5002 Insects. 



Capture of Lepidoptera near Horsham. — I beg to inform you that I have captured 

 since 1850, — Gla?a rubiginea, two specimens, one on ivy, and one at sugar; Xylina 

 petrificata, six specimens, one on ivy, the rest at sugar; Xylina semibrunnea, two spe- 

 cimens at sugar: they were taken between October 19th and November 6th. Rusper 

 is on the border of Sussex, about eleven miles south of Mickleham, where these 

 insects were taken by Mr. Walton. — H. I. Gore ; Rusper Rectory, Horsham, Sussex, 

 November 24, 1855. 



The Larva of Carpocapsa pomonana feeding on the Fig. — That Carpsocapsa 

 pomonana feeds on the fig may not be generally known : allow me to state the fact. 

 A larva of this species, which I took out of foreign figs covered itself with a white web 

 on the 19th of December, 1854, and the perfect insect appeared in April last. There 

 was a fire in the room in which I kept it, which would hasten its appearance to some 

 extent. — Thomas Chapman; Glasgow, December 19, 1855. 



Observations on Micro- Lepidoptera. — Having lately received from Mr. T. Wilkinson, 

 of Scarborough, a letter, in which there are several items of valuable information, I 

 send you the following extracts for publication : — 



Exapate gelatella. The larva feeding between united leaves of willow, in July, 

 1850, near Bristol: the moth flies freely from ten to twelve o'clock on fine sunny 

 mornings. 



Roslerstammia Erxlebella. Found in plenty at Leigh Wood, near Bristol, on the 

 leaves of lime-tvees ; * frequently in copula on the leaves; also found on the wing on 

 fine sunny mornings the last week in May and beginning of June. Mr. Wilkinson 

 inclines to think there is a second brood towards the end of August and beginning of 

 September, but not nearly so numerous. 



Bucculatrix hippocastanella. This occurred in plenty, frequenting the same 

 trees. 



CEgoconia quadripunctella. Four fine specimens taken on the 31st of July, 1851, 

 in Clifton, on an old wall much covered with moss. 



Laverna ochraceella. The larva begins to mine from the root of the Epilobium 

 hirsutum in the spring, as soon as the plant begins to shoot: Mr. Wilkinson found 

 the larvae, then very young, the second week in May last, sometimes as many as four 

 on one stem : the larva never by any chance quits the stem till about to change to 

 the pupa. This habit of the larva is a real discovery, for we Londoners had always 

 failed to find where the larvae came from, though the fact of the perfect insects 

 always going greasy led us to conclude that the larvae must be internal feeders. 



Chrysoclista Schrankella. The larvae in great plenty at Scarborough on the 

 leaves of the same plant. — H. T. Stainton ; Mountsfield, Lewisham, January 21, 

 1856. 



Occurrence of Tinea imella at Stockton. — On the 6th of July last, whilst enjoying 

 my pipe in the evening, at the back of the garden-wall of my house, a single 

 specimen of this insect was started from the wall, which I had the good fortune to 

 secure. It is a female, and in fine condition. — John Scott; South Stockton, 

 Stockton-on-Tees, January 1, 1856. 



* This would appear to confirm the account given by the late Madame Lienig, 

 that " the larva feeds on limes in May and September, on the under side of the 

 leaves, in which it eats large round holes." — Isis, 1846. 



