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two hours’ industrious search. — Charles 
Healy, 74, Napier Street, Hoxton, N. ; 
December 18. 
Coleoptera. 
Rhinosimus ruficollis . — While recently 
examining the Coleoptera of the Boianic 
Garden of Edinburgh, I was rewarded 
by capturing, in considerable abundance, 
Rhinosimus ruficollis, Panz.," : which, ac- 
cording to Mr. Murray’s ‘Catalogue of 
Scottish Coleoptera,’ p.^l02,] j has only 
been found at Raebills by the Rev. W. 
Little, and at Paisley by Mr. M. Young, 
so that this is an addition to the Fauna 
of Edinburgh. I had also the good 
fortune to capture Anther opliagus silaceus, 
Herbst, which has only been taken, 
according^tof Mr. Murray’s ‘Catalogue,’ 
p. 40, by himself in Fifesbire, so that 
this is also new to the Edinburgh 
Fauna. — W. R, M‘Nab, Royal Botanic 
Garden, Edinburgh. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Dianlhecia ^ Capsincola. — A male 
emerged from the pupa on Thursday last, 
the 13th inst. ! Not the least remarkable 
feature of the occurrence is the fact that 
the pupa was one of last year (1859), in 
July or August of which I took half a 
dozen nearly full-fed larvae, five of which 
in due time became pupae ; and, to/my 
surprise, a female emerged within a few 
weeks — i. e. ^at the latter end of Sep- 
tember or early in October following. 
Another (female) made its appearance 
last spring, and now a third (a male) 
makes its advent, after lying at least 
fifteen months in pupa, leaving two still 
(alive) to Come out. It would be difficult 
to determine whether the extraordinary 
character of the weather during the past 
twelve or fifteen months has had any and 
what share in producing these inter- 
mittent appearances. I have kept the 
pupae the whole time within doors, and 
for the most part in a tolerably warm 
place. For the last ten or twelve weeks 
indeed I have had them in a place with 
a temperature quite tropical {i.e. on the 
kitchen mantel-shelf), to which doubtless 
the appearance of the insect at a time so 
very unusual is to be attributed. But 
for this it would, there is little doubt, 
have remained in pupa until the next 
spring. — J. Birks, York ; Dec. 15, 1860. 
Epunda Lichenea. — There seems to 
be an impression that I am an authority 
for the appearance of this insect in the 
larva state in June and July. I do not 
wish to deny that the larvae occur so late, 
but merely to say that I do not remember 
taking them after the time specified in 
my note in the ‘ Zoologist’ for 1855. — 
J. F. Brockholes, Paddington Old 
Hall, near Neston, Cheshire. 
A fruitless Search for the Larvce of 
Coleophora Olivaceella . — One afternoon 
last week I set off towards West Wick- 
ham, in search of the larvae of Coleophora 
Olivaceella. I was not fortunate in my 
selection of the day, for the weather was 
as pluvious as possible. However, know- 
ing the precise spot where I expected to 
tiud the larvae, and being uncertain when 
I might again have a similar opportunity, 
I was not to be deterred by a few drops 
of raiu. Besides the rain was not in- 
cessant; true that sometimes it poured, 
but then sometimes it would dwindle 
down to little more than a mist. 
In 1860 nearly all expectations of 
favourable weather have been disap- 
pointed, and thus it was on the present 
occasion ; on startiug it scarcely rained 
at all, but as I left the Beckenham 
Station the rain increased, and just as I 
arrived at the best collecting-ground it 
poured in good earnest: this was after- 
noon. When everything is wet — drip- 
ping wet — mines are far less easily seeu 
than when the vegetation is drier; and, 
it being afternoon, the heavy rain brought 
on darkness prematurely, and my investi- 
gations were as much impeded by the 
