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PS.—It was a stormy night last night, November 7th, much 
wind and rain. I did not sugar, but went up to look at the 
trees, expecting nothing,—when lo! a fine and perfect Dasy- 
campa rubiginea was my reward. I felt confident that I 
ought to find the species, but feared the season was too far 
advanced.—H. W. Livetl. 
Entomological Noles, Captures, §c. 
Description of the Larva of Eupithecia logata.—On the 
6th of September Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Mr. W. Herd and I 
started for a locality where Eupithecia togata has occurred 
tolerably freely, with a resolute determination not to return 
home till we had found the larva and made ourselves thoroughly 
acquainted with its food-plant and habits. The perfect 
insect always occurs in the neighbourhood of spruce fir- 
trees; to the spruces we therefore directed our attention. 
Long did we carefully scan the twigs; diligently did we beat 
the boughs, but all in vain. “Bother the larve!” we all 
exclaimed. We stood together racking our brains, and 
staring up into a tall spruce. “I’ve got it!” we almost 
simultaneously cried out; “they are in the cones.” “I'll go 
up,” said Mr. Herd; and up he went, and soon began to pelt 
us with cones. Amongst them were several from which a 
copious quantity of fresh frass was protruding. These were 
quickly laid open with a sharp knife, and very soon a lively, 
fat, pinkish-looking larva, very like a miniature Cossus ligni- 
perda, was disclosed to view, which I at once recognised to 
be Eupithecia togata, from a beautiful drawing which Mr. 
Buckler executed for me several years ago, from a larva 
reared on young shoots of spruce, from eggs laid by a 
captured female. A further search revealed sundry other 
larve: in one fresh fallen cone we found no less than seven 
of various sizes. They feed between the scales of the cone, 
upon the ripe seed at the base. The larva is a uniform dull 
pink, more or less clouded and spotted with black on the 
dorsal segments. Some of the smaller aud younger speci- 
mens were very dingy. ‘The head is black, with two small 
white dots at the base; on the neck are two conspicuous 
_ black dots. When full fed it quits the cone, and spins a 
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