THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
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brood are now feeding upon flowers 
of Senecio Jocobcece. — H. Hakpttb, 
Crewe, August 21. 1862. The 
Rectory, Drayton Beauchamp, Bring. 
Larva of Eup. pulchellata. — The 
larvae of this beautiful species is at 
present quite unknown. It is taken 
in some localities pretty freely, flying 
over the unexpanded buds of Epilo- 
biicm augustifolium — the large, narrow 
leaved Willow-herb, in woods. It 
is possible that the larva may feed 
afterwards upon the flowers and seeds. 
It is at any rate worth going to try 
and find it out. A set of Pulch- 
ellata would be a splendid addition to 
the Cabinet. If any of your readers 
live in or near a locality where this 
plant abounds, will they kindly take 
a stick or umbrella, and beat the 
flowers and seeds well. If they get 
any larvae, let them take all the pains 
in their power to rear them. If they 
will send me one or two to look at, 
so much the better. — Ibid. August 
21. 1862. 
Larva of Debiliata. — I am told that 
a number of specimens of E. Debi- 
liata have been taken this summer in 
Burnt Wood, Staffordshire. The 
larva of this pretty and local species 
is at present undescribed and un- 
known. It should now be full-fed. 
If this should meet the eye of any 
Entomologist residing in the neigh- 
bourhood of Burnt Wood, might I 
ask him to spend a spare hour in 
beating all the tall-growing flowers 
in the wood, and sweeping all the 
low-growing ones. I think he would 
be almost certain to get the larva of 
E. Debiliata. If he is disinclined to 
try his own hand at pug-breeding, 
and will send the produce of his 
labours to me, I shall be most happy 
to do my best to rear the larvae and 
share the results. I imagine Vacci- 
nium Vitis-idcea or some species of 
Melampyrum will prove to be the food 
plant, but it is mere conjecture, for 
I was never fortunate enough to meet 
with the insect, and only possess one 
specimen. — Ibid, August 21. 1862. 
Is E. Tripunctata double-brooded ? 
The larva of this insect appears upon 
the flowers of Angelica Sylvestris 
during the month of September, and 
the beginning of October. It is usually 
not full-fed till towards the end of 
the month. The perfect insect, 
in confinement, invariably appears 
early in May, — sometimes at the end 
of April. It seems scarcely possible 
that this spring brood of moths can be 
the parents of the Autumnal larvae, 
and I cannot help strongly suspecting 
that, like Virgaureata, there is an 
intermediate summer brood, the larvae 
of which feed upon some other plant. 
I have never yet been able to obtain 
eggs of this insect in confinement, 
and I never took the perfect insect 
till the day before yesterday, — Aug. 
19. — when I found a fine female, 
sitting upon the wall of a wooden 
house near a wood, where I am in 
the habit of taking the larva in Sep- 
tember. I conceive this to be an 
individual of the summer brood. 
