Insects. 5629 



Captures of Lepidoptera recorded in the * Intelligencer.' — 



1. Gastropacka ilicifolia. — Ten bred : [where were the larvae or pupae obtained ? 

 Ed. Zool.] — R. Weaver, Birmingham. Two bred: [same query, Ed. Zool.] — 



E. S. Bonney, Churchdale House, Rugeley. Three bred : [same query, Ed. Zool.] — 



F. Bonney, Marlborough College, Wilts. One bred on the 25th March, from a larva 

 found on Cannoch Chase. — T. G. Bonney. 



2. Endromis versicolor. — One male in St. Leonard's Forest, Sussex, on the 10th 

 of April. — William Jeffrey, Reigate. Nine in Tilgate Forest, Sussex. — Mr. Price, 

 3, York Road, Hove, Brighton. Several: [where and when ? Ed. Zool.] — Samuel 

 Howse, Brighton. Two in Scotland. — H. J. Harding. Two, and saw several on the 

 wing, in Tilgate Forest, Sussex. — Percy Andrews, Brighton. 



3. Petasia nubeculosa. — Six: [where and when? Ed. Zool.] — //. J. Harding. 

 Four. — J. Foxcroft. 



4. Notodonta carmelita. — One bred in April. — S. Stevens. One bred on the 18th 

 of April, from a larva found at West Wickham, in July last. — H. Nicholls, Islington. 



5. Dasycampa rubiginea. — One taken [where? Ed. Zool.] on the trunk of an 

 oak tree, on the 28th of March. — S. Bingham, Bank, Neumham. 



6. Aleucis pictaria. — Five, at Dartford Heath, Kent, on the 21st of April. Five 

 subsequently at the same place. — E. G. Baldwin, Albany House, Barnsbury. One, 

 same locality. — Samuel Stevens. 



Hyponomeuta vigintipunctatus bred. — In 1848 (Zool. 2272) Mr. Stainton called the 

 attention of entomologists to the habits of this ermine. Last autumn I had the 

 pleasure of finding two fine broods of its larva?, which have this day begun to make 

 their escape from the pupa state. I expect to have more to dispose of than will supply 

 my regular correspondents, and shall therefore be happy to assist as many other 

 applicants as I can. — P. H. Neumham; Guildford, March 21, 1857. 



Narycia elegans a Lepidopterous Insect. — Dr. Hagen, the well-known Neuropterist, 

 is now in London, and inspecting the British collections of Neuroptera. He has 

 seen the original specimens of Narycia elegans of Stephens, described by that author 

 as trichopterous, and pronounces them, without hesitation, to be truly lepidopterous. 

 The pretty little Acentria nivea, placed by Stephens as one of the Perlidse, will of 

 course share the same fate, a conclusion at which I had previously arrived from an 

 examination of a series of specimens most kindly transmitted me by Mr. Brown, of 

 Burton-on-Trent. The propriety of making this last-named change had previously been 

 guessed at, but no sufficient arguments induced in its support. It is curious that the 

 basal segments of Acentria nivea become greasy very shortly after the insect has been 

 shut up in a camphored drawer, exactly iu the same way as some of the Tineadao. 

 Entomologists will find the benzine colos, an article to be purchased at any chemist's, 

 a much better preservative than camphor, the use of which I have entirely discarded. 

 — Edward Newman. 



Corrections of previous Errors. — Zool. p. 5375, line 2 from bottom, for "Gum." 

 read " Guen." ; p. 5379, bottom line, for " Edulea " read " Ebulea " ; p. 5380, line J 1 

 from bottom, for " Meayna alsinalis " read "Mecyna Asinalis"; p. 5382, between 

 "Muralis" and " Mercuiialis" insert "5. Linealalis, St. p. 300, Wood, 1446." — 

 C. R. Bree ; Slricklands, Stowmarhet, February 2, 1857. 



Correction of previous Errors. — In the description of Megastigmus Pinus (Zool. 

 5543), first line after the name of the insect, for " Disk of female black " read " De- 

 scription of female. Black ; the clypeus," &c, &c. ; 7th line down, for " and a large 



