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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Bombus soroensis. — I caught a female 
of this insect on the 5th, at Hampstead. 
I showed it to Mr. Smith, who says that 
it is a very rare insect, and that he has 
only once met with it in the whole of his 
long career. — George Edwards, 21, 
Wellington Terrace , St. John’s Wood ; 
April 14, 1856. 
Cloantha conspicillaris. — I have this 
morning bred a specimen of this insect 
from pupae collected near here ; this is 
the eighth specimen I have bred from 
pupas fouud in Worcestershire. — E. 
Smith, Turkey Street, Worcester ; April 
14, 1856. 
NocUiida flying in the day-time . — 
Yesterday, at Hainault Forest, at two 
o’clock in the day, and when the sun 
was shining brightly, I saw three Noc- 
tuid® flying round a sallow-bush in full 
bloom, and presently they alighted on 
the flow'ers and fed. I was not mistaken 
in repect of their being Noctuida;, 
because I caught one of them, and it 
was Tceniocampa cruda. That these 
night-fliers should be active in the mid- 
day sun is new to me. I should like to 
know if any one has observed a similar 
occurrence. — J. W. Douglas, Lee; 
April 14, 1856. 
Litliocolletis Vacciniella. — I would 
recommend to all those parties who 
have collectors in the north, to get a 
sack-full or two of the leaves of Vac- 
cinium Vilis - Idaa sent to them ; 
mail-gigs and railways render this an 
easy task. The time is fast drawing 
on for the insect making its appearance, 
and as the larvae are much infested with 
Ichneumons, the greater the stock the 
more the chances of rearing a series of 
this little gem for each subscriber. — 
John Scott, South Stockton, Stockton- 
on-Tees ; April 14, 1856. 
The Bear-berry, ( Arclostaphylos Uva- 
ursi). — While at Fochabers in 1854, 1 
found a small larva mining the leaves of 
this plant; none were reared: and as I 
heard of no one having met with it last 
year, probably for want of looking for, a 
reminder now will not he amiss. The 
plant is very common on many of the 
mountains, and the end of this month is 
the time to look for the larva. — J ohn 
Scott, South Stockton , Stockton-on- 
Tees ; April 14, 1856. 
Coleophora alcyonipennella. — Few per- 
sons take this insect in the perfect state, 
and as I imagine it has yet to find its way 
into most collections, now is the time to 
look for the larva : it makes blotches on 
the leaves, sometimes as many as ten on 
a leaf of Centaurea nigra (black knap- 
weed) : these are very pale at first, but 
become browner as they grow old. The 
larva is generally attached to the under 
side. I have never found beyond three 
on a plant, and most generally only one. 
The larva is of a pale yellow colour, and 
the three first segments which it protrudes 
from its case are the only ones which 
have any markings. The segment next 
the head (which last, by the way, is 
brown) has a large, somewhat lobed^ 
brown patch, darkest posteriorly. The 
next segment has four brown spots, 
forming a crescent: the central two of 
these are triangular. The third segment 
has but two, also brown spots, placed one 
on each side of the back. In addition to 
these, each of the three segments has 
also a deep brown spot placed just above 
the legs, arid the legs themselves have 
three broad brown bands. The case is 
nearly straight, blackish, and with two 
pale longitudinal lines on the under side. 
It is not uncommon here. — John Scott, 
South Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees ; April 
7, 1856. 
Mining Larva: in Fir-Leaves. — Having 
seen in the ‘Intelligencer’ of the 12ih 
inst. the account of the finding of two 
fir-leaf mining larvtc, I was induced to 
try my luck at hunting the fir trees, and 
was soon rewarded by finding both the 
species, one of them in Finns sylvestris, 
the other in pinaster. The latter must 
be the one found in your garden, as your 
