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were found in our garden, feeding on gooseberry and red- 

 currant. They were nearly full fed, and soon suspended 

 themselves to the top of the breedmg-cage, all being in 

 chrysalis by the 20th. The first emerged from the chrysalis 

 on the 27th ; and at the present time only one remains to 

 come out. Is not this very early for the appearance of this 

 species in the perfect insect, or may we now consider it to be 

 double-brooded? — C. J» Watkins ; King^s Mills, Painswicky 

 Gloucestershire, July 18, 1871. 



This is an interesting question, and requires careful consi- 

 deration. I trust Mr. Watkins will keep a series of this 

 brood, and inform the readers of the 'Entomologist' whether 

 they resemble the pale or the dark variety. 



Minute Moth. — Having taken a minute moth, much 

 smaller than anything in Westwood's * British Moths,' I 

 think it well to send it you on the chance of its being rare. 

 — W. Seth Smith ; Langley, near Guildford, July 15, 1871. 



I believe the little moth is Lithocolletis prunetella : it is 

 certainly that or a closely-allied species. 



Cocoon of a Curculio. — I sliall be much obliged if you will 

 inform me, through the medium of the * Entomologist,' what 

 this curious little thing is. It is, I fancy, the pupa-case of 

 some Coleopterous insect. — IVrn. Douglas Robinson; Kir- 

 kennan, Dalbeattie, N.B., July 17, 1871. 



I have sent this curious little object to Dr. Power, who 

 kindly returns the following note : — " The pupae are dead, so 

 I did not open the cocoons. I cannot tell what they are for 

 certain. I think some Hypera (Phytonomus). If from the 

 coast, probably H. fascicularis, judging from the shape of 

 snout (tucked in) and structure of rudimentary elytra. The 

 antenna) are under thin * skin,' and, no doubt, would be 

 modified when released, and look different ; but as they now 

 lie they look like those of Thauinaturgus, but I don't think it 

 is. I know that Phytonomus does make such cocoons. They 

 should be bred out before determining.— JoA^i A. Power ; 

 62, Burton Crescent, July 22, 1871." 



Name of a Larva. — Would you kindly inform me, through 

 the 'Entomologist,' if you can from my description, what the 

 under-mentioned larva is : — It is similar to one of the Vanessae 

 in general appearance; head very small and black ; first four 

 segments not much larger than the head, then increasing in 



