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state wherever its food grows abundantly. — C. S. Gregson ; 107, St. James Street, 

 Liverpool, September 20, 1 850. 



Occurrence of Hydrcecia Petasites at Weaverham, in Cheshire. — Having been in- 

 formed by my friend, C. S. Gregson, Esq., of Liverpool, that he had bred this insect 

 from a larva found inside the root of Petasites vulgaris, I went down to the river 

 Weaver, on the 7th inst., with a spade, and dug up about forty square yards of that 

 plant, and had the pleasure of finding seven larvae and three pupa?. The larva, when 

 full-grown, leaves the root and forms an oval cell in the earth, without any web. The 

 next day I found a fine female moth in my breeding-cage, which had come out of one 

 of the pups. I shook some of the larvae from amongst the roots, but three of them 

 were feeding inside the root. I am convinced that but few can be obtained without a 

 spade. — Nicholas Coo Ice ; Warrington, September 10, 1850. 



Capture of Lithomia Solidaginis at Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire. — During the 

 last three days I have captured a large uumber of Lithomia Solidaginis. They were 

 all sitting upon the trunks of some birch-trees, at the edge of Cannock Chase, almost 

 a mile and a half from here ; and in this position they so much resemble little coiled 

 rolls of the outer bark of the tree, as easily to escape detection. I am not aware of 

 any other recorded locality for this insect than the neighbourhood of Manchester. — 

 W. S. Atkinson ,• Rugeley Vicarage, Staffordshire, August 22, 1850. 



Occurrence of Fidonia Ericetaria near Farnham in Surrey. — Is it worth mention- 

 ing in a corner of the ' Zoologist,' that Fidonia Ericetaria is to be found in great 

 abundance on the heaths at Farnham. I was unfortunately prevented during this 

 season from devoting more than half an hour to it : but during that time I took up- 

 wards of fifty, and saw as many more. It appears about the 28th or 30th of July, 

 together with Argyrolepia Bentleyana. — P. H.Newnham; Meonstoke Rectory, Bishop's 

 Waltham, August 17, 1850. 



[This species was abundant at Crooksbury Hill, near Farnham, when I was a boy 

 — E. N.-] 



Capture of Rhodaria sanguinalis at New Brighton in Cheshire. — I took twenty- 

 eight specimens of this beautiful insect at New Brighton by beating, but could not 

 discover anything of its habits : I believe that it flies only at sun-rise from three 

 to five o'clock a.m. : let it be looked for at that time.— C. S. Gregson ; 107, St. James 

 Street, Liverpool, September 20, 1850. 



Capture of Rhodaria sanguinalis at New Brighton, and Hypenodus Hibernicalis 

 in Delamere Forest. — Not having seen any record of the capture of Ehodaria sangui- 

 nalis and Hypenodes Hibernicalis in the pages of the ' Zoologist,' perhaps the follow- 

 ing observations may be interesting to some of your readers. Rhodaria sanguinalis 

 was first captured on the sand-hills, near New Brighton, by an amateur, on the 24th of 

 June, 1849. On the 24th of June, 1850, the same gentleman, in company with a friend 

 from this town, took about a dozen specimens (about seven o'clock, p.m.), the evening 

 very fine. I visited the place a few days after in company with a friend, we reached 

 the ground betwixt five and six o'clock, p.m., we could see none flying (the evening 

 was windy and cloudy), but by raking the earth with a stick my companion succeeded 

 in getting three specimens. Next day was still windy, with showers ; by dint of 

 raking we took ten specimens before twelve o'clock, at this time the wind fell and the 

 sun broke out, and now for the first time we found a few flying. It would appear 

 from what I observed and could gather from others, that they only fly under very fa- 

 vourable circumstances, and owing to their colour, it is very difficult to follow them 



