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a succession of broods. To this gentleman I am indebted for ibe opportunity of 

 describing llie larva. In confinement it feeds voraciously on either of the plants 

 mentioned. The two localities given for the insect are certainly calculated (if not 

 designed) to lead our assiduous larva-hunters astray : " in the neighbourhood of Lon- 

 don" is literally untrue : "home counties" is within the verge of truth, but conveys 

 no idea whatever of the exact truth. As I have been favoured with a knowledge of 

 the spot under the seal of secrecy, I can say no more on the subject. The specimen 

 kindly given nie by Dr. Knaggs spun a tough cocoon between two sallow leaves, on 

 the 14th of July. — Edward Newman. 



Occurrence of Notodonta bicolor in Staffordshire. — At the ordinary monthly meeting 

 of the Manchester Entomological Society, held on the 3rd of July, Mr. John Smith, 

 an artizan collector resident here, exhibited a specimen of Notodonta bicolor, captured 

 by himself at Burnt Wood, Staffordshire, in the latter part of June last. The specimen, 

 a fine male, though a little rubbed, through being boxed out of the net, excited much 

 interest at the meeting, as being the first of the species known to have occurred in 

 Great Britain proper, and also as somewhat of a reward for their perseverance in the 

 working of a distant locality, of a small knot of entomologists, among whom zeal for 

 the true progress of their favourite study, and the wish to give an unselfish example, 

 are made to supply the places of little means and still less leisure. — /. Hardy, pro Sec. 



Description of the Larva of Episema cuBruleocephala. — Will not roll in a ring, feign 

 death, or fall off its food when handled or disturbed, but clings with) greater tenacity, 

 drawing in and trying to conceal its head ; head small ; body almost uniformly cylin- 

 drical, transversely wrinkled. Head glaucous or blue-green, with two black spots on 

 the crown : general colour of the body glaucous-green above, tinged with smoke-colour, 

 and having a median rather broad yellow stripe interrupted at each junction of two 

 segments ; on each side, just below the spiracles, is amither yellow stripe, seated on a 

 longitudinally raised fold of the skin ; below this the body is smoky green, shading oflf 

 to yellow-green on the belly : on every segment are numerous black warts, each of 

 which emits a single black bristle ; the most conspicuous of these warts are four on the 

 back of every segment ; the anterior nearer together than the posterior pair : the yel- 

 low median stripe passes between them, leaving two on each side : each of the warts 

 seems to acquire a greater intensity of colour from its being surrounded by a paler 

 space: the legs are shining, glaucous and black-spotted; the claspers opaque green, 

 with two black spots on each. It feeds on Crata-gus Oxyacantha (whitethorn), and is 

 full fed about the middle of June, when it spins an oblong cocoon, formed of minute 

 panicles of the rind of the whitethorn twigs, small fragments of the green leaves, and 

 an abundance of silk ; this is generally attached to the under side of a hawthorn twig: 

 in this it changes to a pupa, and remains in that state about two months, the moth 

 commonly appearing in September. — Edward Netcman. 



Description of the Larva of Charadrina Alsines. — Before last moult : — Back and 

 subdorsal parts dusky purplish brown. Sides and belly yellowish gray. Central dorsal 

 line whitish. Subdorsal line edged with black. Central line bordered on either side of 

 each segment by a large black tubercular spot. Spiracular line waved, blackish. Be- 

 tween subdorsal and spiracular lines a row of blackish tubercular spots, smaller than 

 the dorsal ones. Both dorsal and lateral tubercles surmounted by a longish white Tiair. 

 Head dusky yellowish brown. Belly mottled on the sides with dusky markings. 

 After last moult : — Ground colour pale reddish drab or buff. Back more or less 

 tinged with purplish brown. Central dorsal line whitish, bordered with black at the 



