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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
my intruding this notice upon you, but 
so much has been said recently respecting 
green versus dry wood, wooden cage or 
tin box, that it may be interesting to the 
younger readers of the ‘ Intelligencer ’ to 
hear how it was reared. Two years ago 
I placed in my cage two larvae of Cossus, 
appearing to me full fed. My cage has 
mould in it to the depth of six inches; 
this mould is composed of garden loam, 
sand, gravel, and pieces of rotten wood. 
In the winter of that year, water having 
got into the cage, I emptied it, and 
found the Cossus in pupae : the web ap- 
peared to be made of rotten wood, about 
four inches long: one of the pupae was 
destroyed by the damp ; the other came 
out imperfect. Last summer I placed 
another large larva in the cage, and not 
being interfered with it has appeared 
this summer in its proper time. I write 
this to show that those who are desirous 
of rearing the larva may do so without 
difficulty, and may place Cossus in their 
cages without any fears of having them 
riddled by this long-lived insect. I 
ought to have said that my cage was a 
wooden one. — C. G. 
Epunda viminalis. — During the last 
nine or ten days I have bred a number 
of this insect ; ten specimens out of the 
number are destitute of any white mark- 
ings ; they are veritable negroes. — James 
Batty, 133, South Street, Park, Shef- 
field ; July 2. 
British Lepidoptera bred in 1861. — 
The following are additions to my list of 
species bred this season {ante p. 51) : — 
Papilio Machaon, May 8. 
Satyrus Hyperanthus, June 20. I took 
a larva of this species feeding on grass on 
the 12th of May, at Shirley. 
SmerinthusOcellatus, May 10. I found 
pupa? of this species at the roots of wil- 
lows, at Tottenham. 
Nola Cucullatella, June 22. I took 
larvae of this species on whitethorn, in 
April and May, at Tottenham. The 
Uirva spins a very neat cocoon on the 
stem of its food-plant, in which it turns 
to pupa, and remains so for two or three 
weeks, when the moth makes its ap- 
pearance ; it very soon commences to fly 
about, and the wings speedily lose their 
beauty. 
Callimorpha Dominula, June 18. 
Chelonia Caja, June 25. The larva 
of this species has been very plentiful 
this season. I have at various times bred 
a considerable number of this species, in 
hope of getting varieties, but as yet have 
not succeeded. 
Arctia Lubricepeda, May 12. Larvre 
in my own garden. 
A. Menthastri, May 8. Do. 
Liparis Dispar, July 1. Bred from 
eggs obtained from specimens last year. 
Bombyx Callunae, May 7. From 
pupae reared in the North of England. 
Rumia Crataegata, June 19. Larvae 
off whitethorn. I took larvae of this 
some two or three weeks after I had ob- 
served the moth flying about ; so there is 
little doubt the species is to be met with 
in all the stages of insect-life at the same 
lime. 
Boarmia Repandaria, June 2. I took 
a larva of this on birch, at West Wick- 
ham, while looking fpr night-feeding 
larvae, in April. 
Hemithea Thymiaria, June 13. Larvae 
feeding on whitethorn, Hornsey. 
Cabera Pusaria, May 16. I have bred 
a large number of this species, having 
taken all the larvae that came in my way, 
for the purpose of ascertaining if the 
species was distinct from Rotundaria, as 
1 had been told there was no difference 
between the larva of the one and the 
other. From my own experience I de- 
cidedly incline to consider that Pusaria 
and Rotundaria are but one species; 
nevertheless, with the view of definitely 
settling this disputed point, I have 
obtained several batches of eggs of un- 
doubted specimens of Pusaria, and the 
larvae are now feeding : I shall anxiously 
await the issue. 
