THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S weekly intelligencer. 
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C. S. Gregson, Old Swan, Lancashire ; 
Jane 9, 1856. 
Captures last week at West Wickham. 
— The following are the most important : 
— Capua ochraceana, Phoxopteryx Upu- 
pana , Encana and Raman a , Cryptoblabes 
bistriga, Tinea bistrigella, Gracilaria auro- 
guttella and Elachista oclireella. Larvae: 
— Trichiura Cratcegi , Pcecilocampa Po- 
puli and Hipparchus papilionarius . — 
William Maciiin, 35, William Street, 
Globe Fields, Mile End ; Jane 11, 1856. 
Captures of Lepuloptera near Deal . — • 
On the sand-hills here I have taken live 
Argyrolepia maritimana ; they are far 
from common : also the first brood of 
Aspilates cilraria. On the hills near 
Dover I took Melitcea Cinxia in some 
plenty in company with the merry little 
P. Alsus. The larvae of Depressaria 
Alstrcemeriana are very much engaged 
among the hemlock (Conium maculaturn), 
and the Eupatoria Cannabinum will 
supply a good stock of Coleophora Tro- 
glodytella. The larvae of Depressaria 
nanalella are here in the leaves of the 
Carline thistle, and the pupae of Parasia 
Carlinella in the heads of the same 
plant. — H. J. Harding, Noah’s Ark, 
Peter Street, Deal , Kent (for the next 
three months); June 7, 1856. 
Food of Lasiocampa Trifolii. — Seeing 
in the 4 Intelligencer’ of June 7th a 
communication from a correspondent 
that larvae of Lasiocampa Trifolii would 
not touch either trefoil or plantain ; they 
are, however, much more condescending 
in this neighbourhood ; they don’t appear 
to be in the least particular, as the fol- 
lowing list of articles of their diet will 
show, viz., white and red trefoil, bird’s- 
foot trefoil ( Lotus coniculalus), various 
species of grass, young furze-shoots 
bramble, plantain ; these are what I find 
them on and feeding upon in the natu- 
ral slate, and they eat, in confinement, 
all those plants just mentioned, with 
these additions, oak, beech, ash, poplar, 
willow, whitethorn and blackthorn : 
either of the plants above-mentioned are 
eaten by the larvae with a good will — 
whichever is nearest ; they don’t select ; in 
short, they show no preference whatever. 
— J. J. Reading, Plymouth; June 17, 
1856. 
Captures of Lepuloptera near Tenter- 
den. — In Birch Wood yesterday, by 
beating underwood, 1 took Macaria no- 
talaria and Melanippe has tar ia ; Me- 
litaia Athalia has again appeared: should 
any one be in want of specimens of 
Athalia I shall be happy to send some 
as long as my supply lasts. — S. C. Tress 
Beale, Tenterden, Kent ; June 17, 1856. 
Orgyia gonosligma. — I had the good 
fortune to find on the 8th inst. and three 
following days, twenty-four larvae of O. 
gonostigma feediug on oak ; some of them 
spun up on the 13th, so that I was just 
in time for them : should I breed them, 
of which I have no doubt, I shall endea- 
vour to make the females useful in 
attracting me some males. — W illiam 
Kirby, South Street, Wandsworth, 
Surrey ; June 17, 1856. 
Agdistes Bennettii (Lep.). — The pupa 
which I exhibited at the last meeting of 
the Society has produced this insect. I 
have also bred three others. I find they 
only remain twelve to fourteen days in 
pupa.— Samuel Stevens, 24, Blooms- 
bury Street. 
Vaccinium Vitis-Idcea. — This plant 
suddenly finds itself “ the admired of all 
admirers,” and graciously unfolds new 
charms to each fresh worshipper: the 
fierce scrutiny it has yet to undergo in 
the Alps will probably bring many no- 
velties to light. In the forest at Glogau 
Rrofessor Zeller has already devoted 
several hours to the investigation of its 
tenants, and has collected there 
» Lithocolletis Vacciniella, 
Nepticula Weaveri, 
two species of Coleophora cases, and in 
the young shoots larvae which he antici- 
pates will prove those of Depressaria im- 
purella. He has also bred Scricoris 
