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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
“PATIENCE : there may be in the net 
one hundred examples, all, without espe- 
cial exercise of this entomological virtue, 
to he thrown aside with the debris. 
First of all, separate (with the net in 
the ivater), as far as possible, all leaves, 
sticks, &c., by washing ; then spread 
out carefully the remainder, and watch." 
(‘Zoologist’ for April, p. 5053). This 
advice is good when searching for other 
insects besides Ilydrcence. — J . W. D. 
Hymenoptera. — Two or three species 
of the genus Osmia are now to be met 
with ; Osmia aurulenta and bicolor , both 
of which occasionally avail themselves of 
the spiral tubes of snail-shells, so ad- 
mirably adapted for their purposes ; the 
rare Osmia Xanthomelana would pro- 
bably be found abundantly, if any one 
would pay a visit to Sandown Bay, in 
the Isle of Wight. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
This is not exactly the season at which 
one expects to look for the larvae of the 
genus Lithocolletis, but on that very 
account it is the more necessary to call 
the attention of our readers to one or two 
species which ought now to be looked 
for : I allude to 
* Scopariella 
* Ulicicolella 
The * * prefixed, &c. (as in No. 1). 
I lately received from that extraor- 
dinarily acute and energetic entomolo- 
gist, Herr Schmid, of Frankfort-ou-the- 
Mainc, larvae of Lithocolletis quinqueno- 
tella, a species which is common there, 
and feeds on the Genista sagiltalis • now 
this larva has a somewhat singular style 
of mining. The stem of this plant has 
curious little projections, forming, as it 
were, three keels: the larva forms its 
mine, which puts one excessively in mind 
of that of Elachista gangabella , between 
two of these keels, occupying the hollow 
space between them : now we assume, 
and I believe we are quite justified in so 
doing, that our Scopariella feeds on the 
broom, and our Ulicicolella on the furze. 
Now the leaves of the broom are very 
small, and the furze bears nothing that 
is vulgarly termed leaves: where, then, 
do the larvae of these species feed ? Is 
it not possible — nay, seeing the habit of 
the cognate quinqumotella, is it not pro- 
bable — that these yet-to-be-discovered 
larvaj feed on the young stems, making 
bladdery excrescences thereon. I don’t 
wish my readers to prick their noses by 
peering into every furze-bush they come 
to, but those entomologists who know 
the precise locality where they take Uli- 
cicolella year after year, are strongly- 
recommended to try if, with this hint, 
they cannot find the larva of that in- 
teresting species. 
Broom occurs abundantly in many 
places, and in many places no doubt 
Lithocolletis Scopariella abounds: lam 
well aware that it is rare in collections, 
but that is just because no one takes it: 
now where the perfect insect occurs the 
larva must be far more plentiful, for the 
larv® have to produce not only the entire 
crop of the moths, but also a goodly crop 
of those little living gems that are para- 
sitic upon them : if these larvaB make 
visible blotches, whether on the leaves, 
young stems or flowers, they ought to he 
found, and, as now is the season for the 
Genis/a-feeding Quinqtienotella t \t is very 
probable that now is the time for the 
broom-feeder. — H. T. Stainton. 
NORTHERN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Liverpool , March 2}>, 1856. — B. Cooke, 
Esq., President, in the chair. 
T. II. Allis, Esq., J. \V\ Harris, Esq., 
and John Walker, Esq., were elected 
Members of the Society. 
J. Cooper, Esq., Warrington; G. Be- 
dell, Esq., London ; II. Doubleday, Esq., 
