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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Amongst other insects I took : — 
Perilampus, which looks rather 
different from continental one. 
Hilara melcinocephala (Curtis), 
male, and female for the first time. 
Bombyx Dominula in plenty, in 
one wood only — not seen for twenty 
years before. 
Bombyx Caja. Bred several, but 
no variety. 
Bombyx Potatoria. Had several 
of the “ cannibal ” larva?, and not 
bred one ! 
Tetyra (?) Maura ( one only), 
took one last year in the same wood. 
Bombyx CEsculi , picked up a poor 
female with short wings. 
Selandria Ovata. 
Tortrix ulmana. 
„ carbonana. 
„ hamana. 
My second son took a female 
Oxycera pnlcliella (or 0. rara, 
Walker ), on July 25th. I took the 
male on August 1st, last. 
I have bred a few Trocliilium 
Bembeciformis this year. I had one 
poplar stem infested ; but no Api- 
formis. Took two blaelc varieties 
of Tinea Curtisella one day. 
J. C. Dale, Sherborne, Dorset. 
[Our readers must hold us re- 
sponsible for the miscellaneous 
character of the above notes. They 
are all compiled from private letters, 
from which Mr. Dale kindly allows 
us to extract anything of interest 
for publication. — Ed.] 
Captures near Woodford . — I have 
hardly done anything in the Lepi- 
doptera, during the last few weeks. 
In the absence of other matter, 
however, I may give a few notes. 
Tliecla Beluloe. Of this lovely 
insect, I had, like Mr. Hodgkinson, 
the pleasure of seeing, and the 
mortification of missing a specimen 
in Epping Forest. 
Nonagria Fulva. One in the 
Forest, on a marshy piece of ground, 
at dusk. 
Cosmia Difinis. Not uncommon 
at sugar, particularly near Ching- 
ford. 
Cosmia A finis. Scarce. 
Polia Chi. Dunham Park, Bow- 
don, while collecting with m 3 7 friend, 
Mr. E. M. Geldart. 
Cucullia Scrophularice. I believe 
that I have one pupa from larva 
taken on Mickleham Downs, In 7 my 
brother, Mr. T. Blackburn. I cannot 
be quite certain of this, however. 
Amphipyra Pyramidea. Rather 
common at sugar, near Woodford. 
Pyralis Costalis. On palings, 
Woodford. 
Endotridia Flammealis. Rather 
common, some weeks since, in 
Epping Forest. 
Crambus Pinetellus. One in the 
Forest. 
Larentia Didymata. A very pale 
variety at Buxton, Derbyshire. 
Peronea Favillaceana. Very com- 
mon, both at Bowdon and about 
Woodford. 
