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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
This is all the more likely to be true, as 
Parthenias is a birch-feeder, and Wick- 
ham Wood abounds with birches, whereas 
Nutha is an aspen-feeder, and I do not 
know of one such tree in the wood. — 
J. W. Douglas, Lee ; April 26, 1856. 
Food of Eupithecia Larvae. — Last 
Tuesday I visited M.Guenee at Chartres, 
aud was speaking to him concerning 
Eupithecia rectangulata , when he told 
me that he was well acquainted with 
the larva, that it was very injurious in 
orchards, eating the young fruit of 
apples and pears, and he added that, in 
his forthcoming work on the Geometrina 
(which he hopes to have published next 
summer), he had gone very fully into 
the habits of this species, on account of 
the injury it causes. I asked him if 
all the Eupithecia larvae were not seed- 
feeders, but he said, No ; for that our 
Abbreviate, and the smaller similar spe- 
cies which we had called Subumbrata, 
both feed on the leaves of oak. Suc- 
centuriala he had reared from larvae 
feeding on the seeds of the yarrow 
( Achillea Millefolium). — H. T. Stain- 
ton, Mountsfield, Lewisham ; April 28, 
1856. 
Remarks on Mr. C. S. Gregson’s Note 
relating to Lilhocollelis vacciniella. — In 
a “ Chorley ”(ish) mood he “brushes” up 
and tells you that he takes it at so and 
so, and that “ every mountain on which 
the food-plant grows seems to produce 
the larva).” Precisely so : no one denied 
this. But have societies a man or men 
collecting there? or have any of the 
parties composing such societies friends 
living in the neighbourhood of its ocur- 
rence who know the plant and could ob- 
tain the insect for them? or was every 
one to wait until Mr. Gregson laid such 
a thing before them ? or does he intend 
to supply all parties himself? “ Pray, let 
every one know that it is just nonsense” 
that he writes. — John Scott, South 
Stockton ; April 28, 1856. 
Ennomos Illuslruria. — I have captured 
one specimen of this insect at light here 
last week. — Edwin Davis, Stapleton 
Road, Bristol ; April 26, 1856. 
Tinea biselliella. — Last week I disco- 
vered, to my sorrow, that a couch and 
soft of mine were inhabited by thousands 
of the larvae of T. biselliella (as I think). 
I happened to be sitting on the couch 
when I found two or three of these little 
larvae on it; on a closer examination 1 
found more, which induced me to open 
the pillow, when oh ! to my horror, I 
found it stuffed with these disgusting 
looking animals. I have had the couch 
about four years, and never saw the least 
sign of them before. I then went to 
look at my sofa, which I have had seven 
years ; I carefully looked it over to see 
“ If there was any place 
Where flesh and blood could creep,” 
and felt sure that this at least was safe, 
however: I opened the pillow, when 
“Oh ! what a spirit-stirring sight, 
Does to my view unfold," 
thousands of larva) eating away at my 
poor unfortunate sofa ; I feel sure that 
they could not get out when in the per- 
fect state, and that they must have been 
years, most likely ever since the couch 
and sofa were made, breeding inside. 
Can you or any of the numerous readers 
of the ‘ Intelligencer’ tell me if it is pos- 
sible for a moth to live aud lay eggs in 
so very confined a place as inside a sofa 
or couch? — A bthur Naish, Brooklyn 
Lodge, Ashley Hill, Bristol; April 28, 
1856. 
[From our experience we are inclined 
to believe that several generations of 
moths may exist unsuspected inside a 
bolster or couch.] 
Ceropacha ridens. — During the past 
week I have met with this insect on oak 
trees at Great Torrington, North Devon. 
— llr.Nitv Bolt, (>, Clarence Place, 
Kingsdown, Bristol; April 2!), 1856. 
Elachista of the vine ( llivillci ). — M. 
Millicrp, of I -yon, who has recently bred 
