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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
LEPIDOPTEEA. 
Captures at Falkirk. — While iu the 
neighbourhood of Falkirk, last winter 
I amused myself by collecting Lith- 
ocolletis mines containing pupae, some 
species of which were excsssively 
abundant, though the species them- 
selves were few in number. 
From Oak I obtained about thirty 
specimens of L. Irradiella. The 
mine was not by any means scarce, 
but quite as apt to produce ichneu- 
mons as moths. It is much like that 
of Faginella in Beech, the larva 
drawing up the space between two 
of the side veins of the oak leaf into 
a long chamber. The only other 
species I found in Oak were Heeger- 
iella, Quereifoliella, and Cramerella , — 
the two first excessively abundant. 
Alder produced swarms of Alnifoliella, 
and nothing else, — Sallow only Spi- 
nolella, in even greater abundance, — 
Beech only Faginella , of course, — 
Hazel only Nicelliella, and that scarce, 
— and Hawthorn only Pomifoliella, 
but so dark that I could hardly 
believe them to be that species. This 
however, appears to be the rule there. 
Nearly all the Irradiella are black- 
ish fuscous, appearing to the naked 
eye, nearly black, while one that I 
bred from a mine picked up here, in 
April, was as fiery a red as Lautella. 
Nicellii was even blacker than Irra- 
diella, — Spinolella larger and more 
strongly marked than in the South, 
and Ileegenella and Pomifoliella so 
much so that, for some time, I could 
not persuade myself that they were 
those species. In Cramerella, Querci- 
foliella, and Faginella the variation 
was not so great, but even they were 
darker than Southern specimens. 
Ihe larva of Flachista Apicipunc- 
tella occurred on Oak leaves, under 
a pretty transparent web of parallel 
threads drawn across the midrib. 
The larve of Tischeria Complandla 
was common in the oak leaves. This 
larva, which usually becomes a pupa 
in the Spring, may be bred, earlj’ in 
winter. — Chas. G. Bakkett, Hasle- 
mere, Surrey , Nov. 9. 1862. 
C. Xerampelina etc. — I have taken 
besides C. Xerampelina, -N. Glarcosa, 
X. Silago, E. Nigra and II. Papu- 
la ris, during the months of Septem- 
ber and October. Although Mr. 
Prest mentions the former as a rarity, 
it appears to be very widely distrib- 
uted. I have also taken a somewhat 
curious looking larva, feeding on Oak, 
which has spun a cocoon in the earth, 
and, I hope, turned to pupa. When 
full grown, it was abont an inch in 
length, an eighth in diameter, — the 
head large, and nearly transparent. 
Color pale green with two projections 
on the back, near the tail, each of 
which was tipped with bright red. 
Will anyone inform me respecting 
it.? — T. Holloway, Pingaood, Hants, 
Nov. 7. 1862. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
We are compelled, reluctantly, to 
hold back several very interesting 
Communications from great press of 
matter. 
Printed for the Altrincham and Dowdon Kn 
tomoloical Society by Thomas IUlsiiaw and 
Son, 32, Church Street, Altrincham, in 
the County of Chester Saturday 
November 22nd. 1st 12. 
