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Note of Lycena Acis.—Having received a great number of letters from entomolo- 
gists, requesting me to send them particulars as to the time of appearance, food-plant, 
&c., of the above insect, I beg to inform them, through the medium of the‘ Zoologist, 
that I have always found it between the 10th and 25th of July; but Mr. Allis, of 
York, is of opinion that it should be louked for earlier; he thinks it should appear 
about the end of June. I have never yet seen the larva; I find it in meadows near 
Epworth, but they are of such large extent, and the insect appearing just before the 
grass is ready for the mower, prevents a proper search being made for it—S. Hudson ; 
Epworth. 
Notes on various Lepidoptera. By the Rev. J. Hexttns, M.A. 
Cidaria psitticata. Can any of your readers tell us which is the 
best way to obtain eggs of this species? The following unsuccessful 
attempt was made by my friend Mr. D’Orville. On the 16th of 
October, 1862, he captured one female; on the 25th, two females ; 
on the 27th, one female; and on the Ist of November one male. All 
five moths were placed in a large card-box, covered with gauze, and 
supplied with honey for food, as well as ivy-blossoms, as long as they 
lasted. The male died on the 10th of November, 1862; two females 
on the 6th of December; and the other two females on the 27th of 
February, 1863; but without having deposited a single egg. 
Again, on the 24th of March, 1863, Mr. D’Orville captured a female 
moth at the Lauristinus blossoms, and at that date it might have been 
expected she would have been impregnated, with her eggs well 
developed, but she died on the 29th of April, without laying an egg. 
The larve I obtained last summer, by beating, from some large 
oaks, getting, after a great deal of hard work, two very small ones on 
the 15th of June, and two larger ones on the 10th of July; and this 
small catch furnished me with three varieties, viz. the yellowish green 
one, without markings; one with bright red spots down the back, and 
pink anal points; and another with pink legs, and pink ventral line. 
Cidaria picata. The larve of this species, and those of C. suffu- 
mata and C. sagittata, do not follow the long slender form of the other 
species of the genus; C. picata and C. suffumata being more stout 
and fleshy, resembling in their form and habits the larve of several 
species of Melanippe; and C. sagittata, as lately described, being 
‘ short and ribbed, with transverse ridges. 
Cidaria corylata. I have now seen the larve of all the species of 
Cidaria in our British list, except C. reticulata, and find that C. cory- 
lata is the only one which has the head bifid; it is singular also in 
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