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Fragaria vesca and Rubus I dams are 
also to be referred to this species.” Not 
a word is there said about Agrimonia 
Eupatoria ! 
In the third volume of the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer,’ p. 59, there is a notice, by Pro- 
fessor Frey, of “A new Nepticula larva.” 
He says, “ I have found a larva mining 
in blotches in the leaves of Agrimonia 
Eupatoria. In England, I believe, the 
larva of N. Aurelia has occurred on this 
plant, but that no doubt makes a gallery. 
On the 25th of October I found near 
Zurich a yellowish larva mining in brown 
blotches the Agrimonia, and changing 
within a flat brown cocoon. At the 
same time Herr Hofmann met with 
this Agrimonia-mmex at Ratisbon ; but 
singularly enough, the larvae I have re- 
ceived from Ratisbon changed to pupa 
within the mice; those I found here 
have formed their cocoons outside the 
mine.” 
Subsequently, I perceive (Int. iv. 27), 
Professor Frey bred Nepticula ceneo- 
fasciata from his Agnimonia larvae, and 
a new species (allied to Angulifasciella) 
Agrimonia (Int. iv. 43), from the Ratis- 
bon larvae. 
Now from the foregoing it appears 
that Agrimonice and JEneofasciata have 
been bred from the mined leaves of 
Agrimonia Eupatoria, but the question 
I would wish to ask is this— What has 
become of the larva of Nepticula Aurelia , 
which used to mine the leaves of the 
Agrimonia P Have they developed into 
JEneofasciata, and have we at length ob- 
tained an instance of a nascent species — 
of a species which was not a few years 
ago? 
Or perhaps it was only an assumption 
that Aurelia fed on the Agrimonia ! 
Has any one ever bred Aurelia from 
that plant? 
The subject is of sufficient interest to 
be worth following up ; besides if it 
should prove an erroneous assertion that 
Aurelia feeds on Agrimonia, how do 
we know that it feeds either on Geum 
urbanum or rivale P Does it really 
feed on Fragaria vesca P and on Rubus 
Idceus P These are questions surely 
easily answered, and I should be very 
glad if you or some of your readers 
would enlighten me with the results of 
experience. 
I am, Sir, 
Yours, &c., 
EPTICULOPHILUS. 
NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA. 
To the Editor of the 1 Intelligencer .* * 
Sir, — In accordance with the invita- 
t'on contained iu your leader of the 
29th of September, I take advantage of 
a few leisure moments to enclose you the 
substance of notes, taken by me during 
the last four years, on the habits of 
some of our Lepidoptera, especially re- 
lating to — 
* * * “II luogo, il tempo, e il seme 
Di lor semenza e di lor nascimenti.” 
The observations I now send are con- 
fined to the pairing of these insects — a 
subject of much interest to the scientific 
observer, and of great importance to the 
collector. I am ready to follow them 
up with notes on egg-laying, hatching, 
