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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Polystichus fasciolatus was once cap- 
tured “in profusion under a heap of 
stones near Southwold, Suffolk, in April, 
1828,” more than a quarter of a century 
ago, but not enough to extinguish all 
hope of getting it again from that loca- 
lity. Can we ask any one near the place 
to look out? 
Drypta emarginata seems to like the 
coast of the Isle of Wight, and the main- 
land of Hampshire ; “ crevices of clay 
banks, April,” says Mr. Dawson. If 
search were made at night, by the aid of 
a lantern, it strikes me that some cabi- 
nets now without this fine insect might 
be supplied. — J. W. D. 
Hymenopteba. — There are bees of 
spring and bees of summer ; the former, 
in the language of the Entomologist, 
consist principally of Andrenidce. Num- 
bers of these bees may now be found on 
the catkins of sallows : these will consist 
principally of males ; their more indus- 
trious partners may be seen burying 
themselves in the flowers of dandelions, 
or laden with pollen, winging their way 
to some sunny bank, where they have 
established a colony : this may in all 
probability be Andrena Clarke! la ; but 
when the end of March is fine and mild, 
her first appearance is made in that 
month. 
In order to secure specimens of the 
spring bees, the collector must, net in 
hand, hasten to the fields during this 
month, or fine examples of the following 
species can seldom be obtained : — An- 
drena Clarkella, Gwynana, Trimmerana, 
albicans, nilida, Aprilina, Afzelie.lla, and 
lastly the beautiful Andrena fulea, so 
commonly seen in our orchards revelling 
in the sweet apple-blossom ; she cannot 
be mistaken for any other species; she 
alone is decked in a livery entirely of a 
bright fulvous colour. Andrena Aprilina 
is the only species above mentioned, 
which is not abundant and generally 
distributed. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
The progress of this work is delayed 
owing to a paucity of discoveries of the 
transformations of species. There are 
three genera to which I have cast 
anxious glances with a view to the pro- 
duction of Vol. II., viz., Coleophora, Li- 
t/iocolletis, and Elachista, but of none of 
these have we a sufficient knowledge of 
all their states to allow of a volume being 
produced. As now is the prime season 
for the larvae of this last-named genus, I 
will state the points on which we require 
elucidation. With the preparatory states 
of the following species we are entirely 
unacquainted : 
*Pfeifferella (suspected to feed on 
Dogwood, like Treitschkeella ), 
*magniticella, 
*apieipunctella, 
*Holdenella, 
*trapeziella, 
*occultella, 
*obliquella, 
*abruptella, 
*adscitella, 
*Eleochariella, 
*serricornis, 
*triatoricea, 
*triseriatella, 
* colli tell a, 
*pollinariella, 
■*ochreella. 
The* prefixed indicates that anyone 
who shall first discover and communicate 
to me the transformations of twenty such 
species, will be entitled to receive gratis 
a copy of the entire series of the ‘ Natural 
History of the Tineina.’ 
The elucidation of the transformations 
of the Elachista is by no means an easy 
matter, for the larvtn of many species 
present no appreciable difference, and 
though the mines of different species 
generally present some characters by 
which they can be separated, this is not 
always the case, and I should be \ cry 
