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THE ENTOLOMOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
27 
T. P. — The name of Saucia was first 
iven to the Agrotis by Hiibner, by whom 
it was figured; it was known in our old 
catalogues as A. aqua. 
CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
Larva of Elarhista magnijicella. — To- 
day I visited West Wickham, for the 
purpose chiefly of obtaining larvae of 
E. magnificella iu I.uzula ; nor was I 
disappointed, as, after an hour’s painful 
experience of “ grubbing,” I found about 
a dozen, several only just commencing 
their blotch. To judge from appearances, 
the larva begins mining in the autumn, 
in a very narrow gallery, for about an 
inch, and after hybernation at once com- 
mences its peculiarly inflated blotch- 
mine. It appears to be common at West 
Wickham, but in consequence of its con- 
cealed mode of life is very difficult to 
find, and requires the exercise of a large 
amount of patience. — R. McLachlan, 
Forest Hill ; April 14. 
Insects bred. — During the last five 
weeks I have bred the following in- 
sects : — 
March 10 to April 5. A fine series of 
Selenia illustraria. 
March 10. Tephrosia Laricaria and 
Lobophora lobulala. 
March 12. Cymatophora flavicornis. 
March 20 and 24. Amphydusis pro- 
dromaria. 
March 24 to April 6. Aleucis pictaria. 
April 8. One Cidaria Silaceala. The 
larva feeds upon Epilobium angusti- 
folium. 
April 13. Platypteryx unguicula. 
April 0 to 16. A fine series of Noto- 
donta Carmelita. — William Machin, 
35, William Street, Globe Fields, Mile 
End; April 16. 
[What did the larvae of T. Laricaria 
feed on P It is a point of much interest 
to know this, and also to have a descrip- 
tion of the larva, in order to ascertain if 
the species be distinct from T. biundu- 
laria.~\ 
Captures at Dartford Heath . — The de- 
sire to capture that rare species, Aleucis 
pictaria, seems to be kept up this season, 
judging by the number of parties who 
have visited this well-known locality. 
In one night myself and friend took 
fifteen, all in fine condition, but this was 
on a fine night : at the same spot, two 
nights after, not one was seen, as the 
wind was north, and when such is the 
case they will not come up: this will 
serve as a hint for visiting this spot. On 
the 9th I took one on the well-known 
Heath fence, with a number of Eupithe- 
cia, such as E. coronata, E. abbreviala 
and others, several of Lithocolletis Cory- 
lifoliella, Ulmifoliella, trifasciella and 
others, with some species of Nepticula ; 
but with the change of wind all are gone. 
Up to the 12th I have bred 15 specimens 
of Notodonta Carmelita from eggs of last 
year : to save trouble, I must state that I 
have none for exchange. Butalis grandi- 
pennis is common on Dartford Heath on 
the Ulex nanus. I may as well state that 
Aleucis pictaria has been bred this season 
from larvtB taken at Loughton, Essex. — 
H. J. Harding, 1, York Street, Church 
Street, Shoreditch ; April 16. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
On the Solenobi^e of Lancashire, 
fkc. 
Lately the weather has been so change- 
able here that I kept postponing my 
journey to the Moors for my S. trique- 
trella, but I went on Friday: the first 
thing that occurred after my arrival at 
the locality was nearly two hours’ rain ; 
I then turned over at least a ton weight 
of big stones, and found the cases sought 
