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they did not object to Calluna vulgaris ; 
and when at rest stretch themselves out 
along the leaves and stems like the 
larvae of Epunda nigra. — R. F. Logan, 
Hawthornbrae , Duddingstone , near Edin- 
burgh ; August 18, 1856. 
New British Ichneumon. — Having 
bred some Ichneumons from the pupae of 
Odontia dentalis, and not knowing them, 
I sent a pair to Mr. Desvigues, and re- 
ceived from him the following reply : — 
“ The Ichneumons you have sent me, 
reared from Dentalis, appear to be 
Pimpla mandibularis, Grav. It is new 
to Britain. I certainly should be glad 
of more specimens, and particularly the 
male, as it has not been described yet. 
I hope you have taken other Ichneumons 
as well as Leps. I suppose you will leave 
the Ark when the flood has subsided. — 
Thomas Desvignes.” — H. J. Harding, 
Noah’s Ark, Peter Street, Deal; August 
19, 1856. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Accrington Naturalist Society. 
August 2nd, William Naylor, Presi- 
dent, in the Chair. 
Mr. W. Boothman exhibited a box of 
recently captured insects : amongst them 
were Plusia braclea, Melanthia albicil- 
laria, and Abraxas ulmaria , taken at 
Whalley. 
Mr. R. Hartley exhibited specimens 
of Sphecia Bembeciformis taken at Box- 
enden. 
Mr. Beagban exhibited Emmelesia 
rivulala taken at Whalley. 
Mr. J. Heys and Mr. J. Parkinson 
exhibited specimens of Aplecta herbula 
taken at Whalley. 
Mr. J. Wade exhibited Thyatira batis 
taken at Ighton Park. 
Mr. Bortwel exhibited an Aromia mos- 
chala taken at Southport. 
Search the ( Wood Belong ) Betonica 
Oeficinalis. 
Surely, now this plant is in flower, 
many of our readers must look at it and 
notice it many a time and oft. It is a 
wood-loving plant, and also grows in 
rank hedges, particularly if the soil be 
sandy. Search it well for mined leaves ; 
leaves mined in large blotches with much 
excrement therein. Ha! you have 
found one ; good ! hold it # to the light 
and let us see what is inside. Nothing 
say you ? No ! that cannot be, some- 
thing must have made this mine: stay, 
here on the under side, close to the mid- 
rib, is some white silk. Oh ! the cun- 
ning creature ; he felt the plant shake as 
you picked the leaf and ran out of the 
mine where he had been feeding into 
this hiding place of his. But what is it? 
Oh, it is the larva of Heydeniella , one 
of the genus Asychna, or else closely 
allied to it. The perfect insect beats 
Schrankella for beauty. 
The ‘Intelligencer’s’ Hybernation. 
Mr. Editor, — I have been loaded and 
primed for some time, please let me “ go 
off”— I am only a pocket-pistol, and 
shall not make much noise. There are 
two sides to most questions, but we are 
such a selfish race (entomologists not 
excepted) that we only look to our own ; 
at least such appears to be the case with 
the question of the hybernation of the 
4 Intelligencer.’ The party really most 
concerned in the matter is yourself; your 
correspondents seem altogether to over- 
look that fact. You have been on the 
wing all the summer, and have too, occa- 
sionally, flown rather high, whether you 
have got rubbed you best know. It 
should, in the first instance, have been 
asked whether you, Mr. Editor, want 
rest. Can you keep up during the 
winter? It would be a melancholy thing 
to see you worn or wingless when spring 
arrives. 
