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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
laid me some eggs, and I am now breed- 
ing ihe larvae upon tbe lichens of fir. 
Orgyia Fascelina. 
Notodonta Dictaeoides. 
Thyatira Derasa. 
... Batis. 
Acronycta Ligustri. 
... Menyanthidis. 
... Salicis. 
Leueania Pudorina. 
Xylophasia Scolopacina. 
Neuria Saponariae. 
Apamea Connexa. 
Agrotis Agathina. 
... Obelisca. 
Noctua Glareosa. 
... Neglecta. 
Trachea Piniperda. This species I 
took at sallows in April and May, and 
two specimens at sugar on the 25th of 
June, and one on the 14th of July ! 
Taeniocampa Opima. 
... Populeti. 
... Gracilis. 
Orthosia Suspecta. 
Cirraedia Xerampelina. 
Hydrelia Uncana. 
Toxocampa Pastiuurn. 
Epione Yesperlaria. I bred this spe- 
cies from larva; found on dwarf willow, 
the females preponderating. 
Ellopia Fasciaria. 
Ennomos Tiliaria. 
— Erosaria. 
Geometra Papilionaria. 
Eupisteria Heparata. 
Acidalia Iuornala. 
Eupithecia Tenuiata. 
... Minuiata. 
Camptogramma Fluviata. Of this rare 
species I took a female in spring, which 
laid me a few eggs, and I had the good 
fortune to breed three splendid females; 
the larva spun a strong cocoon in the 
earth. 
Chesias Spartiata. 
And a host of others too common to 
mention. I quite agree with the remarks 
of my friend Mr. Birks, with regard to 
the cold weather having the effect of 
hastening and retarding the appearance 
of certain species ; I have seen Cheima- 
tobia Brumata and Cidaria Teslata flying 
together ! and I beat P. Falcataria out 
of birch in October! — W. Prest,7, Castle- 
gate, York. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Capture of Leptinus testaceus. — 
Amongst the many good things which 
have fallen to my share this season was 
the possession of a little bit which yielded 
thirteen specimens of the above insect. 
How some people do run, to be sure, 
when they hear of anything good being 
done within a little way of them; and 
how the insects themselves run, fearing, 
no doubt, that no good would be done 
by their staying longer. — John Scoxt, 
13, Torrington Villas, Lee, S. E. ; Nov. 2. 
The Larva of Gnorimus variabilis . — 
Can any one say whether the larva of 
this species confines its operations entirely 
to the crowns of the oaks which have 
become hollow ? The bottom of the 
hollow being covered with the debris 
from the rotting sides, the rains descend 
upon it, and so convert it into a half 
pasty mass of a deep brown colour ; and, 
by carefully digging down amongst this 
debris, and close to the side of the tree, 
generally within an inch or so of the top, 
the larva is to be obtained. As every 
one knows who has seen it, it lies curled 
up with its tail at its mouth, and looks 
so overfed that you might fancy its yel- 
lowish head to be the first symptoms of 
apoplexy developing themselves : but the 
other day, on peeling an oak tree, Douglas 
and I dug out no fewer than seventeen 
larvae, and we are rather at a loss to 
know whether any one ever found the 
Variabilis larvae in such a situation be- 
fore, or whether it is G. nobilis, and 
whether it was ever heard of in such 
numbers in a single tree previously ? — 
Ibid. 
