THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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the genus Laverna ; by Anton Dohrn on 
the family Emesina, Sec., &c. 
The paper by Professor Frey is not a 
long one, but knowing how much he had 
been otherwise engaged last year, and 
how little time he had for Entomo- 
logy, we were rather agreeably surprised 
to find that the volume before us con- 
tained any memoir at all from his pen. 
The genus Laverna is interesting in 
several respects, as, for instance, the 
graceful form and gay colouring of many 
of the species, the varied habit of the 
larvas, and the extraordinary proportion 
of the larvae which are attached to the 
single genus of plants Epilohium. 
Professor Frey enumerates twenty spe- 
cies (erroneously numbered to twenty- 
two), a few of which were only known to 
him by description ; but we believe the 
real number of distinct species should be 
eighteen. Fulicella being only a syno- 
nym for Langiella and Tessehtella (unless 
we are much mistaken), is a .synonym for 
Stephensi. The eighteen species are as 
follows : — 
1. Idsei (of which the larva is reported 
to feed in the roots of Epilobium angusti- 
folium). 
2. Conturbatella. 
3. Raschkiella. 
4. Propinquella. 
5. Lacteella. 
6. Decorella (this has been bred by 
Professor Frey from Epilobium hirsutum 
along with Langiella). 
7. Epilobiella. 
8. Ochraceella. 
9. Phragmitella. 
10. Langiella. 
11. Vanella (the larva of which feeds in 
the buds and shoots of Tamarix Ger- 
manica). 
12. Atra. 
13. Vinolentella (whicji we believe to 
be, in fact, the dark variety of Atra). 
14. Dohrnii. 
15. Miscella. 
16. Stephensi. 
17. Subbistrigella. 
18. Rhamniella. . 
Of Subbistrigella Frey remarks that “ the 
larva will probably be found to feed on 
Epilobium -angustifolium.” Of Rham- 
niella he observes that “ the larva will 
certainly be found on Rhamnus frangula 
and R. catharticus.” Perhaps it feeds in 
the budding shoots like Vanella on the 
Tamarix. 
Idcei, Vanella and Dohrnii are the 
only three European species which have 
not yet been found in this country. Tha 
elegant and pretty Dohrnii, being a 
Sicilian species, should be sought along 
the south coast and in the Isle of 
Wight. 
Some of our readers will be surprised 
to see the smooth-winged Anybia Langi- 
ella placed amongst the Lavernce. Vanella, 
it is true, has also smooth wings, but 
perhaps both species are ill placed in the 
genus Laverna ^ 
' LOST PROPERTY. 
To the Editor of the ‘ Intelligencer.' 
Sir, — I observe, from last Saturday’s 
‘ Intelligencer,’ that there is to be a 
great gathering of entomologists at Rei- 
gate, at the invitation of Mr. Saunders, 
on Friday, the 22nd inst. 
At the similar gathering last year I 
had the misfortune to lose my cap and 
stick, which were placed in a corner of 
the ante-room before dinner, and were 
not forthcoming afterwards. I presume 
some entomologist took them by mistake 
for his own, and did not afterwards like 
to admit having made such a blunder 
(after dinner). 
