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Jacobaea : of the number I took in Devon T only found one on Solidago virgaurea. — 

 Henry Moore ; Albury, Surrey, September 6, 1862. 



Eupithecia debiliata — I have great pleasure in adding to the testimony of the 

 Rev. E. Hortou (Zool. 7969) concerning the food-plant of the larva of this insect; for 

 although I have taken a good number of the insect this season, yet in no single 

 instance did I take one where Vacciniura Myrtillus did not grow. I have also taken 

 the iusect on Chat Moss, on a spot where Vaccinium Myrtillus was growing. — Charles 

 Campbell ; 325, Rochdale Road, Manchester, August 25, 1862. 



Larva of Eupithecia debiliata. — I am told that a number of specimens of Eupithe- 

 cia debiliata have been taken this summer in Burnt Wood, Staffordshire. The larva of 

 this pretty and local species is at present uudescribed and unknown. It should now 

 be full fed. If this should meet the eye of any entomologist residing in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Burnt Wood, might I ask him to spend a spare hour in beating all the tall- 

 growing flowers in the wood, and sweeping all the low-growing ones? I think he 

 would be almost certain to get the larva of E. debiliata. If he is disinclined to- try his 

 own hand at pug-breeding, and will send the produce of his labours to me, I shall be 

 most happy to do my best to rear the larva and share the results. I imagine Vacci- 

 nium Vitis-Idaea or some species of Melampyrum will prove to be the food-plant, but 

 it is mere conjecture, for I was never fortunate enough to meet with the insect, and 

 only possess one specimen. — H.\Harpur Crewe, August 21, 1862, in the ' Weekly 

 Entomoloyist,' p. 19. 



Double-broodedness of Eupithecia virgaureata. — During the month of May, Mr. 

 D'Orville, of Alphington, kindly sent me a number of impregnated eggs of Eupithecia 

 virgaureata, laid by females bred in confinement : these hatched in the course of a 

 few days. I supplied the young larvae with flowers of Anthriscus sylvestris (common 

 parsley) : upon this they fed, and had all spun up and turned by the end of June. 

 They were in colour and general appearance almost precisely the same as the ordinary 

 autumnal larvae which I have been in the habit, for some years past, of taking upon 

 Solidago virgaurea (golden-rod), in September and October. The perfect insects 

 began to emerge during the last week in July, and had all come out by the end of the 

 second week in August. They were rather smaller and darker in colour than the 

 spring brood. I obtained impregnated eggs by putting a sprig of golden-rod in a 

 bottle in the breeding-box. They hatched in a few days, and the young autumnal 

 brood are now feeding upon flowers of Senecio Jacobaea. — Id., p. 18. 



Larva of Eupithecia pulchellata. — The larva of this beautiful species is at present 

 quite unknown. It is taken in some localities pretty freely, flying over the unex- 

 panded buds of Epilobium angustifoliura (the large narrow-leaved willow-herb) in 

 woods. It is possible that the larva may feed afterwards upon the flowers and seeds. 

 It is at any rate worth going to try and find it out. A [bred] set of E. pulchellata 

 would be a splendid addition to the cabinet. If any of your readers live in or near a 

 locality where this plant abounds, will they kindly take a stick or umbrella, and beat 

 the flowers and seeds well ? If they get any larvae let them take all the pains in their 

 power to rear them. If they will send me one or two to look at, so much the 

 better.— Id., p. 19. 



Is Eupithecia tripunctata double-brooded p — The larva of this insect appears upon 

 the flowers of Angelica sylvestris, during the month of September and the beginning 

 of October. It is not usually full fed till towards the end of the month. The perfect 

 insect, in confinement, invariably appears early in May, sometimes at the end of April. 

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