4284 Mollusks, Insects, tyc. 



Occurrence of Limax Gagates near Torquay and at Killarney. — Soon after the no- 

 tice of the occurrence of this slug in the neighbourhood of Tenby was sent (Zool. 

 4048), I received by post two more small specimens from my brother, Mr. John P. 

 Norman, of the Inner Temple, which had been taken by him in a lane beyond 

 Mr. Bartlett's farm, near Torquay. He also informs me that he found another spe- 

 cimen in the garden of the Lake Hotel, Killarney, last autumn. I believe this is a 

 new Irish locality for it. The peculiarly contracted form of the posterior portion 

 of this slug when at rest, as mentioned in my former notice, is well represented 

 in Captain Brown's ' Illustrations of Land and Fresh-water Conchology,' pi. 25, f. 17, 

 but the anterior part is not drawn so much contracted as I have noticed it. — Alfred 

 Merle Norman ; Clevedon, February 15, 1854. 



Larva of a Tortrix P feeding on Poppy Seeds. — I wish to record the habits of a 

 small larva which I have recently discovered ; and which, on careful examination, 

 appears to belong to the Tortricidae, though I have not ascertained the genus. 

 Having had occasion to use some capsules of the Papaver somniferum, which had 

 been put away in a bag, I was astonished on opening some of them to find they had 

 formed a nidus for these larvae, which appear to be nearly full-grown. The body is 

 of a dull white colour, with a few straggling hairs ; head reddish brown, with a lighter 

 band at the posterior portion ; ventral feet lighter in colour than the body. These 

 arvae form cocoons of silk, covered on the exterior with seeds interwoven closely, with 

 only one apparent orifice. These cases are not portable, but exchanged for fresh 

 ones, as the larva increases in size, if I may judge from the number of empty 

 cases. I should mention that only the seeds are devoured, the shell of the cap- 

 sule being left untouched. — J. R. 8. Clifford ; 21, Queens Row, Pimlico, March 

 11, 1854. 



Note on Uloma cornuta. — I had some hundreds of Uloma cornuta, Fab., sent me 

 from Sunderland, where they had been found in a bakehouse, breeding freely amongst 

 the partly dried dough of the baking-board. I kept them alive in a wide-mouthed 

 bottle for some months, but they did not seem to like their quarters, and died by 

 degrees, most likely from the paste becoming too dry. The most singular part of the 

 matter was that the whole were females. A short time ago a Newcastle grocer 

 brought me several specimens of the same species, which he found in a cask of tapioca. 

 They consisted of males and females, in nearly equal proportions. — Thomas John 

 Bold ; Angas Court, Bigg Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, February 7, 1854. 



Note on Ophiocoma neglecta. — I may further take the present opportunity of sup- 

 plying this omission in my late enumeration of the Ophiuridae of this part of the 

 coast. It seems to be more uniform in its characters than most of the others, 

 and quite corresponds with the account given by Professor Edward Forbes, in his 

 beautiful and valuable publication on the Echinodermata. — George Harris; Garnrie, 

 Banffshire, February, 1854. 



