THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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of September last a fine specimen of this 
insect ( C . Ednsa ) flew over the vessel in 
the direction of England, when we had 
proceeded about ten miles on our passage. 
The wind was South at the time. — Ibid. 
A distressing case. — A family of four 
larva are about to perish from starvation, 
unless some kind-hearted reader of these 
lines will promptly forward me some 
Teucrium Chamcedrys : this plant, though 
common in France and Germany, is 
scarce here, and a doubtful native, but 
occurs on old walls in various parts of 
England, having formerly been culti- 
vated for medicinal purposes. Winchel- 
sea Castle, a wall near Norwich, Caris- 
brooke Castle, Wenlock Abbey and 
Whittingham Abbey are some of the 
recorded localities for this plant, for the 
want of which four larva; of Coleophora 
Chamcedryiella , received on the 1st inst. 
from M. Bruand, are now suffering the 
extreme pangs of hunger. I have tried 
them with T. Scorodonia, but they all 
declare they will die rather than touch it. 
— H. T. Stainton, Mountsfield , Lewis- 
ham; Mag 12. 
EXAMINATIONS IN ENTOMOLOGY. 
TO THE EDITOR OF THE * INTELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Sir, — I quite agree with your cor- 
respondent, W. D. Crotch (Intel, iii. 
p. 29), that the age of candidates should 
not be limited. Let it be open to all, 
and let the followers of the Science be 
divided into two classes, “ Entomologists” 
and “ Incipients.” 
1. 1 should propose that a Committee 
of the Entomological Society of London 
should be appointed to examine such 
incipients as should come forward; and 
until such Examination is satisfactorily 
passed no person be allowed to be called 
an entomologist. The Committee might 
sit quarterly and comprise the savans of 
of the London Society. 
2. With regard to honours and the 
subject matter of Examination, that 
course suggested by Mr. Crotch seems 
worthy of attention. But the Committee 
could indicate on what subjects they 
would examine. 
3. No person should be eligible to be 
elected a member of the Entomological 
Society of London without having passed 
such Examination. 
4. By these means an impulse to the 
study of Entomology would be given to 
those who now (knowing their names are 
down in the ‘Annual’ as entomologists) 
content themselves with merely col- 
lecting and naming their captures, with- 
out studying much (if anything) about 
them. 
I am, sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
Herbert F. Gibbs. 
27, Upper Manor St., Chelsea; 
May 4, 1858. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA 
The Genus Depressaria. 
In this genus we have about fourteen 
natural histories complete, and several 
others are almost fully investigated. 
But I am still in want of larvae of 
Propmquclla,Subpropinquella and Alslrce- 
meriana and of those which I have re- 
ceived from Germany more larval of 
Lalerella, Pimpinellce, Cnicella and 
Purilella will still be acceptable. With 
regard to the two last species our position 
is this, that the larval on their arrival 
here had demolished nearly all their pro- 
vender, and had made such a disgusting 
lot of “frass” that we could form no 
conception of the natural appearance of 
the food from the attacks of the larvae : 
the only way this difficulty cun be got 
