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phrosia consonaria, Bapta taminaria, Eri- 
opsela quadrana, Capua ochraceana, Sec. 
On the 1 1 tli I met with a fine Cucullia 
ChamomillcE on a post at Lythain : I also 
found there forty larvae of Dasycheira 
fascelina. 
In April I took a specimen of Oleracea 
on sallows along with Leucographa . — 
J. B. H odgkinson, 41, St. Peter’s Street, 
Preston; May 13, 1856. 
MEMORABILIA FOR MAY. 
Lepidoptera. — Now palings begin to 
be resorted to by those in want of the 
various species of Mamcslra and Hadena. 
Thalassina , genista} and contigua are 
much thought of by those of our junior 
readers w'ho have not hitherto met with 
them. Among broom Chesias obliquaria 
may be found. Melitcea Euplirosyne 
will be found in woods, and Sesia fuci- 
formis and bombyliformis maybe noticed 
in meadows near woods, and in open 
places where woods have been thinned ; 
they are very partial to the flowers of the 
common bugle ( Ajuga reptans). On 
the chalk downs several of the little Py- 
raustce are already on the wing. Venilia 
maculata is now sportive in the woods in 
the South ; and among heath you may 
observe the dull -coloured Lozogramma 
petraria. By sweeping grass-fields with 
a sweeping-net larvae of the Salyridi may 
often be obtained : they are at once 
knowrn by the short forked tail. The 
larva of Gastropacha quercifulia is now 
full fed, and may be met with in many 
localities in the South. [We should be 
glad to receive a specimen of this larva 
for description for the ‘ Manual.’] 
Among the Tortricina the great mass of 
species are now in the larva state: our 
plutn and pear trees, our rose and lilac 
bushes, have their leaves rolled up by the 
larvae of the species of the genera Tor- 
trix, Pentheria and Spilmota. The 
polyphagous pests Sciaphila subjectana 
and virgaureana may be found on almost 
every plant that grows in our fields and 
hedges: the baby-larvae of these species 
feed beneath the cuticle, and pass them- 
selves off with the uninitiated as new 
sorts of mining larvae. 
Coleoptera. — By J. W. Douglas . — 
Calathus mollis is said to be abundant in 
sandy commons near the coast, and it 
would seem there only, for it has never 
come across my path, nor, as far as I 
know, any of the London collectors. Mr. 
Dawson does not mention the months of 
its occurrence, but Stephens says Febru- 
ary to June. Calathus nubigena , Hal., 
one of the latest additions to our native 
species, was taken by Mr. Haliday on 
the mountains of Wicklow among the 
piled-up stones, early in the summer, but 
later in the season was not to be found. 
Will some of our Irish friends bear this 
in mind ? Agonum 6-punctatum, a most 
brilliant coppery creature, may now be 
seen running on marshy ground : I have 
taken it on Putney Heath and Woking 
Common. A.fulgens is taken “early in 
the spring” on the northern moors : it is 
a fine species, and last year a good many 
were found in Scotland. Unless our 
northern friends are more fortunate in 
their weather than we are in the South, 
as our early spring has not yet com- 
menced, it may not be too late for them 
to look for this beetle. Amara strenua is 
found hitherto only in marshes near 
Ryde, Isle of Wight, early in the spring. 
Amara consularis occurs in “ May at 
Holme Fen under pieces of turf, and at 
Trevor Park, near Farnham, under re- 
fuse left in turnip-fields.” I fear the 
Amara are very much neglected in con- 
sequence of being so much alike, and 
these notes may serve to remind some of 
our friends that they are not all common. 
Mr. Dawson tells us that Stenolophus 
slogans was taken by the Rev. H. Clark 
between Sheerness and Queenborough in 
May, 1853, but only two specimens. S. 
