths in a wood near here, where they 
swarm. No one here has ever seen anything like them 
before; and our clergyman quite confirms my opinion that 
this dreaded enemy has at last arrived amongst us. If you 
