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whereon Professor Zeller naively replied, 
“ I also can show you leaves in which 
are no larvae.” 
Till last summer, when Mr. Boyd 
found the larva in the Circcea, we had 
never met with it here. The rediscovery 
of the larvae in the same plant by Mr. 
Parfilt was recorded in our last number. 
Since then I have received a further 
supply from Mr. Parfitt, who writes, 
“ Some of these are mining the leaves of 
Circcea , and others the leaves of Epilo- 
biurn montanum and hirsutum. They 
appear to prefer the leaves of E. monta- 
num to anything else ; for generally the 
parenchyma of every leaf in a plant of 
montanum is entirely eaten away, leaving 
nothing but the white cuticles, so that 
the plants are rendered very conspicuous ; 
but when they attack the leaves of Cir- 
ccea the larva; only make large irregular 
blotches.” — H. T. Stainton; July 8, 
1856. 
Melitce.a Athalia and Artemis . — I have 
found another locality for Athalia : it is 
at a gentleman’s estate called Fordlands, 
about three miles from Exeter; but it is 
not common there. I also took a few 
specimens of Artemis flying with them. 
— E. Parfitt; June 30, 1856. 
Double- broocledness . — I do not think 
Ocnerostoma piniariella double-brooded ; 
it is certainly a continuous appearer in 
my boxes: many pine feeders are the 
same. I have been breeding Fasciaria 
all the season from larva taken in March 
and April, not a quarter of an inch long : 
some made up in three weeks, some are 
still in the larva and pupa state. The 
same remarks apply to Simularia. Pini - 
perda larva can be taken just hatched 
at the same time, and can now be found 
very small, whilst some of the same batch 
are full-fed : this is an insect which re- 
mains out a long time, or in other words 
keeps coming out, like Gothica, but it 
cannot be called double-brooded because 
we take it in March and June, and I 
think Piniariella will be found to do the 
same. — C. S. Gregson ; June 27, 1856. 
Why do Lepidoptera recently hatched 
hang their wings downwards P — I per- 
ceive this question has again been 
brought before the entomologists of 
Great Britain : allow me to throw out 
an idea. When a long stick or pole is 
held in a perpendicular line we have only 
the weight of the pole , no matter whether 
we hold it by the base or by the top, 
(letting it hang downwards) ; but if it is 
supported at right angles, or any inclined 
angle, then we have the weight of the 
pole increased in proportion to the dis- 
tance that the fulcrum is from the oppo- 
site end of the pole. From this it is evi- 
dent that the position of the wings is 
the easiest to the insect, requiring less 
muscular exertion to support them. I 
have bred many Lepidoptera, and have 
found the wings of most of the species 
“ appear to grow ;” and as the wings, at 
the time of escape from the pupa, bear 
but small proportion to the size they 
afterwards obtain, it requires but small 
effort, on the part of the insect, to get 
them to the perpendicular, and the wings 
meet at the tip over the thorax; thus 
each affords support to the other. I 
have invariably found that when the 
wings of C. Jacobcece are at right angles 
at the time of growing they are more or 
less crumpled. — E. S. Norcombje, Heavi- 
tree ; June 28, 1856. 
Capture of Omaloplia ruricola (Col.). 
— I took a pair of this insect on a chalky 
bank, covered with wild thyme, on the 
edge of a copse, at the foot of the downs 
above Parham Park, near Pulborough, 
Sussex, on the 3rd inst. — H. T. Gore, 
Rusper Rectory, Horsham; July 5, 1856. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Monday, July 7, 1856. W. W. 
Saunders, Esq., President, in the chair. 
