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took about a dozen fine specimens of 
Boarinia Consonaria on the trunks of 
large Scotch firs. I shall he happy to 
exchange this insect with any collector 
who may be in want of it; also Lam- 
propteryx Badiata, which has been com- 
mon this season. Having bred Eupithe- 
cia succenturiala from the sea-wormwood, 
and never having seen Eupithecia sub- 
fulvata in this neighbourhood, or any 
intermediate varieties, I shall feel unwil- 
ling to receive Mr. Gregson’s opinion 
that they are referable to one species. 
— Henry Burney, Wavendon ; May 2, 
1856. 
Larvce of Eupilhecice. — I have known 
the larvEe of Eupithecia Rectangulata for 
many years, and it is figured by Rosel 
(vol. i. pi. 8): it is green, with a pinkish 
dorsal line, and feeds on the buds and 
leaves of the apple in April and May. I 
am not aware that many of the Eupithe- 
cia larvae are seed feeders ; it is the 
usual habit of the Emmelesia, but not I 
believe of Eupithecia ; E. exiguata feeds 
on white thorn ; E. austerata on privet, 
&c. ; E. Callunaria on Scabiosa succisa ; 
E. Sobrinata and another species which 
I propose to call fuse aria, on juniper; E. 
indiyata on Pinus sylvestris ; E. centau- 
rcala and E. elongala on Senecio jaco- 
bcea ; and the pretty pink and white, and 
sometimes green and white larva of E. 
nanata is abundant on heather in Sep- 
tember. I have been informed by Mr. 
A. Wilson that the larva of E. minutata 
feeds on the currant, but I have not seen 
it, and some young larvae produced from 
eggs of this species last summer refused 
to eat the cultivated species of Ribcs. — 
R. F. Logan, Duddingslon , near Edin- 
burgh ; May 5, 1856. 
Meliteea Athalia ; (“ only in the south,” 
according to the ‘ Manual’), is abundant 
in one locality in South Staffordshire. I 
shall be happy to send specimens to any 
entomologist who may think them worth 
applying for. — J. Hardy, 43, Radnor 
Street, I Inline, Manchester ; May 6, 1856. 
Notodonta Carmelita. — I took two fine 
females of this insect at rest on the 
trunks of birches, at West Wickham 
Wood on the 4 th of May. — William 
Machin, 35, William Street, Globe 
Fields, Mile End ; May 6, 1856. 
Ennomos illustraria. — I took two of 
the larva of this insect on the 22nd of 
July last year, about half fed; two larger 
ones were taken the same day by Mr. J. 
Standisb, and bred by him in the follow'- 
ing month: these Mr. Standish called 
Sublunaria, and considered them quite 
distinct from illustraria. My two larvae 
kept feeding, though very slowly, till the 
end of September, when they changed to 
pupae. Being fully convinced in my 
own mind that the two bred by Mr. 
Standish were from an early brood of 
illustraria, I determined in the autumn 
to try and procure a number of the larvae, 
and endeavour to breed this insect from 
the egg in the spring. I succeeded in 
beating about five and twenty, several on 
the 12th September but a few days old. 
On the 18th March the first illustraria 
made its appearance, and twenty-one 
more shortly followed. I have now about 
one hundred of the young larvae feeding, 
and some not yet hatched, and shall 
doubtless breed the variety Sublunaria 
(as it is now proved to be), but I fully 
expect many of them will lay over till 
next season. I have also bred Plilodon- 
lis palpina , Taniocampa munda, and 
Biston prodromaria, from pupae obtained 
by raking; and Notodonta chaonia and 
several Ceropacha Ridens from larvm by 
beating last season. — Ibid. 
Captures of Lepidoplera. — April 24th, 
ascended Engleborough, on the Lanca- 
shire side, behind Ingleton ; when about 
half way up took the first Eupisteria 
carbonaria 1 ever saw alive! April 27tli, 
near Cockermouth, I took Taniocampa 
miniosa, Ceropacha ridens, Lithocolletis 
roboris, he. During the week I have 
bred several specimens of Ocnerostoma 
piniariella from larvae on Scotch lir, made 
