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youthful members of his family, which 
they wish to exchange for Papilio Ma- 
chaon , Cynthia Carclui , Grapta C-Al- 
bum, Thecla W-Album, Polyommatus 
Corydon, or any Sphingina, except the 
Forester or Burnet Moths. — J. Jenner 
Weir, Pembury Green; June 24, 1856. 
Eggs of Limacodes Testudo (Lep.). — 
Should Mr. Logan not have received an 
answer to his query at p. 84 of the ‘ Ento- 
mologist’s Weekly Intelligencer’ from a 
living observer, I have quoted the follow- 
ing from one long since gone to his rest. 
Limacodes Testudo is figured by Klee- 
man on plate 38 of his ‘ Beytrage zur 
Insectengeschichte.’ Though Kleeman 
has not drawn the egg of Limacodes 
Testudo , he says the female lays her 
little oval eggs singly on oak and beech 
trees, which eggs are at first yellow. In 
a note he remarks that the eggs which 
produce the shield-caterpillars of L. Tes- 
tudo are remarkably distinguished by 
their oval form from the eggs which pro- 
duce the shield-caterpillars of Thecla 
Betulce and Thecla Pruni, which 
last he says are not oval but semi- 
circular, white , rough and punctured. 
Sepp says of these, “ These eggs were 
not perfectly round, and did not appear 
figured through the microscope, but on 
the contrary were like little water-blad- 
ders which had no regular form. Shortly 
after being laid their thickness was very 
small, but they became greater and 
thicker as the little caterpillars in the 
eggs grew, which growth could not take 
place if the shells were hard.” See 
Sepp’s ‘ Bescbouwing der Wonderen 
Gods,’ See., vol. ii., plate 15, p. 62. — T. 
Chapman, Glasgow ; June 20, 1856. 
Sesia fuciformis. — I caught a fine 
specimen of this insect (Broad-bordered 
Bee Hawk Moth) on the 18th inst. in 
one of the rides on the top of Box Hill, 
hovering round Betonica officinalis 
(Wood Belony). I also saw several 
specimens of Lithosia rubricollis flying 
round the tops of the young oaks, and 
succeeded in capturing three. — D. Wat- 
ney, Box Hill, near Dorking ; June 20, 
1856. 
Smerinthus Tilice. — On a row of 
palings at Herne Hill on the left side 
from London to the Half Moon Public 
House, Dulwich, from the middle of 
May to the middle of June, I have never 
failed to find S. Tilice in great abun- 
dance. — George Austen, 51, Rue des 
Cannes, Caen ; June 20, 1856. 
Captures of Lepicloptera at Deal. — On 
the sand-hills here I have taken Lupe- 
rina Albicolon and Leucania littoralis ; 
these are best obtained by beating out 
the dead herbage on the sand-drifts near 
the sea. On the hills, near Dover, the 
pretty Setina irrorella is now making its 
appearance : Chrosis tesserana is quite a 
pest ; of Argyrolepia dubrisana I have 
taken but two. — H. J. Harding, Noah’s 
Ark, Peter Street, Deal ; June 19, 1856. 
Rhodaria sanguinalis. — This insect is 
now out on the sand-hills, and Leucania 
littoralis is just appearing : I have seen 
the first to-day. — C. S. Gregson, Liver- 
pool ; June 18, 1856. 
Eupithecia pusillaria. — I took a Eu- 
pithecia at West Wickham the end of 
last May, which I fancied was this 
species,- and I have since ascertained it 
to be so : it is a female specimen, and in 
very fine condition. Last year I met 
with one at Mickleham about the same 
time. — H. Tompkins, 90, Guildford 
Street, Russell Square, London ; June 
18, 1856. 
Nepticula Headleyella (Lep). — On the 
8th inst. I obtained a beautiful specimen 
of this pretty species by sweepiug in the 
Hilly Field, in Headley Lane: it would 
seem from this to be double-brooded, as 
Mr. Douglas took the pair he has, I be- 
lieve, in August.— Ibid. 
Captures of Lepidoptera in Sussex.— 
During last week l have taken here Pho- 
nopten/x Upupana , six Macaria no tala, 
Elachisla ochreella, and other rarities. I 
have seen no trace of the larva of Col 
