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OBSERVATIONS. 
COLEOPTERA. 
'Feronia Madida. — On tlie 18th 
July I got a specimen of Feronia 
Madida, with the elytra very short 
(not longer than those of some of 
the brachelytrous species), and a 
broad division from the scutellum 
downwards, which gives them a 
narrow appearance. It is a male 
( veer b.\ rather smaller than the 
average size of the species, and in 
all respects, excej)t those I have 
mentioned, the same. Can any of 
the readers of the “Entomologist” 
inform me of the cause of this, and 
if it is of frequent occui’rence ? I 
never saw anything of the kind 
before. — J. Brook, Edinburgh. 
Lepidoptera. 
Cleora Glabraria. — No. 4, page 
30, of your periodical, contains a 
paragraph, by the Rev. Joseph 
Greene, on the breeding of Cleora 
glabraria in February, from larva 
taken by him the previous autumn 
in Sherwood Forest. You will also 
find, in another place, subsequent 
articles at pages 43 and 52, bearing 
on this point. I have, to-day, to sup- 
port the authority of the “ Manual,” 
and the veracity of Zeller, respecting 
Glabraria. 
Death, which had visited my 
home unexpectedly, had slackened 
my pace ; the delay is no evidence of 
my insincerity : Glabraria has fur- 
nished me with its eggs. I had 
bred the insect from the larva taken 
off lichens, and, as you know, I had 
a clear recollection of the larva ; but, 
notwithstanding-, I was not in a posi- ' 
tion to describe it. The habits of an 
insect like Glabraria, comparatively 
common where it occurs, are un- 
cared for, when, without difficulty, 
the 'imago is attainable. I have 
taken the perfect insect on July 25 
in great numbers, by beating out by 
day and by night, also in its noc- 
turnal flight. I was aware that the 
larva of this insect had turned up 
unlooked for, and so could be found 
again after a competent search. 
Under such circumstances I cannot 
but think that Mr. Greene has made 
some mistake. February for Gla- 
braria, under any circumstances, 
seems to me like an inconsistency. 
I was determined that the summer 
of 1863 should satisfy my own 
curiosity, as well as that of others, 
consequently it was necessary to 
visit Baron Wood. The weather 
had been for some time bad, 
and it was not until June 14, 
which was decidedly late, that I bent 
my way on that beautiful morning 
to my favourite hunting ground. 
Hours were spent by me in useless 
efforts, before the lichen-covered 
boughs would yield. At last, from 
a long and leafless branch, clothed 
thick with lichens, from a towering 
oak, on June 14, I brought down a 
single larva of Cleora glabraria ; and, 
