7108 Insecls. 



united at the points, and bordered on either side by an almost black subdorsal line. 

 Dorsal spots becoming faint and confluent in the central dorsal line on the anterior 

 and posterior seg-menls, almost obliterated on the latter. Below the subdorsal lines a 

 narrow rich brown line and a row of slanting stripes of the same colour. Spiracular 

 line yellowish. Belly sufl"used on either side with brown, and having a central line 

 of the same colour running the whole length. Body minutely studded with yellow 

 tubercles and very short hairs. Has a wrinkled appearance. 



Var. 2. Ground-colour grass or yellowish green. Dorsal spots brown, perfect 

 lozenge-shaped, ceasing on the posterior segments. Subdorsal lines deeper brown 

 than the dorsal spots, interrupted at the segmental divisions. Spiracular line yel- 

 lowish, bordered on the lower side with brown. 



Var. 3. Ground-colour various shades of green. All the markings, except the 

 subdorsal lines, faint or altogether wanting. 



Var. 4. Whole body, with the exception of the posterior dorsal segments, suflfused 

 with deep rich chocolate-1-rown. Posterior dorsal segments canary-yellow, with a cen- 

 tral pale brown line. On every other dorsal segment two yellow spots. On each side 

 two yellow waved lines, enclosing a brown line. 



Feeds in September and throughout October, on the flowers of the golden rod 

 {Solidago Virgaurea). In confinement it will eat various species of Michaelmas daisy. 

 It has also, I believe, been beaten from the flowers of ragwort, but T have not myself 

 met with it on anything but Solidago Virgaurea. The pupa, which is enclosed in an 

 earthen cocoon, is large and thick, and has the thorax and abdomen yellow, the latter 

 deeply snff'used with blood-red. Wing-cases more or less tinged with green. The 

 perfect insect appears from the middle of June to the end of July. — Id. 



The Genus Dicranura, or the Killens. — I have now on my setting-board all the 

 " kittens," and have seen the old " puss," but she is not worth " boarding." There are 

 two male specimens of D. bicuspis, gems just emerged from the pupae ; when I took 

 them they were sitting just over the pupa-cases, on alder. Why do the French 

 ones feed on birch ? As far as my observation goes, and according to those of others 

 also, in this country they are exclusively aldev-leeders. D. bicuspis is certainly one 

 of the handsomest moths one could wish to see. When at rest the pure creamy white, 

 intermixed with the deep black, at once distinguishes it from D. bifida ; and the 

 sprawling, purple and black legs give it a charming appearance. I took D. bifida 

 sitting over the pu])a-case upon poplar, and D. furcula on willow, at the same time 

 that I look D. bicuspis. — /. B. Hodgkinson ; Penwortham Mill, near Preston, June 

 14, 1860. 



Capture of Acronycta Alni at Holme Bush. — At Holme Bush, on the 6th instant, 

 I captured Acronycta Alni, and another on the 12th, both females. The last taken 

 there was five years ago. — T. Thorncrofi ; 87, North Lane, Brighton, June 15, 1860. 



Reappearance in Profusion of Eraslria venustula. — This beautiful little Tortrix- 

 like Noctua has again appeared in Epping Forest. At first, either damaged or retarded 

 by excessive wet, it occurred only sparingly, but the numbers gradually increased until 

 last Sunday, the 24th of June, when they appear to have reached the zenith, one col- 

 lector alone having taken about one hundred. I hope that those who have been thus 

 successful will not forget that the cabinet of the Entomological Club, which throughout 

 the winter is open to every applicant in quest of coriect names, is yet in want of a 

 series sufficient to illustrate the species fairly. — Edivard Newman. 



Occurrence of Ophiodes lunaris at West Wickkam. — A magnificent specimen of 



