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moth, clothed in scarlet and silver, which 
twiddles its antennae on the trunks of 
lime trees is Chrysoclista Linneella. 
M. H. — Your larvae and pupae in the 
stem of sallow are probably Sphecia 
bembeciformis. 
W. D., Wandsworth. — Your Nola is 
probably Strigula. 
APAMEA OPHIOGRAMMA. 
Those sugaring the trunks of willows 
in marshy localities will be likely to 
meet with the insect we have figured 
this week. The species seems not to 
be rare where it occurs, but is apt to 
be overlooked, being frequently mistaken 
by incipients for a variety of Apamea 
oculea. The neat while edging of the 
dark portion of the wing renders Ophio- 
gramma a more conspicuous insect than 
the brightest specimen of Oculea. 
CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
Melilata Cinxia.—l took this butterfly 
on the 6th and 7th inst., in the locality 
near Folkestone, mentioned in the ‘In- 
telligencer’ for 1858, p. 86. — Rev. H. 
Gore, Rusper Rectory, Sussex ; June 27. 
Bankia Bun/dana.—l have again met 
with this lovely little Noctua, and shall 
be glad to hear from any one in want of 
it. Nolodonla bicolora has also been 
taken, but I am not at present able to 
offer it for distribution. — E. Birchall, 
of Dublin ; Killarney, June 20. 
Hepialus Velleda. — I found, on the 
21st instant, a female of this species, just 
emerged from the pupa. I put her into 
a box, with a bit of gauze over to keep 
her in; and when they were flying at 
night, I put the box upon the ground 
amongst the fern, and the males came a 
great deal faster than I could take them ; 
in fact, I had no less than five and six in 
my net at once. Their flight is of very 
short duration, being little over half an 
hour. — M. Hill, Little Eaton, near 
Derby ; June 26. 
Nolodonta dromedarius. — On the 16th 
instant, as I was walking through Wham- 
clifife Wood, I beat down from an oak 
tree a pair of this species, male and 
female; they were within a foot of each 
other, and no doubt they had been in 
cop. the night before. I pinned the male, 
and of course put the female into a pill- 
box: the next morning I found that she 
had laid 129 eggs, the second night 57, 
the third 34, the fourth and last 17. 
What a lot from one female ! it would be 
a sight for her if she could but live to 
see them all grown up ! Cymalophora 
jluctuosa appears to be rare this year ; I 
have only heard of two specimens being 
captured. Nothing worth recording has 
appeared at the sugar as yet. — James 
Batty, 133, South St., Park, Sheffield ; 
June 21. 
Acronycta Alni. — On the 28th of May, 
while out mothing, I had the pleasure of 
taking a splendid specimen of this spe- 
cies, also several other good insects: 
Alni was on the bole of an ash tree. I 
have also successfully fed the caterpillars 
of Leucographa from eggs, which I ob- 
tained in the spring ; out of seventy eggs, 
I think, about forty-five have entered the 
chrysalis state, which I hope will come 
out perfect insects next spring. — Joseph 
Wragg, 7, Spring Gardens, Doncaster; 
June 25. 
Nepticula Quinquella.— This insect has 
re-appeared in profusion on the Bishop’s 
Palings, near Addington, and will pro- 
bably continue on the wing for ten days 
at least.— Ii. T. Stainton ; June 28. 
Captures near Liverpool. — During the 
last three months myself and friends, 
Messrs. Johnson and Stephenson have 
