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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
N. DictEBa. April 23 ; larvae feeding 
on aspen and sallow, Darenth. 
N. Droinedarius. April 16; larvae 
feeding on birch, West Wickham and 
Darenth. 
Toeniocampa Siahilis. March 7 ; larvae 
feeding on oak, West Wickham and 
Darenth. 
T. Cruda. February 28 ; larvEe feed- 
ing on oak. West Wickham. 
Euplexia Lucipara. April 30; larv® 
feeding on birch and oak. West Wickham 
and Darenth. 
Abrostola Urticae. April 22; larvae 
feeding on nettles, Darenth. 
A. Triplasia. May 2; do. 
Herminia Barbalis. April 8. 
Halias Prasinana. March 29; larvte 
feeding on oak. West Wickham and 
Darenth. 
My captures of Lepidoptera in the 
perfect state during the last two months 
have been very meagre, having looked 
after night-feeding larvae more than the 
perfect insects. From my experience 
during my various nocturnal visits to the 
woods and heaths, I have no hesitation 
in saying there is every prospect of the 
season of 1861 being a prolific one. As 
I do not know with any certainty many 
species of the Noctus and Geometraj 
larvae I have taken, I am compelled to 
wait till the images make their appear- 
ance before noticing them. — Thomas 
Huckett, 26 , Britannia Roiv, Islington ; 
May 6, 1861. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Coleoptera recently taken in North- 
umberland . — 
Lampiias chlorocephala, 
Cychrus rostratus, 
Badister hipustulatus, 
Abax striola, 
Pterostichus parumpunctatus, 
Amara acuminata, 
... orichalcica, 
... spinipes. 
Bradycellus harpalinus, 
Beinbidium testaceum, 
... paludosum, 
Tachypus flavipes, 
Creopbilus maxillosus, 
Staphylinus pubescens, 
... erythropteriis, 
Ocypus bruuuipes, 
... morio, 
Philonthus laminates, 
... decorus, 
... politus, 
Xantholinus glabralus, 
... tricolor, 
Olophum piceiim, 
Silpha thoracica, 
... rugosa, 
Aphodius scybalarius, 
... inquinatus, 
Sinodendrou cylindricum, 
Cratonychus rufipes, 
Cteorhinus geminatus, 
Cleouus sulcirostris, 
Alophus triguttatus, 
Hypera punctata, 
Rhagium bifasciatum, 
Chrysomela sanguinolenta. 
I dug Rhagium bi fasciatum out of Scotch 
pine and willow (it has also been taken 
out of oak), in both which woods the 
larva was abundant, mostly full fed, 
though some few were quite young. I 
found also in the bores a number of per- 
fect insects, to all appearance fresh, but 
when touched they crumbled to pieces in 
a state of complete rottenness. They 
were probably last year’s insects, which, 
through- the wetness of the season, had 
been prevented from making their escape. 
— V. R. Perkins, Bank of England, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Cossus Ligniperda. — The assemblage 
of the larvae of this moth in the manner 
described by “ W. T. R.,” in the ‘ Intelli- 
