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twigs together, not by their tips, hut in 
the middle of their length, and unites 
them by spinning a slight web, within 
which it lies concealed : it feeds princi- 
pally upon the bark of the twigs of the 
broom, but occasionally eats the young 
buds. The larva is full fed about the 
end of April, and then quits its retreat 
to descend to the surface of the earth, 
where it undergoes its change to the 
pupa state. About the beginning of 
June the perfect insect makes its ap- 
pearance, and it continues to be met 
with during the two following months. 
[As Vol. V. of the ‘ Natural History of 
the Tineina ’ is now going to press, we 
have commenced the manuscript of the 
following volume, Vol. VI., which will 
treat of the genus Depressaria, and above 
we give our present sketch of the mode 
of life of one of that genus. One ad- 
vantage we obtain by being so far in ad- 
vance of our work is that we are enabled 
to glean scraps of additional information 
that may be floating in the minds of our 
readers. We shall continue these notices 
from time to time, and shall be glad of 
any observations that our readers may 
deem serviceable.] 
FOREIGNERS. 
To the Editor of the ‘ Intelligencer.' 
Sir, — In a communication, under the 
above heading, from Dr. Knaggs, in the 
last number of the 4 Intelligencer,’ he 
wishes to know the number of my cap- 
tures of Daplidice. I beg to inform him, 
and all others whom it may concern, that 
the one recorded as captured on the 1st 
of August was the only one taken by my- 
self. Another was taken by a friend, a 
few days after, near the same spot, which 
came into my hands. These were the 
only two taken to my knowledge ; but 
since I wrote my first communication on 
this subject I understand that the late 
Mr. Leplastrier, of Dover, took the larvee, 
but did not breed them ; and I also learn 
that Anliopa was taken in a lady’s garden 
in the spring of the present year; a num- 
ber of specimens were seen, but only four 
or five were taken ; these of course were 
hybernated specimens, and could not 
have just “blown over.” From all I can 
read, hear and experience I think there 
can be no doubt but that all three species 
— that is, Anliopa , Daplidice and La- 
thonia — breed here. 
While I am writing I may as well 
state that, by some means or other, one or 
two slight mistakes occurred in my last 
communication : for instance, I am made 
to say that “ the larvae of our butterflies 
have never been taken,” instead of which 
I said that “ the larvae of many species 
of our butterflies have never been taken.” 
The other mistake is in making me refer 
to “Messrs. Harris,” instead of “ Moses 
Harris.” 
Yours, &c., 
H. J. Harding. 
1, York Street, Church Street , 
Shoreditch ; Nov. 1 1 . 
THE RIVALS. 
To the Editor of the ‘ Intelligencer.' 
Sir, — I see some one has sent to you 
a report of a conversation between me 
and two moth-catchers, and as it is 
tolerably accurate I suspect it must have 
been one of the yonng gentlemen who 
has been guilty of this indiscretion. 
I say indiscretion, because (although I 
have nothing to unsay) if intended for 
