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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
If Callimorpha Hera has similar pe- 
riodic fits of migration northwards, we 
might expect it occasionally on our 
southern coast, but there is little 
doubt that, were the South of Ireland 
and all the counties bordering the British 
channel well searched, several species we 
do not at present nnmber as British 
would be met with, and perhaps Hera 
would be among them. 
All communications to be addressed to 
Mr. H. T. Stainton, Mnuntsfidd , 
Lewisham , near London , in time to 
reach him by Wednesday in each week 
at the latest. No notice will be 
taken of anonymous communications. 
Mr. Stainton will be at home, as 
usual, on Wednesday next, at 6 p. m. 
Trains by the North Kent Railway leave 
London Bridge at 5.30, 6.0, and 6.45, 
returning from the Lewisham Station at 
9.13, 10.23, and 10.43, p. m. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
T. Clarke. — Your larva appears to be 
one of the Bombycina, probably a Liparis, 
but it is so young that it is not easy to be 
certain. The case is the hybernaculum 
in which it has lain all winter. Larvte 
of Noctuidic may be found at night, 
upon birch and sallow bushes in par- 
ticular, hut no bush or plant should at 
this season go without an examination 
by the light of a lantern. Many larvte 
will drop to the ground as soon as a light 
is turned upon them, so the collector 
should be prepared by slipping a net 
underneath beforehand. 
T. B. W. — Your moth is Chrysoclisla 
],inncella, very common on lime trees 
round London. The bee is probably the 
female of Anthophora retusa , as your 
description agrees therewith: it is not a 
rare species. We would recommend to 
your attention Smith’s ‘ List of British 
Bees.’ 
W. Hargreaves. — See the answer to 
J. H. R. in last week’s number : setting- 
boards may also be procured of the parties 
there mentioned. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Endromis versicolor, jw. — I was at 
Tilgate Forest lately, and saw six of 
Endromis versicolor, but could not get 
them. Brephos Partlienias and Cero- 
paclia ridens were in plenty. I took 
Bembidium affine and other Coleoptera. 
— J. Hemmings, 2, Bedford Buildings, 
Brighton; April 17, 1856. 
Ennomos illustraria and sublunaria . — 
I have succeeded in breeding specimens 
of Ennomos illustraria from eggs of an 
autumnal female, which proves E. sub- 
lunaria to be only the second brood of 
E. illustraria. — Edwin Davis, Stapleton 
Road, Bristol ; April 16, 1856. 
Captures of Lepidoptera last week . — 
On the 12tli instant I took another fine 
Alcucis pictaria at Dartford Heath; two 
Spilonota pauperana in lanes near Da- 
renth Wood ; Coccyx argyrana on oaks 
in woods, and Ileusimene fimbriana fly- 
ing ; Semioscopis Sleinkellneriana in 
hedges, the time of flight being from 
daybreak to sunrise ; Depressaria occl- 
lana by night, at the bottom of old 
hedges; Chauliodus Ch arophyllellus fly- 
ing over ivy. The cold easterly winds 
of the last three days has put a stop to 
the flight of insects. — II. J. Harding, 
1 , York Street , Church Street, Shoreditch ; 
April 17, 1856. 
Coleoptera at llainault Forest. — On the 
13th I went specially to hunt again for 
Cucvjus dennestoides. Directly I got to 
