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I strongly recommend its use. Only let 
the want of such an instrument be known, 
unci we should probably have pocket- 
brushes of various sorts made for the use 
of collectors. Within the last three weeks 
I have taken Lyetus oblonyus, R/iyzo- 
phagus dispar , Tomieus fuscus , &c., from 
an old oak stump, and from boleti 
Cis boleti ? and nilidus, &c. — Thomas 
Linnell, Redstone Wood, near Reiyate, 
Surrey ; July 25. 
Wimbledon. — The following Geode- 
phaga have been taken here by me since 
last notice : — 
Pterostichus lepidus, 
Synuchus vivalis, 
Pogonus chalceus, 
Amara consularis, 
„ orichalcica. 
I have also again found Noliophilus ru- 
Jipes and Stenolophus dorsalis, but only 
solitary examples of each. Anchomenus 
d-punctalus has occurred at intervals from 
the very beginning of April to the very 
end of June; the later specimens of 
course much tarnished, like oxydized 
metal. Query, whether many of the so- 
called dark vars. of this species may not 
often be nothing but old stagers? — E. C. 
IIve, 284, King’s Road, Chelsea, S. W. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Acidalia Inornata. — Since I last wrote 
my eggs of this species have hatched, 
and the joung larvre appear to be feeding 
famously, on poplar and willow ; so that, 
if they still go ou feeding, I hope to give 
more particulars shortly. — James Batty, 
133, South Street, Park, Sheffield; 
July 25. 
Note on Anarla Myrtilli . — On the 7th 
of July, 1859, when walking over Croag- 
han Mountain, County Wicklow, I saw 
several specimens of this insect flying 
over the heath in their usual rapid 
manner. As 1 had not met with the 
species in Ireland before, I was anxious 
to catch some specimens for my collec- 
tion ; but, after an hour spent in trying 
to capture them as they flew past, I began 
to despair of capturing any but a very 
much battered specimen, which I had 
caught at first. One would appear coming 
straight for me, and when I was all alive 
to get a stroke as it passed, off it would 
whisk out of the reach of the net. When 
nearly worn out, and thoroughly disgusted 
with both the moths and myself, I ob- 
served one stop and buzz over a piece of 
heather, and as I was gently stealing up 
to it another joined it and commenced 
to hover over the same piece. Ho ! Ho ! 
thinks I, here is some attraction, and the 
best thing I can do is to take my stand 
near that piece of heath. Having done 
so, I in a very short time captured as 
many specimens as I wished without any 
difficulty, sometimes catching two in the 
net at ouce. Every specimen that passed 
at the lee-side came to investigate this 
piece, when they were easily taken as 
they hovered over it. 1 thought the ob- 
ject of attraction must be a virgin female 
concealed amongst the herbage, but could 
find nothing when I examined the spot; 
and in order to find out what could entice 
them to this place I stood quiet, and left 
several specimens to pursue their investi- 
gations unmolested, while I watched their 
movements. Some of them contented 
themselves with a very cursory examina- 
tion, merely buzzing for a few moments 
round the spot, and then whisking off out 
of sight; but others were more particular 
in their investigation; they alighted on 
the heath, and crept to what appeared 
to me a dry piece of stick, and having 
walked round it and examined it on all 
sides off' they also flew. Having fully 
satisfied myself, after watching a great 
many moths, that this apparent piece of 
stick was the object of attraction I ex- 
amined it more closely, and found it to 
be the dead body of a moth ; wings were 
gone and legs were gone, so that it was 
