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its old locality. — H. T. Stainton; 
August 22, 1856. 
Avherontia Atropos. — A larva of the 
Death’s Head taken in this neighbour- 
hood was brought to me this morning. — • 
R. H. F re mi. in, Wateringbury , near 
Maidstone ; August 19, 1856. 
Acherontia Atropos. — A specimen of 
the larva of this insect was brought to 
me this morning ; the gardener having 
found it while digging potatoes. It ap- 
pears to he nearly, if not quite, full-fed. — 
T. Wollaston, Dovers , Reigate ; August 
25, 1856. 
Heterogenea Aselius. — This insect ap- 
pears to have been taken in some plenty 
this year. — H. T. Stainton ; August 22, 
1856. 
Acentropus niveus (Lep. or Neu. ?)- — 
In some list of British Miero-Lepidop- 
tera there was lately included an insect 
at the end of the Tineidce under the 
name of Acentropus niveus, St. That 
this name should have dropped out of 
later lists, leaving no synonymic record 
of itself, must have puzzled many young 
entomologists who were not aware of this 
insect having enjoyed the singular dis- 
tinction of being ranged with the Lepi- 
doptera by Westwood, with Trichop- 
terous insects by Curtis, and with the 
Neuroptera by Stephens. I do not 
profess to decide “ where doctors dis- 
agree;” but if any of your readers, with 
a philosophical turn of mind, wish to in- 
vestigate for themselves I shall be happy 
to supply them with the species. Some 
years ago 1 took a single example of this 
anomalous insect in an osier bed, and 
until this year have sought for it again in 
vain. On the 16th inst. I rowed up the 
river Trent for the purpose of examining 
the vegetable growth that in some parts 
nearly chokes up the stream, when my 
eye alighted on Acentropus niveus skip- 
ping along over the surface. I imme- 
diately sought carefully for more ex- 
amples, but for upwards of an hour I 
could only find an occasional dead speci- 
men floating on the stream. I had nearly 
given up the search, when upon a small 
patch of Polamogeton perfoliatus and P. 
pectinatus I descried a score or two of 
living examples quietly sitting upon the 
protruding leaves : these I secured for 
the benefit of my friends : but I am sorry 
to say I am still unable to throw any 
light upon the history of the little crea- 
ture in its earlier state. One step is, 
however, gained: I now know the breed- 
ing place of the species, and future re- 
search may possibly then disclose its 
“ inner life.” — E. Brown, Burton-on- 
Trent ; August 18, 1856. 
Lepidoptera near Llanelly, Carmarthen- 
shire. — I am leaving this neighbourhood 
on the 28th. Cross Inn is a very good ento- 
mological district, but the very unfavour- 
able weather, which usually prevails here, 
damages the specimens very much, so 
that everything I capture looks wasted, 
and gives full proof that a high wind is 
not good for the constitution of a 
“ downy-vving.” The following are the 
more important of my captures: — 
Argynnis Euplirosyne, 
„ Paphia, 
Melitaea Artemis, 
Nemeobius Lucina, 
Arge Galathea, 
Thecla Rubi, 
Pamphila Linea, 
Smerinthus Populi, and 
Tbyatira derasa. 
— William Baker, Cross Inn ; August 
2L, 1856. 
Discovery of the larva of Bucculatrix 
Demaryella (Lep.). — Mr. Wilkinson, of 
Scarborough, has added another scrap to 
our knowledge of the genus Bucculatrix 
by finding a birch-feeding larva. Having 
taken the perfect insect of Demaryella 
freely from the birch trees at the end of 
May and beginning of June, he was led 
to suspect that the larva would feed on 
the birch, and has now had the pleasure 
of verifying his conjecture by finding the 
larva of a Bucculatrix feeding on the 
