Insects, 



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have seen pear and plum trees with the galleries produced by its 

 larva. 



Cossus ligniperda. The trees in some parts of Ringwood, particu- 

 larly oaks (I believe they generally attack willows), are entirely per- 

 forated by the destructive larvae of this odoriferous species, and yet I 

 have never seen the perfect insect. While pupa-digging during the 

 past winter, on the estate of the Earl of Normanton, I tore off a piece 

 of loose bark, and in it were no less than eleven larvae of this three- 

 year wood-feeder, all about three-quarters of an inch in length. In 1860 

 I succeeded in getting three larvae to turn to pupae, but by some mis- 

 fortune or other not a perfect insect appeared. 



Hepialus hectus. I once found this species very common about 

 three miles from here, but have taken them sparingly since. 

 H. lupulinus. May frequently be met with. 

 H. sylvinus. I took a single male in August last. 

 H. Humuli. Abundant in the meadows. 

 Procris Statices. Taken sometimes but never very common. 

 Zygaena Trifolii, Z. Lonicerae and Z. Filipendulae. These three 

 species are all to be found here, but unlike most localities Z. Filipen- 

 dulae is the most uncommon. 



Nola cristulalis. Taken once or twice. 

 Calligenia miniata. Taken both here and at Lyndhnrst. 

 Lithosia mesomella. Sometimes to be taken not uncommon on 

 the heaths of J. T. Turner, Esq., but alas ! many uncommon species 

 beside this are lost to me, for new proprietors of land have often a 

 very prejudiced view of entomologists, and fancy they want others 

 beside their " untaxed and undisputed game." 



L. complanula, L. griseola, L. stramineola, L. quadra and L. rubri- 

 collis. All these I have met with, but far from common. Last July, 

 while sweeping some heath by the side of a wood for the larvae of A. 

 Myrtilli, I got a moth into my sweeping-net which 1 believe was L. 

 complana, as the costal stripe was parallel through its entire length. 

 The moth was so mutilated that 1 did not preserve it. 



Eulepia cribrum. I beg a little space for a few remarks on this 

 species, as all know it is very local, not to say rare. I believe it is 

 generally asserted that the insect appears in July, but this only happens 

 in a late season. It is well known that the season of 1860 was ex- 

 tremely backward, and then the insect appeared as late as the 11th of 

 July, my friend Mr. Greene having taken a specimen on that date, 

 while during the season of 1861 I took all my specimens in the first 

 two weeks of June ; I did not see the insect in July. I have never 



