THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
on oak ; C. saturatella, feeding on broom ; 
C. hemerobiella, feeding on pear ; C.jun- 
c icolella, feeding on the shoots of heath, 
in a very minute case, resembling a heath 
sprig; and C. Ladiipennella, feeding on 
ash. Some of these do not begin to feed 
till a month later, but there is no harm 
done by calling attention to them in good 
time. 
I shall he very glad to receive larvae of 
Xysmatodoma melanella, which may he 
found in their green cases on old palings; 
larvae of Gelechia mulinella , from the 
flowers of broom ; and of G. diffinis , 
from the roots of the sheep’s sorrel 
(Rumex acetosella), and of Butalis Che- 
nopodiella, which occurs on Chenopo- 
dium and Alriplcx. 
The larva of Bucculatrix aurimaculella 
should now be looked for; it mines the 
leaves of the ox-eye daisy ( Chrysanthe- 
mum leucantliemum ) : it occurs freely at 
Mickleham, on the banks before you 
reach the corner of Headley Lane. — 
H. T. Stainton; April 14, 1856. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Practical Hints respecting Moths 
and Butterflies; with notices of 
their localities, forming a Calendar of 
Entomological Operations throughout 
the year in pursuit of Lepidoptera. By 
Richard Shield. Price 3s. Van 
Voorst. (Second notice). 
In our opening number we called the 
attention of our readers to this little pub- 
lication, and stated that we should pro- 
bably recur to it another week; we have 
now much pleasure in doing so. 
Wc quote the following passage from 
an excursion to Birch Wood in April : — 
“ But look, what is that large insect on 
the birch stem near that pool of water? 
Lucky again, that is Notodonta Car- 
melita (this insect also occurs at West 
Wickham, on the ‘Bishop’s palings’). 
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And now, having ‘bagged’ your game, 
persevere in your search, for here the 
unique Solenohia Douglasii was taken. 
“ And now let us beat the oaks for a 
little while, and see what they produce. 
Click goes the beating-stick among the 
branches. Hilloa ! what are you? Oh ! 
only Tortricodes Iiyemana ; get out, you 
common rascal! I can take you any time. 
Stop, my friend ; do you want the insect? 
Yes! Then take it: don’t ]^it off till to- 
morrow what can be done to-day ; if you 
don’t take it now, perhaps you will not 
get another chance till next season, and 
your check will be incomplete of a com- 
mon insect. I believe many cabinets are 
thus incomplete from the prevailing idea 
that common insects can be taken ‘ any 
time,’ and therefore are to be left till the 
last, so that the collector frequently comes 
home with a few insects that he fancies 
that he ‘ does want,’ that are not common, 
leaving behind him many insects that are 
strangers to his cabinet because they are 
‘ common.’ 
“ By beating you will obtain from 
among the oaks Heusimene fimbriana 
and Dasystoma Salicella ; while, on the 
trunks of the oak trees, near the roots, 
Biston prodromaria may be found, to- 
gether with Cheimabacche fagella, male 
and female, and among the birches, flying 
by day, Incurvaria pectinea occurs.” 
At the conclusion of the chapter for 
May we find the following: — 
“ And now we will suppose the tyro, 
for argument’s sake, to have worked 
assiduously at collecting the objects of 
his study, and by industry and perse- 
verance to have got together a great 
number of species, which, apart from 
their intrinsic value as insects for the 
purposes of study, and as objects of 
great beauty and delicacy, possess an 
extrinsic value in his estimation, as 
being the fruits of his own labour and 
diligence, and as reminding him of the 
exquisite pleasure he has experienced in 
their collection. Full of this feeling, 
