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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
make a loose cocoon just below the sur- 
face of the ground. 
D. Livoruica. One female hovering 
over Rhododendron flowers, at dusk, 
June 13. 
Chcerocampa Porcellus. Imago on 
the 29th of July; larva August 19. 
Sesia Philanthiformis. Two speci- 
mens of what I imagine to be this 
insect have been taken here ; both on the 
sea spurge ( Euphorbia Paralias). 
Pterostoma Palpina. May 16. 
Lasiocarapa Rubi. Larvae swarming 
on heaths in September. 
L. Trifolii. Larva common on lucerne, 
&c. On taking out a bred female for 
the purpose of decoying the males I was 
surprised at seeing a male L. Quercus 
decoyed by it. 
Drepana Hamula. Two specimens, 
female May 30, male June 14. The 
female laid about thirty light yellow eggs, 
which changed in a few days to a bright 
orange colour. — F. P. Johnson, Wood- 
burn, St. Saviour's, Jersey. 
CoLEOPTEKA. 
Occurrence of Mycetophagus qua dri- 
gut talus. — This pretty little creature, 
which has hitherto only had three speci- 
mens to represent it in this country, can 
now boast of having a good number, as 
I have been fortunate enough to turn it 
up, within the last few days, “ in the 
London district.” The hunting season 
is rapidly drawing to a close, but I think 
the game continues as good as ever, 
and, if the weather only keeps dry, 
who knows but “ a take ” of Adelops 
Wollastoni may be announced. There 
is so much pleasure in assisting one’s 
friends. — John Scott, 13, Torrington 
Villas, Lee, S.E. ; November 14, 1860. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Notes on the appearance and non-ap- 
pearance of Insects this year. — I send a 
few notes respecting some of our common 
species, which may prove interesting in 
future years. Gonepteryx Rhamni ap- 
peared here about the beginning of 
September; but I have not seen a single 
specimen of Colias Edusa, though it was 
quite common iu this neighbourhood last 
year, nor a single wasp. Even during 
the whole of August I only saw about 
half a dozen of Pieris Brassiere ; P. Napi 
was much more common in that month 
than P. Rupee : Hipparchia Janira and 
II. Tilhonus were also very common, 
especially the latter; but Ccenonympha 
Pamphilus and Polyommatus Alexis were 
so rare during August and September, 
that of the former I saw none, and of 
the latter only two, and those in Sep- 
tember. Vanessa Atalanta did not make 
its appearance till the end of August, aud 
then only in small numbers ; V. Urticce 
was to be seen occasionally throughout 
the summer, when there chanced to be a 
few minutes’ sunshine. Pamphila Syl- 
vanus appeared in July, which was, in 
my opinion, decidedly the best month of 
the whole year for Lepidoptera ; I took a 
good number of moths then, but scarcely 
any in August. The common Sphinges 
came out at the beginning of June, and 
were about as common as usual; but 
most of the other moths, and especially 
the Noctuas, were rare, except Plusia 
Gamma, which seemed more plentiful 
than ever. Porthesia Chrysorrhcea and 
Abraxas Grossulariata were also very 
plentiful, and generally flew in the day- 
time. Larvae have lately been rather 
abundant, but are, of course, like every- 
thing else, a month or two behind their 
time. — E. S. Dewick, Blackheath ; No- 
vember 7. 
EXCHANGE. 
Exchange. — We have the following 
duplicates, for which we should like to 
