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Capture of Catoptria aspidiscana. — On the 15th inst., I took (in company with 

 Mr. Gregson) a few fine speoimena of 0. aspidiscana flying in the hot sunshine. I 

 had only one day fit for collecting, and am not likely to have more chances of 

 finding the species this season, the weather having been too cold ever since. — 

 J. B. Hodgkinson, Preston, May 29th, 1869. 



Note on Scoparia uhnella. — Some years since, I took some Eudorece on elm-trees 

 in Brockholes Wood, near here, and they agree with the figure of uhnella in the 

 May number. Some I sent for names were returned as varieties of delunella. I 

 don't know what became of them ; however, I am now satisfied they were not 

 delunella (resinalis), as that species has never been taken here. It is quite possible 

 some of them may exist in some cabinets. It is fifteen years since I took them, 

 and the trees have been cut down, but in July I intend to look again for the 

 species. — Id. 



r. iXylomyges conspicillaris at Worcester. — I met with a very fine female of this 

 rarity on the 27th of last month. It was lying down upon the stone pavement at 

 my back door. The cold weather no doubt retarded the appearance of this insect. 

 There is no appearance of its having flown. — Abraham Edmunds, Cemetery House, 

 Astwood Road, Worcester, May 21st, 1869. 



Captures of Xylomyges conspicillaris. — On April 26th I went, with two of my 

 children, to a neighbouring wood, and in the course of an hour we took three 

 X. conspicillaris — one a-piece, at rest on the trunks of young oaks. Went again 

 the next day, but found nothing. — E. Horton, Worcester, May, 1869. 



New locality for Ewpithecia lariciata. — A few days since I had the pleasure of 

 taking a few good specimens of E. lariciata at Breadsall, near Derby. — Geo. Baker, 

 147, Kedleston Street, Derby, 16th, June, 1869. 



On the habits of the larva of Hepialus velleda. — This insect has been taken for 

 several years in the neighbourhood of Congleton, and as very little, if anything, 

 appears to be known about the larva (Mr. Buckler wanting it to figure), for some 

 time past I have been on the look-out for it. I am now happy to say these efforts 

 have been attended with success. On Monday last, June 7th, two fine <? specimens 

 emerged from the pupae. It continues two years in the larva state, feeds on the 

 roots of the common fern (Pteris aquilina), and also on other roots, ceases feeding 

 at the end of the second summer or the latter end of the year, hybernates without 

 spinning a cocoon to remain during winter (like hectus) ; it does not feed again in 

 the spring before changing, nor does it, as a rule (as far as experience goes), spin 

 any cocoon ; it continues in the pupa state about twenty-one days, when the moth 

 appears. — Joseph Steele, High Street, Congleton, June 9th, 1869. 



Tinea pellionella feeding on cobwebs. — I forward specimens of what I take to be 

 T. pellionella, which were fed on cobwebs. I used to see the larvae crawling on the 

 pantry ceiling last autumn, and took several : they appeared to be eating cobwebs 

 when I first saw them, so I gave them nothing else. Poor Mr. Hopley felt much 

 interest about them, hoping that they might prove to be Kindermanniella. — N. J. 

 Davids, 14, South Bank, Begent's Park, June 15th, 1869. 



