THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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Captures on the Cheshire Sand-Hills. 
— Whilst upon the sand-hills with Mr. 
Greening on the 20th inst., we met with 
Lithocolletis quinque pattella, and se- 
cured a good set each. Gelechia deser- 
tella, mundella, uffinis and Arlemisiella , 
were just appearing; and Gelechia Per- 
nigrella, Sororculella and Populella, 
larvae were feeding upon the small sal- 
lows. Pernigrella only just hatched.— 
Ibid. 
Observations by Professor Frey, of 
Zurich, on Nepticulce . — “ Nepticula assi- 
inilella (Metzn. Zell.) mines the leaves of 
the aspen ( Populus tremula). On wild 
apple-trees occurs with us, in woods, a 
small Nepticula larva, often in great 
numbers in a single leaf: it produced a 
new species, nearly allied to N. anoma- 
lella and minusculella, which I have bred 
in plenty and named N. desperatella. 
From Amellanchier vulgaris I have bred 
a beautiful species, which comes midway 
between N. gratiosella and splendidis- 
sima, for which I propose the name N. 
mespilicola. Above all you will be in- 
terested to hear, that from Polentilla 
fragariastrum and Fragaria, Nepticula 
arcuata has appeared, a species I had 
previously sent to Herrich-Schaffer, and 
which is described in his work : it comes 
nearest to the rose-feeding Angulifas- 
ciella. N. minusculella, H.-S., I have 
bred from wild pear-trees.” The above 
will show that our esteemed correspon- 
dent has not slackened in his career of 
discovery. — H. T. Stainton ; June 2, 
1856. 
Lasiocampa Trifoiii (Lep.).— During 
a visit just paid to the Sussex coast I 
turned up the lame of Lasiocampa Tri- 
foiii. I watched their habits during my 
stay, which are very interesting: the spot 
on which they were feeding would be 
covered by a pistol-shot radius ; not one 
could I find in any other part of the 
neighbourhood. The collecting I left 
until the last day, when I gathered up- 
wards of three hundred in less than an 
hour, and could have taken a thousand 
more: after a journey of 180 miles they 
are now “ doing well” on various grasses 
growing here. LIumphrey and West- 
wood say, “ feed on trefoil and plantain : ’ 
mine will not touch either. — G. Gas- 
coyne, Newark , Notts ; June 3, 1856. 
Lasiocampa Trifoiii (Lep.). — I shall 
be happy to supply any entomologist 
with this larva as long as my stock holds 
out. I shall also feel much obliged to 
any kind collector who would supply me 
with the larvae or pupae of P. Machaon, 
G. Quercifolia or S. Carpini. — E. Leth- 
bridge, 40, Old Town Street, Plymouth ; 
June 3, 1856. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Monday, June 2, 1856. W. W. 
Saunders, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Biston Hirtarius. — Singular her- 
maphrodite specimens of this insect were 
exhibited by Mr. Bond: the body and 
wings were evidently female, but the an- 
tennae were partially male, being pecti- 
nated to a considerable extent. 
Larvae of Petasia nubeculosa. — 
Mr. Stevens exhibited larvae of this spe- 
cies, reared from eggs obtained by Mr. 
Foxcroft. 
G'oleophora of the Genista Ang- 
bica. — Mr. Douglas exhibited some of 
these larvae, collected near Newcastle by 
Mr. and Mrs. Wailes. 
Rare Coleoptera. — Mr. Douglas ex- 
hibited Cryptocephalus Corxyli from West 
Wickham; Lebia crux -minor from Holme 
Bush, near Brighton, taken by Mr. 
Hemming ; and Platyrhinus latirostris 
found in fungi, near Bristol, by Mr. G. 
Harding, Junr. 
Mr. Smith exhibited this last species 
from Scotland, where it had been taken 
by Mr. Foxcroft, at Rannocli. 
