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Abraxas ulmaria, 
Strenia clalhrata. 
— Jonathan Orde, 6, East Street , Dar- 
lington ; August 24, 1856. 
Polyommatus Agestis at Boston Spa . — 
Having seen from the ‘ Manual ’ that P. 
Agestis is found “ only in the south,” and 
having found them very frequent at Bos- 
ton Spa, in Yorkshire, I thought this oc- 
currence would he interesting to you. — 
A School-boy Entomologist ; August 
23, 1856. 
Gracilaria semifascia. — I am now 
breeding this insect from larvae found 
July 19th, in cones on the upper surface 
of the maple ( Acer campestre ). — John S. 
Ashwoeth, Llangollen; August 26, 
1856. 
Acherontia Atropos . — Several larvae of 
this insect have occurred on a farm at 
Hither Green, Lewisham. The Irish 
labourers employed in raising potatoes 
passed and executed judgment on them 
as formidable enemies to the “ Irish 
Wall-Fruit.” One fine full-grown spe- 
cimen vvas brought to me uninjured, and 
took to earth as soon as placed in a 
proper receptacle.— W. F. Morris, Kent 
Water-Works, Mill Lane, Deptford; 
August 26, 1856. 
Argynnis Lathonia . — I have again re- 
verted to the description of Lathonia in 
your ‘ Manual,’ and find my insect 
answers the description of it exactly; 
therefore I am quite sure it is Lathonia. 
I caught it last Saturday week, which 
was a fine sunny day, about noon, flying 
over some thick underwood in a small 
valley between two young plantations of 
larch not far from Chesham. When I 
first saw it, it was flying after one of 
apparently its own species, (but of this I 
am not quite sure: it may have been 
Adippe). I did not know it was Latho- 
nia till I had captured it: it was in very 
good condition, evidently not long out of 
the pupa. — Hardinge W. Browne, 
Little Germains, near Chesham, Bucks; 
August 26, 1856. 
Synia Musculosa. — Since I last wrote 
I have taken a fine specimen of this 
insect: it was flying round a lamp at 
the corner of the Pavilion grounds, in 
the very centre of the town. I have also 
taken, at rest on a wall at Worthing, 
a specimen of what I hope will prove to 
be Laphygma exigua. — Henry Cooke, 
8, Pelham Terrace, Brighton ; August 
25, 1856. 
Offer of Perfect Insects, not Pupa . — • 
In reply to my notice last week I have 
already received so many communica- 
tions as to make it impossible for me to 
reply to them seriatim. Those, there- 
fore, who may not hear from me may 
rest assured that as far as possible their 
application shall be attended to. Seve- 
ral of my correspondents having kindly 
offered to assist me, if in their power, I 
wish to state that I expect no return, — 
that my offer was principally addressed 
to beginners, who would probably not be 
able to send anything I wanted. Begin- 
ners will also have a prior claim. Also, 
some of my correspondents seem to think 
from my notice I meant to send the 
pupal This is not the case: I can only 
send the perfect insect. Lastly, a ridi- 
culous error (how, I know not) has crept 
into the notice. I alluded to Chaonia 
Dodoueea. I am ignorant as to where 
such an insect is to be found. I said 
nothing about Chaonia : my offer had 
reference to Notodonta Dodoncea. My 
correspondents must therefore blame the 
printer, and not me, for the mistake. — 
Rev. J. Greene, Playford, Ipsivich ; 
August 26, 1856. 
Kensington Gardens. — This, with its 
hundreds of trees, in spite of birds, in- 
sectivorous and otherwise, produces a 
great variety of insects ; and I am sur- 
prised that I never see any one but my- 
self on the look-out for them. I took 
this evening a fine specimen of Catocala 
Nupla at rest on a fir tree. Many young 
collectors would like to take this fine 
insect. Why do they not come? There 
