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Insects. 



I do not think it possible that the wind could have been the cause, as has been sug- 

 gested ; the position of each was too uniform, and the cases of the beetles too hard, in 

 my opinion, to be pierced in that way. — Arthur R. Hogan ; Charlton, Dundrum, near 

 Dublin, May 8, 1852. 



On Rearing Larva of Micro-Lepidoptera.— ln. his ' Entomologist's Companion' 

 Mr. Stainton has made known the method invented by Mr. Gregson, of rearing larvae 

 of Micro-Lepidoptera by means of jam-pots covered with glass ; and having tried this 

 plan I can speak to its general efficiency. But as the food will seldom keep suffi- 

 ciently fresh for more than a week, I think worth making known a method that I have 

 adopted, whereby it is preserved much longer. It is simply to put the ends of the 

 leaves or stems into a small glass phial, 2 inches long, previously filled with water, and 

 thus the food will keep fresh for three or four weeks, a matter of great importance to 

 the larvae, and no small convenience to the collector, when the food-plants happen to 

 grow at a distance. — /. W. Douglas ; Lee, May 7, 1852. 



List of Lepidoptera taken at Lower Guiting, on the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire : — 



Colias Edusa, one male, September 15. Notodonta Dromedarius, two larvae on 



Thecla Rubi, common, middle of May. hazel. 



Polyommatus Alsus, uncommon, begin- N. Tritophus, one larva on hazel, pierced 



ning of July. 



P. Acis, scarce, two, end of June. 



P. agestis, common. 



Nemeobius Lucina, common, end of May. 



Melitaea Artemis, common. 



M. Athalia, scarce, beginning of June. 



Vanessa Cardui, very common in 1851, 

 not a specimen in 1850. 



JEgeria Bembeciformis, one, asleep on a 

 leaf of an apple-tree in the garden. 



Chaerocampa Porcellus, two, in garden, 

 hovering over pinks. 



Smerinthus Tiliae, pupae not rare at roots 

 of elms. 



Lithosia rubricollis, in multitudes in a 

 wood about two miles from my resi- 

 dence, consisting of fir and beech. 



L. stramineola, one specimen. 



Phragmatobia mendica, common. 



Orgyia Coryli, larva? plentiful on hazels. 



Poccilocampa Populi, pupae not rare at 

 the roots of ash. 



Endromis versicolor, male, captured on 

 the wing, May 25. 



Asteroscopus cassinca, larvae not uncom- 

 mon on elm and hazel, but very dif- 

 ficult to rear: out of seventeen lar- 

 vae only one came to perfection last 

 fear. 



by an Ichneumon. 

 N. Chaonia, two larvae on hazel. 

 Clostera curtula, scarce, pupae under the 



bark of willows. 

 Acronycta Ligustri, scarce, on trunks of 



trees. 

 Ceropacha flavicornis, larvae not rare on 



birch. 

 C. ocularis, larvae on aspen. 

 Cymatophora viminalis, larvae common 



on willows. 

 Grammesia trilinea and bilinea (var.), 



scarce, especially the latter. 

 Apamea unanimis, larva found under 



moss, on a willow tree. 

 A. gemina, common. 

 Xylophasia sublustris, three, attracted by 



light in a window. 

 Cerigo texta, not uncommon, ditto. 

 Neuria Saponariae, rather common, ditto. 

 Heliophobus Popularis, scarce, ditto. 

 Trachea Piniperda, pupae at root of a fir 



tree. 

 Taeniocampa munda, pupae at roots of 



oak? 

 T. Populeti, three pupae at roots of elm ? 

 T. mimosa, pupae at roots of elm. 

 Orthosia maeilenta {Hub.), common at 



ivy and elsewhere. 



