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he reads that bicuspis, ilicifolia, fluctuosa and conspicillavis (8) have 

 rewarded the enthusiastic pupa digger.* 



In confirmation of the above opinion, I here give an extract from 

 the letter of a highly-esteemed correspondent, Mr. Bree, of Stow- 

 raarket : — " I met some young boys, a day or two ago, digging round 



some trees. To my horror I found that they had read of the 



(modesty forbids my giving the adjective here added) Mr. Greene in the 

 ' World of Insects,' and were exterminating all my game. They had 

 got about a dozen under an elm tree ! " I hope Mr. Douglas may be 

 as much pleased with this circumstance as I was. 



I hope it will be borne in mind by my readers that the remarks, 

 hints, &c, contained in this paper, are not intended as incontro- 

 vertible dogmas, but merely as the results of my own experience and 

 observation. 



And now I will conclude with one, literally one, word of advice to 

 the incipient pupa digger, and it is this : patience ! 



Joseph Greene. 



Playford, Ipswich, 



November, 1856. 



Entomological Botany (with more especial reference to the Plants 

 frequented by the Tineina). By II. T. Stainton, Esq. 



(Continued from page 5238) 



Pyrus Cydonia. The Quince Tree. 



Quince trees are often grown in gardens, and they are not inelegant 

 trees, though perhaps now rather old-fashioned. The only insect 

 that I have to mention in connexion with the quince tree is a Litho- 

 colletis. This notice may have the effect of calling the attention of 

 collectors to the leaves of the quince tree ; and a Lithocolletized leaf 

 will add a new species to our Fauna. 



The insect (though not improbably the original Cydoniella of the 

 'Wiener Verzeichniss ') is a recent discovery, M. Milliere, of Lyon, 

 having collected the mined leaves there, and forwarded them to Pro- 

 fessor Frey at Zurich, who bred the insect this spring. As might be 



* If this should meet the eye of Mr. Smith, will he be so obliging as to state when, 

 where and how he obtained the pupa of the last-named insect ? 



