1226 Insects. 



Deilephila porcellus and Mythimna conigera. The Lime, Honeysuckle, and Jas- 

 mine possess their usual attractions. The Ivy, I am afraid will be of little use in this 

 part of the country, it is so late in coming into flower. — R. F. Logan ; Hawthornbrae, 

 Duddingston, near Edinburgh. 



Occurrence of Lasiocampa Trifotii near the Landh-End. — Having seen in ' The 

 Zoologist ' notices of the capture of rare moths, I beg to inform you that during 

 the last summer I took five larvae of Lasiocampa Trifolii, two of which I reared, the 

 others died ; the two which I reared produced a male and female, the former I have 

 in my possession, the other I sent to a friend. I reside on the borders of the Atlantic, 

 within a few miles of the Land's-End, a district altogether unexplored by Ento- 

 mologists. If a list of the rarer moths, &c. of this district will be acceptable to ' The 

 Zoologist, I will gladly make out such a list and forward it to you. — William Noye ; 

 St. Just, near Penwith, November 26th, 1845. 



[A list with correct names, also dates and localities will be most acceptable. — 

 Edward Newman."] 



Remarks on the occurrence of Lasiocampa Trifolii, near Manchester. — In ■ The 

 Zoologist' for November (Zool. 1140), I observe an account of the capture of Lasio- 

 campa Trifolii, near Manchester. I cannot allow this statement to pass unnoticed : in 

 the first place we have no coast near Manchester, the nearest point is Liverpool, more 

 than thirty miles distant, the locality your correspondent so vaguely alludes to, Lytham 

 is forty-five miles distant. Entomologists require to know where, and not near where, 

 in stating localities. How any person can trace the slightest similarity between the 

 cocoons of L. Trifolii and L. Rubi, I am at a loss to imagine, no two objects are more 

 unlike ; that of L. Rubi is a long cylindrical bag tapering at each end, of so loose a 

 texture the chrysalis can be seen through it. Trifolii is of an oblong shape, yellow, and 

 glutinous texture, attached to its situation by means of beautiful white silken threads ; 

 Quercus is much larger, more elongated, dark brown colour, and exceedingly firm 

 coriaceous texture, smooth on the outside, generally attached by coarse threads, rarely 

 loose upon the moss. — R. S. Edleston ; Manchester. 



Australian Caterpillar and Parasite. — I have recently found some larvae exactly re- 

 sembling those of Orgyia antiqua. I have also discovered that the female moth like 

 that of O. antiqua is apterous, as I have met with its body on the web on which 

 the eggs were deposited. But the remarkable part of the history is the way in which 

 the larvae are ichneumoned. Having met with a brood about two-thirds grown, I was 

 just going to remove them from the twigs on which I found them, when I discovered 

 that some of them adhered closely to the twig : on examination, this turned out to be 

 caused in the following manner ; each caterpillar so adhering had been infested by a 

 single ichneumon larva which had escaped from the skin of the caterpillar on the under- 

 side and spun a cocoon immediately beneath it, the skin of the caterpillar being 

 stretched over the parasite's cocoon, preserved exactly the size, form, and colour of life. 

 I am preserving the whole of the specimens for you, and shall take an early opportu- 

 nity of sending them. Rest assured that I shall send you also a lot of memoranda 

 which will convince you old associations are not forgotten. — Alfred Lambert ; 

 249, Pitt Street, Sydney, June 20th, 1845. 



Acronycta Alni. — I have a fine specimen of this moth : I found the caterpillar in a 

 small plantation of alders, near Hastings, in August, 1842. It changed to the pupa 

 state in rotten bark on the 13th, and emerged as the perfect insect, June 14th, 

 1843. — G. A. Thrupp ; 1, Hyde Park Place, West, London, November 6th, 1845. 



