THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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Noctuidee flying in the day-time . — “ I 
saw your remarks about T. cruda flying 
by clay ; I wonder you have not noticed 
them before. About a month ago 
English went to Ongar Park Wood, to 
try after some Brephos for me, and he 
said the woods were literally alive with 
cruda and stabilis, principally the former. 
When I used to go out, years ago, I have 
seen cruda , stabilis, yothica and instabilis 
at the sallows in the day-time, and 
English said, last night when I was 
talking to him about it, that once in 
Park Hall Woods, on a very bright day, 
the sallows were covered with these four 
species.” 
Harpalyce silaceata. — “ Last summer 
I took a wasted female II. silaceata, in 
May or June, in our garden ; she laid 
thirteen or fourteen eggs, which hatched, 
and the larvae became full-grown in J uly : 
in August four splendid moths came out, 
all alike and having a broad, deep black, 
uninterrupted central facia as in sujfu- 
mala ; no more moths came out last 
autumn, but this spring nine have ap- 
peared, all very nearly alike, but differing 
from the autumnal ones in having the 
central fascia divided by the yellow lines 
— the variety insulata of Haworth. They 
were all fed in the same cage, and went 
into the pupa state within a day or two 
of the same time. I had a lot of eggs 
from a female last July ; these all hatched 
and were fed ; a lot of moths came out 
last autumn, and they have occasionally 
been coming out ever since — to-day I 
see two moths, and part of the cater- 
pillars are still feeding.” 
The above are extracts from a letter 
I have just received from my friend 
Mr. Henry Doubleday; and they are 
both of sufficient interest to be laid 
before your readers. With regard to the 
Noctuid® flying about the sallows in the 
day-time, it is not wonderful that I was 
ignorant, by experience, of a fact which 
appears to be so well known, considering 
that it is by the merest chance 1 ever see 
a sallow in bloom by daylight: I have to 
do my best all day long among dust and 
gas, and I am told that I am a sallow 
myself. But it is rather curious that 
I never heard the subject mentioned. 
With regard to the appearance of Il.sila- 
ccala, — part of a brood in autumn and 
part in the spring, — it is very curious, 
but it has its parallels in other species. 
But the difference, not only of colour, 
but of marking, in the proportions of the 
brood is very remarkable, and is a sub- 
ject that, if studied, may possibly lead 
to unexpected results. The rearing of 
E. illustraria from eggs of sublunaria, as 
recorded last week, is another somewhat 
curious case. — J. W. Douglas, Lee; 
April 25, 1856. 
Ccenonympha Davus. — The larva of 
this species feeds on the cotton-grass, 
near the roots, in May; it is green, with 
six white lines. The pupa is green, with 
three dusky stripes on each wing-case ; 
it is suspended by the tail. I have an 
empty pupa-case in my cabinet. — Joseph 
Chappell, 2, Partington Street, Tontine 
Street, Salford. 
Offer of Duplicates. — I have a few 
duplicates, which may be useful to some 
young collectors, viz., Papilio Machaon, 
Cynthia Cardui, Grapta C-album, Ar- 
gynnis Adippe , Smerinthus Tilice. I am 
very anxious to get Argynnis Aglaia, if 
any one has it to spare. — S. Bingham, 
Bank, Ne wnham, Gloucestershire. 
Insects injurious to Clover. — As I am 
writing on the insects injurious to clover 
crops and artificial grasses, I should be 
glad, through the medium of your journal, 
to ask your correspondents to favour me 
with the names of the Micro-Leps. which 
feed upon clover, nonsuch, trefoil and 
medick, Lathy rus pratensis, Vicia saliva, 
Sainfoin, &c. — John Curtis, Belitha 
Villas, Barnsbury Park ; April 25, 1856. 
Brephos Notha. — I am assured by 
several persons that it was Brephos Par - 
thenias, and not B. Notha, that was taken 
at West Wickham on the 30th of March. 
