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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Botys Hyalinalis. Two, at Reigate. 
Pempelia Ornatella. One, by beating, 
near Reigate Park. 
Crambus Uliginosellus. Common on 
Reigate Heath. 
Coleophora Lixella. Near Reigate. 
Pterophorus Ochrodactylus. One, on 
the way to the “ Beech urns.” 
P. Bipunctidactyliis and Pentadacty- 
lus. Abundant near Reigate ; the former 
confined to one small bank. 
We visited Hollingbury Hill, near 
Brighton, for Glohularice, but were un- 
successful. Since our return one Ro- 
boraria has turned up, after infinite 
searching, at Bowdon. — 
J. B. Blackburn, 
Thomas Blackburn, 
E. M. Gelbart, 
Bowdon ; July 20. 
Larva near Sheffield. — In the early 
part of this year I noted in the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ that I had taken many larvse by 
sweeping in our woods at night. Since 
that time I have had many letters, asking 
what they have produced. I can answer 
those questions best now that the insects 
have made their appearance, fbr I did 
not know the larvae at the time of cap- 
ture. The first to make its appearance 
was Porphyrea, followed by Festiva, He- 
patica, Adusta, Baja, Fimbria, Nebulosa, 
Brunnea and Scolopaeina. Of the two 
last-named 1 have some very fine speci- 
mens, and shall have some to spare for 
most of my friends who may happen to 
want them. I am almost ashamed to 
own that I had not (previous to this 
year) made acquaintance with the larvm 
of some of our commonest species of 
Noctuae. — William Thomas, iVo. 7 
Court, Tom Cross Lane, Sheffield; 
July 21. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Carpocapsa Splendana. — Some of your 
readers having questioned the truth of 
my statements with respect to this insect 
(Int. vol. viii. p. 148), with your kind 
permission, I will now endeavour to sub- 
stantiate them. Last autumn I searched, 
but without success, for acorns that had 
been impregnated with larvae of Carpo- 
eapsa Splendana ; however, expecting to 
breed something from them, I had pre- 
served the acorns containing larvm, upon 
which I had founded my previous obser- 
vations, and as I have not bred any other 
species of Tortri.x, and only four of this, 
I cannot come to any other conclusion 
than that the larvae found by me were 
those of Splendana, though I now regret 
that I did not at the lime show the larvae 
to some one better acquainted with them 
than myself. The four specimens to 
which I have alluded are equal to any 
I bred last season, and made their ap- 
pearance about the same date, viz. — 
June 23 ... 1 
... 27 ... 2 
... 30 ... 1 
I beg to thank my numerous entomo- 
logical friends for their kindness towards 
me last season, and to inform them 
that unavoidable circumstances have pre- 
vented me from attending to Entomology, 
having as yet only been able to make 
one excursion this season. — J. Bryant, 
63, Old Broad Street, E.C.; July 19. 
EXCHANGE. 
Acidalia Inomata . — I have a batch of 
ova of the above-named’ species to spare. 
