THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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marinus and larva, Cillenus lateralis , 
Micralymma marina and larva, all abroad 
in their usual haunts on the shore there. 
The weather previously had been very 
keen, and I had not expected to find 
them. However, other Carabidce and 
Staphylinidoe under stones, farther in- 
land, were stirring freely. — A. H. Hali- 
day, 23, Harcourt Street, Dublin ; April 
2, 1850. 
An hour on the 4th of April. — Yester- 
day having an hour to spare I turned out 
with four of my children for a beetle- 
hunt. Like dogs, children have a vary- 
ing capacity for sport, for in this light 
only do children regard insect-hunting; 
but once put them on the scent, and 
they run down their game in gallant 
style: 1 have often had the advantage of 
their visual and manual assistance, though 
they sometimes do too much, and put 
their feet into it, whatever it may be. 
But it really is an advantage to have 
children with you, their eyes being near 
the ground, see everything, which is not 
the ease with eyes that are further olf, 
and have been often disappointed and 
deceived. Before long we came to a 
young elm, about 15 inches in diameter, 
which had been killed by Scolytus des- 
tructor, and having been cut down was 
lying at the side of the road : we began 
to strip the victim, and at first saw only 
the burrows of the Scolyli, but then 
turned up a Hypophlceus bicolor in one 
of the burrows, and before we left we 
had bottled ten of bis brethren : this 
beetle I had not seen alive for sixteen 
years, my own fault probably, but I was 
greatly pleased to renew the acquaint- 
ance. Little did I think when I men- 
tioned the name in my communication 
respecting Coleoptera to be now looked 
for [this portion of Mr. Douglas’ hints 
will appear in our next number], that I 
should so soon have had an opportunity 
of following my own advice. Then we 
started off in full cry for the ponds in the 
third field from Morden College, which 
we “ fished” assiduously for half an hour, 
and were rewarded with nine Colymbetes 
pulverosus, and one C. bipunctatus , but 
not of any other species, not even C. 
bipuslulalus or uliyinosus, accounted the 
two commonest species, a proof of what 
Mr. Newman has remarked, that they 
are not common everywhere. I shall be 
glad to take and send C. pulverosus, 
which is said to be more general near 
London than in the North, to any one 
who may want it. We got also a lot of 
Hydropori, Noterus, &c., too common to 
mention, besides frogs, efts, & c., for the 
juvenile aquarium. — J. W. Douglas, 6, 
Kinyswood Place, Lee, near London ; 
April 5, 1856. 
Dusycampa Rubiyinea. — I have taken 
one specimen of this pretty species my- 
self, and seen three others taken by a col- 
lector who is staying here, therefore those 
in whose localities it occurs would do 
well to look for it now : I took mine in a 
gas street-lamp, but sallow is, I think, 
the best place to try for it. — J. J. Read- 
ing, 42, Gibbons Street, Plymouth; April 
8, 1856. 
Aleueis pictaria. — On the 6tli instant 
I took this species on the Dartford Heath 
Fence, where I at the same time found 
Gracilaria elonyella and stigmatella. 
March 21st to 23rd, I was at Darenth 
Wood and took upwards of thirty spe- 
cies of Lepidoptera, and among them 
were Noctua leucoyrapha, Tccniocampa 
rubricosa, yracilis, Xantholeuca croceayo, 
Brephos Partkenias and Notha, Theris- 
tis Caudella and Semioscopis Avcllanella : 
the larva of Coleophora albitarsella seems 
to be common this spring, they are in 
great plenty in Darenth Wood, some- 
times three on one leaf of the ground 
ivy ( Glechoma hcderacea). — H. J. Hard- 
ing, 1, York Street, Church Street, 
Shoreditch ; April 8, 1856. 
Xylina rhizolitha. — Two specimens 
have been taken here this spring. — 
Arthur Naish, Brooklyn Lndye, Ashley 
Ilill, near Bristol ; April 8, 1856. 
