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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
collector who was first out of bed in the 
morning had all the sport. This led to a 
rivalry as to who should be out first. 
He who was out at five o’clock and found 
another had been half an hour before 
him, was sure to be out at four the 
next morning; and if two collectors hap- 
pened to he out together there was regu- 
lar racing for the lamps. At last there 
was nothing at all to be taken ; and then 
it was found that one of the collectors 
w r as out all night. Now go what hour of 
the night you like to Ashley Hill you see 
one or two nets waving round the 
lamps; and it is curious and instructive 
to observe the various hours at which 
certain insects appear. 
We catch all night 
By the pale gas-light. 
And go home with our sport in the morning. 
— ArthurNaish, Brooklyn Lodge, Ash- 
ley Hill, Bristol ; August 11, 1856, 
Offers of good Pupa:. — I have been 
informed that many collectors are in 
want of good specimens of the following 
insects : — Pcecilocampa Populi, Pteros- 
toma palpina, Leiocampa dictcea, Chaonia 
dodoncea, Acronycta megacephala, and 
A. Ligustri. I annually take a con- 
siderable number ( Dodonaa excepted) of 
the pupai of these species, and not know- 
ing that they were wanted have let them 
go. This, therefore, is to give notice 
that if any entomologist be in want of 
all, or any of the above, and will write to 
me at once, I shall be happy, if spared, 
and successful at the “ diggings,” to 
supply them next year, so long as the 
duplicates may last. — Rev. Joseph 
Greene, Playford, Ipsivich. 
The Colour of the Larva and Pupa of 
Bactra lanceolana. — Referring to Mr. 
Logan’s remark relative to the colour of 
the larva and pupa of this insect in No. 
14 of the ‘ Intelligencer,’ I beg to differ 
from him on both points, and I have 
been thus long in replying thinking that 
some others might have been induced to 
collect the larva (mentioned by me in 
No. 4 of the same periodical) for the pur- 
pose of observing the habits of the sup- 
posed Thrasonella, and that they would 
have communicated the result of such 
observation. None having appeared, 
and as it would be a great pity to see 
any of the figures in the work which Mr. 
Logan has for so many years promised 
to bring to light, perhaps spoiled, he will 
not take it amiss at my suggesting his 
again taking the larva next spring. If 
he wish it I will also send him some 
from this neighbourhood that he may 
see that I am borne out in my descrip- 
tion, and I shall be glad to receive some 
from him that I may detect the green 
ones. Then the pupte of those which I 
reared were brown, and not amber-yel- 
low ; and this also can only he solved by 
next season’s larva?. — John Scott, 
South Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees ; 
August 11 , 1856. 
One of the Broom-seecl eaters. — It is 
now some years since I first observed 
pupa-cases projecting from the seed-pods 
of the broom. I afterwards collected a 
number of the pods and bred Tinea fus- 
cipunclella from them. I remember at 
the time communicating this to Mr. 
Stainton, who informed me that he was 
not surprised at it, having himself reared 
the same insect from peas. It is also 
very probable, as Mr. Douglas suggests, 
that a Dicrorampha may feed thereon. — 
Ibid. 
Captures of Lepidoplera near Keswick. 
■ — It may interest some of your readers 
to know that during the last month I 
have met with the following species 
here: 
Stilbia anomala, 
Spaelotes cataleuca, 
Plusia bractea, 
Lobophora sexalisaria, 
Coreinia olivaria, 
„ munitaria, 
l’ha;sylc exsiaria, 
„ flavicinelaria, 
Emmelcsia blandiaria, 
