4 188 Insects. 



Eupithecia innotaria. Same locality, but very scarce. 



„ piperaria. Ditto, ditto. 



„ Centaurearia. Scarce, at light. 



„ subfulvaria. Ditto. 



„ pusillaria ? Ditto. 



„ succenturaria. One, beaten from a hedge, August. 



„ togaria. Two, beaten from firs, Beech Wood. 



„ subumbraria. Common, beaten from maples, ditto. 



The commoner species are omitted from the above list. 



Joseph Greene. 

 47, Stephen's Green, 



Dublin, December, 1853. 



A few Notes on the Necessity for Rearing all the Tineida and other 

 small Groups. By John Scott, Esq. 



The success which has attended my search for, and the rearing of, 

 the larvae of the Tineidae, small though it may seem, urges me to lay 

 it before other Micro-lepidopterists, in the hope that it may induce 

 some few of them to commence the rearing system for themselves, 

 instead of the exchanging system which is so universal. I do not 

 deprecate this last mode, as undoubtedly many insects are only to 

 be obtained by this means by parties living in different localities, but 

 still, from a want of knowledge of the insects in their earlier stages, 

 we cannot tell to what extent this may hold good. Many things, no 

 doubt, want only the looking for to be found, which, from the retired 

 nature of the perfect insects, have hitherto escaped notice. And when 

 we meet with them thus, and then only by one or two at a time, they 

 are in general so much worn as to be scarcely fit to be called speci- 

 mens. Now the larvae of these insects, when once met with, are found 

 in abundance, and it is only by minutely scrutinizing each plant, and 

 exercising an abundant display of patience, that we can hope to find 

 them. Besides, it is as easy to exchange the larvae as the perfect in- 

 sects ; and perhaps tin boxes are best suited for this purpose, as they 

 keep the food fresh while on its transit, whereas chip or pasteboard 

 boxes would extract all the juices from the plants, and thereby deprive 

 the larvae of nourishment, and cause their death. Nor is there any 

 fear to be apprehended from the post-office functionaries doing such 

 a "heavy business" as to break through the lid or bottom, for I verily 



