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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Dr. Sclileich again spent an afternoon 
at Hokendorf, but we found nothing of 
any consequence, except one larva, on 
Artemisia campestris, of Coleophora di- 
tella, and thus terminated entomologically 
my second visit to Slettin. 
H. T. Stainxon. 
FranJcfurt-am-Main, 
June 17. 
DOINGS AT DRESDEN. 
On Tuesday, June 11,1 arrived, for the 
first time, at Dresden. It was a regular 
wet day; it had begun raining the pre- 
vious afternoon, rained all through the 
night, and then continuously on Tuesday 
up to a late hour in the evening. The 
streets of Dresden were accordingly in a 
dripping and dirty state, and the view 
southwards, from the bridge over the 
Elbe, reminded me excessively of Scot- 
land; for the distant hills were hardly 
visible for mist, and the rain seemed of 
the true persistent Scottish character. 
On Tuesday evening I spent my time 
profitably in looking through Dr. Stau- 
dinger’s interesting collection. At 9 p.m. 
an improvement in the weather was re- 
ported, and we then began to speculate 
on the possibility of an excursion to the 
Saxon Switzerland on the following day. 
The rain had been so continuous that I 
for one felt tolerably confident that, 
having now abated, we should have some 
fair weather for at least twenty-four 
hours. 
Nor was I disappointed ; the Wednes- 
day morning was as fine as one could 
wish, and we therefore started by an 
early train for Plotschau, intending to 
visit the Baslei. The scenery gradually 
improved as we receded from Dresden, 
and the journey had seemed but a very 
short one, when our arrival at the 
Plotschau Station rendered it necessary 
to quit the train for some other mode of 
conveyance; we accordingly walked to 
the ferry-boat, and then crossed the river 
to Wehlen. At this point the progress 
ceased to be in a horizontal direction, 
though still far from perpendicular; the 
ascent was gradual, through a wood, by 
the side of a little mountain stream. 
After the rain of the previous day every 
thing looked pretty well drenched, and 
the first insect of special interest which 
I noticed was a specimen of Glyphiplcryx 
Bergstrmsserella ; it was sitting on a sprig 
of raspberry. Not far from this I noticed 
that one of the rock faces had been 
dedicated to the memory of the inde- 
fatigable Coleopterist, Maerkel, an in- 
scription in gilt letters having been 
placed there by the Natural History 
Society of Dresden, the Isis. 
When about half way up. Dr. Stau- 
dinger pointed out to me some leaves of 
Carex albida P mine^ by what he be- 
lieved to be the larvae of Elachista Palu- 
dum ; of these we collected pretty freely, 
and as several have changed to pupae 
on the homeward journey I hope soon to 
decide whether these are really the true 
Paludum ; in Dr. Staudinger’s collection 
I saw specimens which certainly appeared 
to me identical with the Norfolk insect. 
When we reached the summit a con- 
siderable extent of table-land remained 
to be traversed before reaching the rocky 
perch surnamed the Baslei; this table- 
land was somewhat of a boggy nature. 
