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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
the surface of the earth among roots and 
moss, others go under the earth from one 
to six inches. — J. J. Reading, Plymouth ; 
July 17, 1856. 
Doings at Deal. — I have just bred 
Deilcphila Galii, No. 2, a fine male. 
Lithosia pygmaola is just appearing on 
the sand-hills. Near Dover I have taken 
L. quadra and Argynnis Aglaia. Core- 
mia ligustraria is now out among alder 
and ash, and Xanthosetia inopiana 
among the Inula. — H. J. Harding, 
Noah’s Ark, Peter Street, Deal; July 
15, 1856. 
Captures near Deal. — Since my last I 
have taken the pupa and bred Plusiaori- 
chalcea. I have also taken Pioneu mar- 
garitalis. Stigmonota Leplastriana is 
just appearing amongst the wild cab- 
bage, on which it feeds. — Ibid. 
Three-winged Macaria Nolataria . — 
During the present month I have taken 
eight specimens of this species at Wick- 
ham : one specimen had, when taken, 
the left hind wing entirely wanting, 
though I can just trace a sort of pro- 
jection where it should have been. — T. 
Wildman ; July 16, 1856. 
Colias Ilyale . — A very fine specimen 
of Colias Ilyale was taken at Lavant, in 
Sussex, on the 25th of June, after a hard 
chase, by a friend of mine who has just 
given it to me. Polyommatus Argus is 
now abundant in this locality. — Wm. 
Buckler, Lumley Cottage, Emsworth, 
Hants ; July 15, 1856. 
Aporia Cratcegi in Kent. — I had the 
pleasure of seeing this insect on the 
wing for the first time on the 12th inst., 
and took ten specimens in good con- 
dition. — Id. A. Stowell, Faversham ; 
July 21, 1856. 
Aporia Cratcegi. — Whilst riding out 
to-day I caught a very fine specimen of 
A. Cratcegi in one of the Minster Lanes. 
1 caught two others about three weeks 
ago in Herne Park. — E. F. Turnbull, 
4, Chatham Place, Ramsgate; July 2], 
1856. 
Lepidopterous Larva wanted. — Believ- 
ing it will be interesting to your readers, 
I beg to inform you that I have now (and 
had as early as July 10th) the eggs and 
a brood, in first, second and fourth moult, 
of Cerura vinula ; also the larvae of Sa- 
turnia Carpini in their four moults. The 
full-grown larva of Cerura vinula, which 
I collected on the 10th, on the 11th spun 
up. I am in hopes it will soon make its 
appearance in the imago state. This is 
full six weeks earlier than those I bred 
last year. They did not chrysalise be- 
fore September, and the moths came out 
finely last month. The eggs of Saturnia 
Carpini were laid May ISHh, hatched 
June 5th, and tire now progressing most 
favourably ; some that we have collected 
must have been hatched much earlier, as 
they are now full-grown. As the larvae 
of these two insects differ very consider- 
ably in their progressive moults, we have 
made very careful drawings of the same. 
I shall feel particularly obliged to any of 
your correspondents if they will forward 
me any larvae they may have to spare, as 
it can be but after close examination of 
several specimens that we can safely rely 
upon our drawings and descriptions. 1 
need not say that I shall be but too 
happy to pay the expense of postage, as 
many of your readers are among the 
working classes; and, as they have the 
means of collecting larvae when in search 
for insects, but perhaps have no conveni- 
ence or time to attend to them afterwards, 
it is to this class that I more particularly 
address myself; and I shall be most 
happy to assist from my duplicates those 
parties who will have the kindness to 
assist me in our labours of making cor- 
rect drawings of 
the 
larvae of 
our 
British 
Lepidoptera. 
— <J. 
J. Cox, Ford - 
wich House, Fordwich 
; July 
1!>, 
1856. 
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are now 
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