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THE ENTOMOLOGISTS WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Hawker, Homdean, Hants; June 24, 
1856. 
Eupithecia lance, how obtainable . — 
Many of this family will now be out in 
plenty : some of my friends write me 
that they cannot get this genus to lay 
their eggs : my plan is to place a large 
bunch of their food-plant in a breeding- 
cage and turn the females loose amongst 
it : the eggs will be found on the tops of 
the flowering-stems. — C. S. Gregson, 
June 20, 1 856. 
Captures at Birmingham. — I have cap- 
tured during the past week, 
Callimorpha Jacobajae, 
Abraxas ultnata, 
Thymele Tages. 
If any of your correspondents should be 
in want of the above I should be glad to 
hear from them. I ain in want of the 
following : — 
Pamphila Linca, 
„ Comma, 
,, Actteon, 
Arctia Villica. 
— J. B. Stone, 89, Lupin Street, Bir- 
mingham; June 23, 1856. 
Captures at Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. 
— Nemeobius Lucina was taken in the 
parish of Closeburn about two weeks 
ago ; it was quite new to me as a butter- 
fly of this locality. Gnophria rubricol- 
lis is unusually common at present; and 
a few days ago 1 took Phragmatobia 
fuliginosa, which is rare here. Thyatira 
balis (the peach-blossom) has also been 
taken here. — T. B. Grierson, Thorn- 
hill, Dumfriesshire ; June 25, 1856. 
Captures of Lepicloptera in Cornwall. 
— I have to record the capture of Slau- 
ropus Facgi and Dipthera Orion on the 
same day, June 25th ; the former was at 
rest on a young oak, and its altitude I 
think worthy of remark. Its fore legs 
were stretched out like Dasychira pucli- 
bunda, and its hind wings projected con- 
siderably beyond the upper, as in the 
lappets. The Dipthera Orion was also 
at rest on the mossy timber of an oak. 
Both the specimens were unflown, and 
both females. I have also taken about a 
score of Hypena Crassalis in the same 
wood, and one Eucosmia Undularia to- 
day. The other day I took two speci- 
mens of Arctia Villica on the cliffs, 
where Harpalyce Galiaria is also com- 
mon. Altogether this appears to be a 
good locality 7 , though the south-western 
coast has not a good name. — E. Horton, 
Polvellan, West Looe, Cornwall; June 
26, 1856. 
Drepana Sieula (Lep.). — You will be 
intei-esled to learn that after the lapse of 
twenty-one years this insect has occurred 
in Leigh Woods: it was taken last week 
by my friend Mr. H. Bolt. We have 
looked after more pretty keenly ; but up 
to the present time none have been 
found. — George Harding, Junr., Sta- 
pleton, near Bristol; June 27, 1856. 
Captures of Lepidoptera. — I am now 
taking Melanthia rivata [a specimen has 
been sent us]. Coremia minutaria is also 
numerous. I have taken some Harpalyce 
galiaria. I have duplicates on hand of 
E. rivularia, 
M. Alchemillaria, 
A. lulearia, 
P. margiuata, 
Z. adustata, 
Loz. Petraria, 
E. poraria, and 
H. ocellaria. 
— E. S. Norcombe, Heavitree, Exeter; 
June 28, 1 856. 
Captures near Dover . — 
Polyommatus Corydon, plentiful, 
Pamphila Comma, 
Macroglossa Stellatarum, 
Charoeampa Porcellus and Elpenor 
(these two on flowers and at 
sugar), 
Sphinx ligustri is plentiful here, 
feeding on the sycamore and ash, 
Callimorpha dom inula, 
Polia serena on flowers of bugloss 
Hcliolhis marginata, 
„ dipsacea, 
