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viz. Aurelia , Agrimonice and AEneo- 
fasciata . — Ibid. 
A new Nepticula . — Under the name 
of Nepticula bis-lrimaculella, Von Hey- 
den has described, in the ‘ Steltin Ent. 
Zeit.,’ 1861, p. 40, a new Nepticula, 
allied to Subbi.maculella, but feeding on 
birch. The markings appear to be 
. similar to those of Subbimaculella, but 
the anterior wings are blacker, and the 
tuft of the head is brown-black. The 
mine is very similar to that of Subbi- 
maculella, but in the leaves of birch. — 
Ibid. 
Gracilaria Pavoniella. — This is one 
of the most beautiful of the smaller 
Gracilarice. It was a great rarity till, a 
few years ago, Professor Frey discovered 
the larva near Zurich, mining in the 
leaves of Margarita Bellidiastrum, and 
making great blotches. In the autumn 
of 1859 Senator Von Heyden met with 
this larva in the neighbourhood of Frank- 
fort, mining the leaves of Alter Amellus. 
This encourages the hope that the spe- 
cies will yet be found in England, for, as 
the larva is not confined to one food- 
plant, it may feed on several of the Com- 
posites, and not improbably on some of 
our indigenous species. I quote the 
following from Von Hey den’s observa- 
tions in the ‘ Stettin Ent. Zeitung,’ 1861, 
p.37 : — “ I found the larva in the midde 
of October, mining in the leaves of Aster 
amellus. The mine is large, often an 
inch long, usually at the tip of the leaf, 
and occupying its whole breadth. In its 
middle, along the midrib is an inflated 
spindle-form space (with a longitudinal 
keel on the upper side of the leaf), in 
which the larva usually resides. It only 
frequents the plants growing in the shade 
of trees, and only in the large basal 
leaves do we sometimes find two mines 
in one leaf. Very rarely is the mine at 
the side of the midrib. The larva quits 
the mine in March or April, and forms 
a flat, oval, whitish, transparent cocoon, 
in some convenient corner; the moth 
appears about the middle of May.” — 
Ibid. 
EXCHANGE. 
Expected Ova . — From the number of 
pupae I have in store I hope to obtain in 
the coming spring a good supply of eggs 
of Endromis Versicolor and Notodonta 
Cucullina. In former years I have found 
that by deferring my offers until the ova 
were actually deposited, disappointment 
frequently arose, from the young larvas 
emerging before the ova reached their 
destination. To avoid a recurrence of 
this, I now mention, in anticipation, that 
if any of my old correspondents who re- 
quire eggs of either species will supply 
me with ready-addressed and stamped 
envelopes in due time, they shall hear 
from me with a supply, if I am suc- 
cessful. — George Gascoyne, Newark; 
March 1. 
JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
To the Editor of the ' Intelligencer.’ 
Sir, — “A Mistake” is the title of a 
paper in your last number. I reply, it 
is decidedly a mistake. I do nut mean 
the publication of the ‘Journal of Ento- 
mology, ’ but for the President ol the 
Linnean Society to object to the existence 
of the Entomological, Zoological and 
oiher Societies, because the Society over 
which he presides is short of entomo- 
logical or zoological communications. 
I think it is equally a mistake for the 
President of the Entomological Society 
to object to the existence of the ‘ Journal 
of Entomology,’ because he says the 
establishes of it are all, or at least 
mostly, Members of the Entomological 
