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also from alders at Lewisham, August 31. The pupae very common on alder leaves, 

 in the beginning of November. 



Lithocolletis Hegeeriella. On oaks ; not scarce at Lewisham, May 21 to 28 ; com- 

 mon in Torwood, Stirlingshire, June 1 and 5 ; sparingly at Lewisham, August 5 

 to 22. 



Lithocolletis Emberizcepennella. One sitting on grass, May 4 ; one at Torwood, 

 from mountain-ash, June 5. I have had this species from Mr. Dunning. 



Lithocolletis Fr'tilichiella. One veiy fine specimen among alders on Askham Bog, 

 near York, May 31. 



Lithocelletis Schreberella. The pupa; exceedingly abundant in elm leaves in Oc- 

 tober, in most of the lanes near here. I have rarely met with the perfect insect. 



Lithocolletis tristrigella. Common on palings under elm trees, August 13 and 14. 



Lithocolletis trifasciella. Two beat from honeysuckle in hedges, May 19 and 24 ; 

 one from a hedge in Birch Wood, May 27 ; two from a nut-bush in Mickleham, 

 July 7 ; one from a hedge at Lewisham, August 19, and four bred from evergreen 

 honeysuckle, October 27, 28, 29, and November 2. 



Here I pause, for the Pterophoridas are no business of mine, and I hope Mr. Weir 

 •will shortly bestir himself in earnest about them ; I will, however, just remark, that 

 the didactyla of Hawoith and Stephens is the Pilosellee of Zeller, and that Zeller's 

 Hieracii is the heteroductyla of Haworth and Stephens : Mr. Cooke of Warrington, 

 took several specimens of Hieracii last summer. 



H. T. Stainton. 



Mountsfield, Lewisham, 

 March 30, 1850. 



Gnaiving power of Caterpillar of the Goat Moth (Xyleutes Cossus). — I placed half 

 a dozen caterpillars of the goat moth in a glass jar, with sawdust and a piece of wil- 

 low, and covered the mouth with sheet-lead, which was perforated with an awl to 

 admit the air. Three of the caterpillars were to-day crawling on the floor ; and on 

 examining the jar, I found they had effected their escape by gnawing the lead, having 

 enlarged two of the perforations sufficiently to enable them to pass out of their prison. 

 I have replaced the lead by wire-gauze, which I expect will puzzle them. — J. S. 

 Henslow : Hitcham, Suffolk, August 12, 1850. 



Capture of Plusia Bractea in Scotland. — T had the pleasure of capturing a fine 

 specimen of Plusia Bractea on the moors, near Oban, on the 19th of July last. I 

 also saw several specimens of Charissa obfuscaria, but owing to the high wind I only 

 captured one.— Jr. J. Bull ; 6, Hag ley Row, Birmingham, August 12, 1850. 



Capture of Catocala Fraxini near Bath. — My neighbour, Mr. Knapp, son of the 

 amiable author of the ' Journal of a Naturalist,' has shown me a damaged specimen 

 of Catocala Fraxini, found a few days ago, apparently in a dormant state, on the bank 

 of a canal near Bath. — J. Allen Hill; Almondshury House, August 12, 1850. 



