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trunk of one of the alders, immediately above its pupa-case ; I immediately proceeded 

 to box it, considering myself as lucky as I had a few moments before considered 

 myself unlucky. This is the second specimen of D. bicuspis which has fallen to my 

 lot, having taken a pupa from an alder in 1858, but, unfortunately, being from home 

 when it emerged, it had so beat itself about that I had some doubts as to its being a 

 bona fide D. bicuspis. — T. Meldrum; Millgate, Ripon. — From the ^Intelligencer.' 



Capture of Acrontjcta Alni at Sugar. — Ou the 23rd of June I had the good 

 fortune to take a fine specimen of Acronycta Alni at sugar, in Haw Park, near 

 Walton 'RslW.— Charles Roberts; Elm Street, Wakefield, July 3, 1860. -/c?. 



Larvm of Caradrina cubicularis. — At the end of May last, upon removing some 

 logs of wood which had supported a hay-stack, I observed, in the crevices, the signs 

 of a cocoon. Upon splitting one of the logs a number of larvae fell out. They were 

 dirty white, with a few black dots, and about an inch in length. I entertained little 

 doubt that they belonged to the genus Caradrina ; but as I had never seen any of the 

 larvae of that genus I took one of the logs into ray insect-room, and in due time my 

 conjecture proved correct, the larva producing Caradrina cubicularis. They go very 

 deep into the crevices, and spin a toughish cocoon'mixed with abraded wood. The 

 above would not be worth mentioning were it not that so little is known of the habits 

 of this and other allied genera. — J, Greene ; Ringivood, Hants, August 10, 1860. 



Description of the Larva of Tceniocampa Populeti. — This larva seems to be little 

 known among entomologists generally, and perhaps an accurate description, taken 

 from living larvae, may be acceptable to the readers of the ' Zoologist.' Ground- 

 colour pale green, back whitish. Dorsal lines three, white, the central one broad and 

 distinct, the two others narrow and indistinct. Head buff, when young blackish. 

 Segmental divisions yellowish. Spiracles enclosed between two narrow waved whitish 

 lines. Body sparingly strewed with whitish hairs. Feeds between united leares of 

 various species of poplar, preferring that known as the black Italian. Full-fed 

 throughout the month of June. In habits and appearance this larva closely resem- 

 bles that of T. subtusa, and when young may easily be mistaken for it. The pupa 

 resembles that of T. gothica. — H. Harpur Crewe; Horndean, Hants, July 18, i860. 



Occurrence of Agrotera nemoralis in Sussex. — I took a specimen of this species last 

 month, on the wing, at Woodsdale, near Bdtt\e.—John Porter, jun. ; Lewes, June 16, 

 1860. — From the ' Intelligencer.' 



[Has any entomologist acquainted with Agrotera nemoralis seen and named 

 this specimen ? The species is of great rarity. — Edward Nezvman.'] 



Exceretia Allisella Bred. — Seeing a notice in the ' Entomologist's Intelligencer ' 

 of yesterday, by Mr. Stainton, that he had bred E. Allisella from larvae sent him by 

 Mr. Gregson on the 28th of May last, in which Mr. Stainton remarks, that from the 

 tendency of the perfect insect to go greasy in collections the economy of the larvae as 

 a stem-borer might have been deduced, I send the following observations. Mr. Stainton 

 is perfectly right in his remark, and of this I was long since satisfied, but amongst 

 such amass of weeds of various kinds it was diflacult to ascertain in which of the 

 plants it did bore, and, although I have sought diligently for the last four years, it 

 was not till the 2nd of last May that I succeeded in finding it, not by seeing the stem 

 bored in the first instance, but by observing one of the young shoots of the Artemisia 

 in quite a drooping state. I at once suspected the cause, and took out my knife, cut 

 the stem and the small bore off, and soon discovered the larvae. After taking about a 

 score I left the remainder, which were seen now, as the sprouts were just springing 



