4336 fnsects. 



Unio turaidus. This shell is abundant in large ponds near Bay- 

 ham Abbey, Tunbridge Wells, and also in the Thames, but 1 have not 



yet found it nearer to my district. 



R. H. S. Smith. 



Wildernesse Park, Sevenoaks, Kent, 

 April, 1854. 



Note on Gluphisia crenata. — The larva taken by me at Halton, on the 18th 

 of August, 1853, and supposed to be G. crenata, produced that insect on the 4th of 

 March last, and which was exhibited by Mr. Douglas at the April meeting of the En- 

 tomological Society — Joseph Greene ; 49, Stephens Green, Dublin, April 15, 1854. 



Note on Notodonta cucullina. — A fine female made its appearance on the 14th of 

 this month. — Id. 



Early appearance of Cucullia Chamomillce. — In the autumn of last year I cap- 

 lured, on Anthemis arvensis, four larva? of this uncommon species ; one made its 

 appearance yesterday, the 26th instant, and is a very fine specimen. Westwood 

 names May and June as the usual time of their appearing. — W. H. Hayivard ; 

 Devonport, Devon, January 27, 1854. 



Irregularity of the appearance of Cucullia Chamomilla. — Since my communica- 

 tion of the 27th of January, I had another specimen emerge on February 26th, and a 

 third on April 10th. Why I deem this worthy of remark, is, that the larvae of the 

 whole descended within a day or two of each other. — Id. ; April 11, 1854. 



Capture of Cheimttobia borearia near Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. — Walking 

 through Rudgely Wood, two miles from Marlow, one day last November, I observed 

 some moths at rest on the trunks of beeches, of which the wood is aim ost exclusively 

 composed. Thinking they were Dilutaria, though small specimens, and paler than 

 usual, I pinned two or three into my hat, rather to prove to a young entomologist that 

 moths might be taken at rest on a frosty morning, than with any other purpose. On 

 examining them, however, at home, I found they were C. borearia. I returned a few 

 days after to search for the birches, on which I had been told that C. borearia con- 

 stantly feeds ; to my surprise, there seemed to be hardly a birch in the wood, and a 

 suspicion crossed my mind, that the insect might prove after all not to be a strict 

 birch-feeder. This impression was strengthened, a few days after, by finding more 

 specimens of C. borearia, in casually walking through the beech-woods of Stonor 

 Park, eight miles from here, where I was told there were no birches at all near. I do 

 not vouch, however, for the accuracy of this information. Some of the specimens 

 were soon after sent to an esteemed friend and correspondent in the North, who is in 

 the habit of taking the insect there; and he pronounced them not only to be C. 

 borearia, but finer and larger than those usually taken in that part of the country, and 

 more resembling those of the Continent. — Bernard Smith,- Great Marlow, Bucks, 

 January 9, 1854. 



Larva and Transformation of Ochscnheimrria Birdella. — About the beginning of 

 May the Holci, or soft grasses, have attained a length of some few inches, and in the 

 stems of these feed the larvae of Ochsenheimeria B.rdella. Care must be taken in ex- 

 tracting them from the ground. The grass should be seized as low down as possible, 



