356 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Cardi7ig Beetles, — In carding large or moderately-sized 

 beetles, how do you manage to keep the antennae stretched 

 out?—/. W, 



I have either allowed them to take their course as when 

 pinned and leave them unsupported, or have gummed them 

 to the card-board. 1 do not think either plan good ; and 

 shall be obliged if Dr. Power, or some other competent 

 authority, will advise. 



Worms infesting the LarvcB ofLiparis chrysorrhoea, — Can 

 you inform me, through your 'Entomologist,' of the name of 

 the inclosed worms, which have been killed in spirits of wine. 

 I have a large brood of L. chrysorrhoea, and a great many of 

 them seem to have been attacked by this parasite, which 1 

 find from time to time in my breeding-cage, they having 

 crawled out of some of the caterpillars, which lie near, in a 

 shrivelled state. I shall be much obliged for any information, 

 as I have never met with this insect before, nor can I think to 

 what it is likely to turn. — Byron Noel ; Findon, Worthing^ 

 June 6, 1871. 



The worm is a Filaria, but I am unable to state the 

 species. The occurrence of this worm in Lepidoptera is not 

 uncommon ; but it is much more frequent in the Coleopterous 

 genus Feronia. I have frequently seen specimens, three and 

 four inches in length, protruding from the extremity of the 

 body in Feronia madida. The Filaria sent is in its adult 

 state, and undergoes no farther metamorphosis. 



Larva of a Sawfly. — I have now in my breeding-cage a 

 very strange caterpillar, such as I have never seen before. I 

 took it a fortnight since feeding on whitethorn : it is a pale 

 green colour, frosted all over with white or very pale green ; 

 it always rests coiled up at the back of the leaf. What is it ? 

 — Stephen Clogg. 



The larva of Tcnthredo Crataegi, the Tenthredo sylvatica, 

 Tenthredo Lucorum, Cimbex Lucorum, Trichiosoma sylvati- 

 cum, &c., &c., of various authors. There are hundreds on 

 each hawthorn hedge in my neighbourhood: it will be 

 described under the name of Tenthredo Crataegi in my 

 collected notes on these insects. 



Agamogencsis in Spldnx Ligustri. — Whether the following 

 fact concerning the Sphinx Ligustri is new or not I cannot 

 say; it appears so strange to me that I think it worth sending 



