8990 Insects. 
Anticlea badiata. Eggs laid in March; hatched in three weeks; 
when young all green; full-grown varieties green, with buff head or 
purple (Guenée’s “ brun-violet foncé”); full fed from end of May to 
beginning of July. Food wild rose. Pupa in earthern cocoon. 
Anticlea derivata. Eggs laid in April and beginning of May; 
larva full fed end of June and beginning of July ; vary in number and 
size of red dorsal spots, also in presence or absence of transverse red 
line on tenth segment. Food wild rose, specially flowers. Pupa in 
earthern cocoon. 
Cidaria prunata. Eggs laid in July ; hatched next spring, March 
or April; full fed end of May. Varieties green and brown. Food 
gooseberry and currant in gardens. Pupa spotty, in very slight and 
open silk cocoon, attached to food-plant. 
Frost. On taking stock after the ten days’ frost early in January, 
during which the thermometer sometimes sank to 16° below freezing 
point, I found that the single larva of Stilbia anomala which I had, and 
six or seven larve of the little wave, Acidalia incanaria, were lying 
dead in their flower-pots out-doors, apparently killed by the cold, for 
there was no wound to be seen on them, and up to the time of the frost 
they had been thriving, and were all nearly full grown: at the same 
time two larve of Cerigo cytherea, which were in a flower-pot close to 
’ the others, received no injury, but I think they had the wit to bury 
themselves under some loose earth. 
J. HELLINS. 
Exeter, March 7, 1864. 
Notes on Tineina occurring near Haslemere.— 
Tinea nigripunctella. Of this scarce species I took upwards of a dozen specimens 
in out-houses last July. As yet, however, I caunot find the larva. 
T. bistrigella. Taken flying early in June. The mine is not uncommon in the 
autumn. 
Micropteryx Seppella. I found this species from May to July, not uncommonly, 
among Verovica Chamedrys, but in far greater abundance on low oak bushes, from 
which I have swept dozens of specimens. 
M. mansuetella. I have also beaten this species out of low oak bushes several 
times in May and June. Possibly the larve of both these species will be found to 
feed on oak. 
M. Sparmannella. Among birch bushes in April. Scarce. 
Depressaria carduella. I beat two or three specimens out of thatch in September. 
D. albipunctella. Beaten commonly out of thatch from August to October. 
D. Cherophylli. At the same time and place as the preceding, but not so 
common. It comes occasionally to ivy bloom, and may also be taken in the spring 
after hybernation. 
