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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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the first Wednesday in September, as he 
will be at Manchester during the Meeting 
of the British Association. 
CAPTURES. 
Lepidopteea. 
Emmelesia unifasciata. — On a paling 
under an oak tree near here I have lately 
had the good fortune to take two fine 
specimens of this pretty species. When 
silting on a fence the resemblance they 
bear to small, sharply marked examples 
of Coremia ferrngaria is very striking, 
and might easily deceive beginners. 
This is also remarked by Guenee. — 
R. M'Lachlan, Forest Hill; Aug. 19. 
Captures in the New Fore.st. — Since 
my last notice several species of Noctuae 
have had a glorious supper at my ex- 
pense, and I have fell quite flattered to 
see them attend in such goodly numbers ; 
but I am rather afraid I shall get a bad 
name among them, should any of them 
have returned to tell of the treacherous 
manner in which I stole round and 
boxed, chloroformed and pinned their 
friends in the midst of their jovial repast, 
One Catocala Spotisa, three C. Promissa, 
about a hundred Ampkipyra Pyramidea, 
one Noctua Rhomboidea,-a. few Triphcena 
Fimbria., and some others of less note, 
have got bagged through their love of 
rum, sugar and beer. One night 1 boxed 
about a dozen Hypenodes cosiastrigalis 
at sugar, and have not seen one since, 
nor had I seen any before that night ; 
and, what was stranger still, no other 
moths accepted my invitation to sup that 
night. There was nothing particular 
about the weather, except that it was 
slightly colder and had rained all day. 
May be Noctuse don’t associate with such 
low brutes as Pyralidinte. Triphcena In- 
terjecta, T. .Tanthina, T. Orbona, Noctua 
Baja, N. Umbrosa, &c., appear to have 
joined the Temperance Society ; they 
won’t come to sugar, but hold nightly 
meetings on the flowers of ragwort [Sene- 
cia Jacobea), at which I attend, for the 
purpose of — well, perhaps I had better 
not say, but it is something very horrible. 
A few hours’ beating every day have pro- 
duced three C'leora Glabraria, Ephyra 
Poraria and Punctaria, Pseudopterpna 
Cyiisaria (on heath), Crambus Pinetellus 
(was this named pinetellus because we 
get it by beating oahsp), Oxygrapha 
Lilerana, Peronea Schalleriana and Fa- 
villaceana, Sarrolhripa Revayana (one), 
