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could be obtained at a moderate price. 
There would be a large demand for them, 
as well as for other entomological ap- 
paratus. 
I. J. R. — The larva of Selina irrorella 
feeds on various lichens. Clisiocampa 
castrensis is polyphagous ; it has been 
found on the sea-wormwood. The co- 
coon sent is probably that of Ilypngymna 
dispar. 
E. S. N., Exeter, in our next. 
Erratum. — In No. 4, p. 31, second 
column, line 2, for “ E. sylvaria ” read 
E. satyrata. 
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Aleucis pictaria, fc. — On the evening 
of the 25th I took, on Darlford Heath, 
three more pictaria, two of them in 
copula; but since then the north-east 
wind has put a stop to all collecting by 
the net, and but few fresh things have 
made their appearance. In Darenth 
Wood I have captured Coccyx splendidu- 
lana, Elachista Pfeifferella and a few 
other common species. Many of the 
Eupilhecice are now making their ap- 
pearance ; E. coronaria is in fine condi- 
tion. I have seen two Ennomos illus- 
traria, one taken on the 25th at a lamp 
at Erith, and one on the 28th at Darenth 
Wood. — H. J. Harding, 1 , York Street, 
Church Street, Shoreditch ; April 30, 
1856. 
Noctua Larva. — From the 16th of April 
to the present time (May 1st), Mr. Harpur 
Crewe, who has been staying with me, and 
I have taken upwards of 500 larva), prin- 
cipally Noctua, by searching with lan- 
tliorns at night among the underwood. 
We were rather late for the sallow blos- 
soms, but took a few of T. miniosa, 
gracilis, rubricosa, & c., and one of N. 
leucographa. The day before yesterday 
I found a male Perulea trepida on an 
oak tree outside the forest. — W. H. 
Hawker, Ilorndean, Hants; May 1, 
1856. 
Lists of British Lepidoptera. — I have 
a number of lists for interchange among 
collectors of British Lepidoptera (except- 
ing the Tineina). I shall be glad to 
send them, post free, for Is. a dozen. 
The arrangement is that followed by Mr. 
H. Doubleday. — Thos. Chapman ; 56, 
Buchanan Street, Glasgow; April 29, 
1856. 
No ctuina flying by Day. — I have ob- 
served Hydracia nictitans flying in the 
sunshine in the pastures, settling on 
flower after flower, like a bee. This I 
have observed on both sides of the Frith 
of Clyde in different years. Thecla Rubi 
appeared in abundance last week along 
Loch Long and near Dunoon. — Ibid.; 
May 5, 1856. 
Synia rnusculosa. — Having seen in 
your ‘ Intelligencer’ that this insect had 
been taken on Dinas Green, by Mr. 
Fletcher, of St. John's, Worcester, I beg 
to say that I have proved it to be Nona- 
griafulva . — John Smith, Turkey Street, 
Worcester ; May 5, 1856. 
Vanessa Antiopa. — This spring, in the 
Isle of Wight, my sister, out walking, 
marked down an Antiopa. She was 
gone ten minutes, and on returning 
found him, motionless, in the same place. 
A tumbler and card, the only weapons at 
hand, with a little chloroform, closed the 
comedy. This is, I suppose, the only 
instance of Antiopa being taken under a 
tumbler. It is a good specimen. This 
spring Eupithecia consignata was taken 
in Suffolk. Fuliginosa, the first this 
year, was taken on the 23rd April, having 
come out to see the Review, of which he 
saw and heard much more than the 
House of Lords. — Alex. Wallace, 5, 
Green Terrace, Clerkemvell ; May 3, 
1856. 
Boarmia Consonaria. — Walking 
through Wavendou Wood yesterday, I 
