THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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CAPTURES. 
Lepidopteba. 
Vanessa Anliopa. — On the 9th instant, 
o;je oi my little brothers captured a spe- 
cimen of V. Antiopa, near the third mile- 
stone from York on the North road. The 
insect is in fair condition, but plainly 
shows that it has hyberuated. — C. J. 
Hayden, Skelton, near York; May 13. 
Clostera Cur tula.— On the 17th inst. 
I took a line male specimen of this insect, 
just emerged from the pupa, off a fence 
under some poplars near here. — A lbebt 
H. Jones, 1 1 , Victoria Road, Old Charl- 
ton ; May 20. 
Cuculliu Cliamomillae. — In last week’s 
‘ Intelligencer’ I saw a remark from 
Cuculiia Chamomillce, deploring its 
want of attraction for the eyes of the 
Lepidopterist. However, if it will be 
any satisfaction to this species of Shark, 
I can say that individuals thereof have 
been commoner than usual in this neigh- 
bourhood, a good share having fallen to 
the members of the Preston Natural 
History Society. — H. Robinson, 3, Deep- 
dale Road, Preston ; May 18. 
Captures at Darenth. — Since my last 
communication insect-life has much in- 
creased in the Wood. Tortrices and 
Tineina, with Coleoptera, Hymenoptera 
and Diptera make plenty of work for the 
entomologist. I have taken one more 
Notodonta trepida, also a fine specimen of 
Xylomiges conspicillaris and of Boarmia 
consortaria. Trochilium Culiciforme is 
now coming out, with a host of common 
things not worth recording. I expect to 
be able to send you the larva of D. Al- 
strcemeriana in Conium maculalum, and 
anything connected with its history, ifyou 
wish it. [By all means.]— H. J. Habding, 
Darenth Wood, Kent; May 16. 
COLEOPTEEA. 
A Visit to Dinarda Maerkelii. — Four 
old collectors agreed lately to have a field 
day with the Dinardce near Guildford, 
and found they were lodging as usual 
with their old friends Formica rufa. It 
could not be called a nest that the ants 
had made, though eventually that kind 
of domicile may be established there, but 
a division of the main army had taken 
possession of the ground under a large 
overhanging log, and were busy in sur- 
veying and planning the citadel they 
intended to erect; some sappers and 
miners had even began to throw up 
earth-works, but as yet there were neither 
nests nor eggs. The intrepid British 
stormed this Redan, literally shoulder to 
shoulder; the besieged replied to the 
assault with energy, swarming up the 
persons of the besiegers, biting every- 
where, ejecting streams of caustic acid in 
every direction, and provoking ejacula- 
tions on the part of the assailants. No- 
thing daunted, the strangers put their 
hands resolutely to the work, and soon 
captured a Dinarda. This primary suc- 
cess stimulated their endeavours, the re- 
treat of others was cutoff, and eventually 
the attacking force retired, bearing away 
with them more than fifty Dinardas, 
and also a whole host of less important 
personages as prisoners. Enraged be- 
yond measure were the ants, and some of 
them stuck so closely to their assailants 
that they were carried off, unknowingly 
to both parties; one of the besiegers 
found more than fifty in his boots when 
he arrived at Guildford. Involuntary 
starts and exclamations were made by 
the several members of the party, and 
these were caused by the pertinacious 
attacks of some inhabitants of the Formi- 
carium that had devoted themselves to 
explorations of the epidermis of their 
visitors, and having in their fury become 
unconscious travellers, and lacking the 
“ better part of valour,” ceased not to bite 
when far removed from their home. Even 
into the railway-carriage they came ; some 
even went further than that, and I can 
answer for the truth of the proverb, that 
