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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Gronops lunatus. Two or three at the 
roots of the low rashes. 
One specimen of a good Anlhicus, and 
a good many Brachelytra, Sleni , &c. We 
were too early for the autumn Harpali 
and Amarce. Even of the Geodephaga 
we took a good many which were just 
out of pupa. — C. Gloyne, East Cliff 
House , Herne Bay ; Sept. 6. 
Trichius fasciatus. — On the 26th ult. 
I found a fine specimen of this local 
beetle in my garden, in this town. 
Whether it was bred in the garden, or 
what attracted it there, I do not know, 
as I found it in a basin of water on the 
ground, near to a sumach tree, and some 
Umbelliferous flowers were in blossom 
near. Almost every day since I have 
looked for more, but have not found any. 
Probably it is too late, as Stephens gives 
J une and J uly for its appearance. I be- 
lieve the species localizes at Swansea, 
between twenty and thirty miles distant, 
so that it is probably to be found in other 
parts of Glamorganshire. T. Iakky, 
Bank, Merthyr ; Sept. 9. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Colias Edusa and Sunshine— When 
out collecting, the other day, in a meadow 
where the bur-marigold was plentiful, I 
could not help noticing the wonderful 
effect that the sunshine had on C. Edusa. 
Whenever the sun was clouded all were 
gone ; when it again shone out all was 
life and animation. Does the nectar rise 
only when the suu shines on the flowers ? 
I am half inclined to think there is some- 
thing in this, for a great number of the 
honey-collecting insects seemed at the 
same time to cease from their labours 
when the sun popped in. Assuming this 
to be the case, on what do they subsist 
during the cloudy and rainy weather, 
which sometimes lasts a week or more? 
Surely they are not total abstainers duiing 
this period ? if so I cannot wonder at 
their being so extremely active on the 
first appearance of the sun. John 
Sanders, Eastover, Bridgwater ; Sept. 2. 
Erebia Cassiope. — On the 30th of June, 
while ascending Helvellyn, I observed 
this species flying in plenty about three 
parts up the mountain, over some boggy 
patches of ground. To these spots it 
appeared confined, for higher or lower 
not a single specimen was to be seen. 
I was pressed for time, and was only 
able to secure a set for my own cabinet. 
They were getting rather worn. — Rev. 
H. H aupuh Crewe, Breadsall Rectory, 
Derby ; Sept. 6. 
The Ornix of the Beech.— I noticed 
that you mentioned incidentally, in the 
last number of the ‘ Intelligencer,’ that 
this had not been bred. I have one 
specimen which I bred ; but I have not 
succeeded in rearing it again. Hie 
cones when found are almost always 
empty. — P. H. Vaughan, Redland, near 
Bristol ; Sept. 6. 
Tisclieria Angusticollella. — The larva 
of this insect has again occurred abun- 
dantly in one lane near Sheffield, but only 
for a space of about 100 yards, though 
rose-bushes are equally plentiful on both 
sides of this restricted locality. — H. T. 
Stainton ; Sept . 8. 
An Asychna? Larva in the Leaves of 
a Plant called the Old Alan's Beard.— 
When in Guernsey, last October, I called 
upon a gentleman, at St. Samson s, 
named Mahy, over whose door-way this 
plant grew luxuriantly. Almost every 
leaf had been mined by a larva, whose 
depredations much resembled those of an 
Asychna. As, however, the whole of 
them had quitted their leafy canopies, 
and I was therefore unable to obtain a 
supply, perhaps some entomologist re- 
siding there would be kind enough to 
gather a tin fill and send them to Mr. 
Stainton. They are sure to be feeding 
now, and if a new species it might lead 
to its detection here. The mine much 
