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have bred Ennomos illustraria. — 0. Nel- 
son, M.D., Dunbar ; May 19, 1856. 
Cerura bicuspis bred. — I had a fine 
bred male Cerura bicuspis brought me by 
my friend Mr. Nixon ; he found the 
pupa on an alder, as usual ; the cater- 
pillar invariably makes up into the chry- 
salis longitudinally on the bark, and 
very generally on the surface, instead of 
being in the crevices, as is general with 
Bifida. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 41, St. 
Peter's St/uare ; May 18, 1856. 
Polyormnatus Agestis in Lancashire . — I 
see by the ‘Manual’ that Agestis does 
not occur in the North. About two 
years ago I took a good number of 
Agestis on the west side of Morecambe 
Bay : I also took nearly two hundred 
Chlorochroma viridaria there, not before 
known to occur, except in the South of 
England. — Ibid. 
Larva of Tortrix ministrana. — In 
March last I took a green larva on some 
fencing, which produced on May 10th 
Tortrix ministrana. As I have never 
seen any description of this larva, or in 
what manner it feeds (it is evident it 
lives all the winter), and, as I think every 
scrap of information is useful, I am in- 
duced to send you this. — H. J. Hakding, 
1 , York Street, Church Street, Shoreditch ; 
May 19, 1856. 
Eupithecia succenturiata. — Will you 
allow me to correct an implied error in 
the ‘ Intelligencer,’ No. 6, p. 44 ? My 
meaning with regard to Eupithecia suc- 
centuriata was, that I had bred that insect 
from larva) feeding on the seeds and 
(lowers of Artemesia maritima, on the 
sea-coast in Pembrokeshire, where I have 
never met with Eupithecia subfulvata ; 
while, on the other band, I have taken 
the latter here, in my own garden, in 
Buckinghamshire, where 1 have never 
met with E. succenturiata. Indeed, I 
quite believe the latter to be, as a general 
rule, a coast insect, and l think that 
Mr. S. Stevens’s experience will bear me 
out in that opinion. — Henry Burney, 
Wavendon Rectory ; May 19, 1856. 
Lithocollelis hortella. — On Saturday 
last I had the pleasure of boxing a beau- 
tiful specimen of this insect on a paling : 
this was exactly four years since I first 
turned it up at Oxford. On Monday 
morning I boxed eight more. This 
morning the sun was shining on the 
palings, and there were hardly any moths 
there, but four out of these were hortella. 
I eschew long series, and therefore shall 
be happy to supply those who want the 
insect, as far as my captures will go. — 
P. H. Newnham, Stoke Road, Guild- 
ford ; May 20, 1856. 
Coleophora Wockeella (Lep.). — Mr. 
Parfitl has detected the larva of this 
species near Exeter. —H. T. Stainton ; 
May 22, 1856. 
Bucculatrix maritima. — Mr. Hem- 
mings has found cocoons of a Bticcula- 
trix attached to the stems and leaves of 
Aster tripolium ; he has also found leaves 
of the Aster in a very suspiciously Buc- 
culatriciform manner. Should not this 
be B. maritima P — Ibid. 
Solution of Enigma No. 6 of the * En- 
tomologist's Annual. — Herr Schmid has 
bred this insect ; it is a Tortrix, Anchy- 
lopera Lundana. — Ibid. 
Ennomos illustraria. — This species 
has again fallen to my share : the last 
one was taken on the 3rd of May. I 
have a hundred and fifty eggs just 
hatching, from which 1 expect to rear 
illustraria, with his late summer or early 
autumn plumage. — J. J. Reading, Ply- 
mouth ; May 20, 1856. 
Meloe brevicollis. — I was fortunate 
enough to take four specimens of this 
insect last week. — I bid. 
Water-beetles at Lee. — In an old pond 
near here, I have recently taken a single 
specimen of Hydaticus Hybneri, a 
species rare near London ; one of Colym- 
betes Grapii, also a scarce species here; 
and a few of Agabus agilis and A. affinis. 
