736 Insects. 



Oncocera carnellus Cerostoma xylostella Pterophorus pterodactvlus 



Crambus argentellus Tinea destructor migadactylus 



hortuellus Pterophorus pentadactylus microdactylus 



caespitellus fuscodactylus &c. &c. 



culmellus pulverodactylus 



Geo. Bedell ; 4, Waterloo Place, Coburg Road, September, 1844. 



Note on the capture of Deilephila lineata, Fabr., (Livornica, Esper), in Lancashire. 

 A fine male of this rare and beautiful insect, was captured early on Tuesday morning-, 

 June 25, at Brundett's Farm, in the adjoining parish of Chorlton, secreted under the 

 straw, covering some extensive beds of cucumber-vines, growing in a field at the back 

 of the house. During the same week another male was taken in Withington, about a 

 mile from the last locality, resting on a high hedge-bank. This specimen is not so fine 

 as the other, having been roughly handled by an agricultural labourer, who captured 

 it. Both specimens came into my possession soon after their capture. — R. S. Edle- 

 ston ; September 11, 1844. 



Note on the capture of Moths by means of Sugar. I have within these few days 

 been trying the experiment of capturing moths by means of sugar, but without success. 

 Not a single moth of any kind was to be found when I visited the sugared trunks of 

 the trees in the morning, but an abundance of wasps, which perhaps might have dri- 

 ven the moths away, and so occasioned the failure of the experiment. I mean to try 

 again when the wasps are gone. — W. T. Bree ; Allesley Rectory, Sept. 17, 1844. 



Note on the development of Moths by Heat. I left London for the north about 

 the latter end of last December, and brought with me about thirty pupae of the buff- 

 tip moth, (Pygcera bucephala). I kept them in a box with some dry earth, and 

 placed them near a small coke stove, which we had for the purpose of warming the 

 room. Two days after, I was surprised to find a brace of moths outside my box, dry- 

 ing their wings, which I forthwith killed and placed in my drying-box. I did not 

 succeed in rearing more than these two, owing, I suppose, to my having put the box 

 too near the fire, as after waiting three or four days, and no more appearing, I care- 

 fully opened the pupae and found every one of them ready to burst from their prisons, 

 and undoubtedly they would have done so had I not placed them so near the fire. I 

 think it right to state that I collected them in the middle of November, 1843. — Fran- 

 cis Richardson ; Halifax, September 6, 1844. 



Note on the capture of Philanthus triangulum, Sf-c. Having recently added the fol- 

 lowing rare insects to my cabinet, I send you the dates and places of capture, in order 

 that others may have an inducement to visit such an excellent locality as Weybridge. 

 All were captured on the 30th and 31st of August. Aporus bicolor, female, I speci- 

 men. Cerapales variegatus, female, 1 specimen. Philanthus triangulum, male 3 spe- 

 cimens. The specimen of Ceropales was taken by Mr. Ingall ; those of Philanthus 

 were captured by myself, about three miles from the railway station, about a mile to 

 the left of Byfleet, on blossoms of thistles growing by the side of a road which leads 

 to a hill crowned by a wood ; I do not know the name of it. Although I watched pa- 

 tiently three hours or more, I could not meet with a female ; but as I already possess- 

 ed that sex, I did not regret it, the males being the desiderata, only one having been 

 previously taken in this country, that I am aware of. — Frederick Smith ; 5, High St., 

 Newington, September, 1844. 



