THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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larvae of Elachista trapeziella in tlie 
leaves of Luzula pilosa, I paid a visit to 
West Wickham Wood, in the hopes ot 
finding the same larva there. I found, 
however, none of the larva I was seeking, 
but, as some consolation, I found two 
other Elachista larvae mining the leaves 
of the Luzula. One of these looked 
suspiciously like Gleichenella , and has 
since produced that insect; the other 
made a much more puckered mine, quite 
in the style of E. Gangabella , but abun- 
dantly distinct from that species. What 
this latter larva would produce was a 
mystery : it seemed just possible that it 
might be E. Quadrella. At any rate I 
thought I might as well have a further 
supply, so I started oil’ to Wickham once 
more, and collected a considerable num- 
ber, though many of the larvae were then 
very small, and have, I fear, since “ come 
to grief.” The mode of searching for these 
larvae was rather peculiar. The problem 
was this: given a larva which mines in 
the leaves of a plant, which leaves are all 
out of siyht, to find that larva. Luzula 
pilosa grows in woods; trees also grow in 
woods. Luzula pilosa grows flat on the 
ground, especially the old leaves ; the 
leaves of the trees fall in autumn and 
bury the Luzula. In April the Luzula 
blossoms, the flowering stem stands up 
at right angles to the leaves, hence it 
rises considerably above the fallen leaves 
of trees which have buried the Luzula 
leaves. Now the collector walking 
through a wood sees these Luzula blos- 
soms, and rightly concludes that wherever 
there are blossoms there must be leaves; 
he therefore stoops down, and, raking at 
the roots of the Luzula flower-stem, he 
speedily eliminates, from under the pro- 
strate oak leaves, a number of dark green 
leaves of Luzula ; some of these leaves 
are no doubt mined by the much-desired 
larva. No doubt many plants of L. pi- 
losa grow much more exposed than those 
I have mentioned, but such will rarely 
furnish the larva, which is particularly to 
he found on the most sheltered plants. 
On the 21st of May I found the same 
larva in the little wood near Pultenham ; 
on the 29th of May I found a few at 
Wickham, but the growth of vegetation 
since April had made them much more 
difficult to find. Early in June I ob- 
served some of these larvae had quitted 
their mines and changed to pupae outside 
the leaves ; clearly then it was not Quad- 
rella. On Sunday last the first specimen 
of the perfect insect made its appearance, 
and lo! Elachista magnificella, an insect 
hitherto reputed rare, and in this country 
only known as occurring near Bristol. 
The London entomologists little dreamed 
it was plentiful at West Wickham. — 
H. T. Stainton, Mountsfield, Lewisham ; 
June 15. 
PS. Since writing the above I paid 
another visit to West Wickham on 
Saturday evening last, and succeeded, 
after a careful search, in finding several 
larvae of E. magnificella in the erect, 
young leaves of Luzula pilosa of this 
gear's growth. Hence the larva may yet 
be profitably sought for, by those who 
want to fill up a gap in their collec- 
tions. — Ibid. 
Eggs of Eupithecia succenturiala 
wanted. — Last autumn 1 reared from the 
egg some larvae of E. subfulvata ; three 
or four moths have just appeared, and 
they are exactly like the parent. I 
should very much like to obtain eggs 
from Succenturiala, and rear the larvae* 
but there seems to be little chance of ob- 
taining any. — H. Double day, Epping ; 
June 20. 
Choreutes scinlillulana.— Can any one 
help me to a description of the larva of 
this insect? and how does the perfect 
insect sit? Choreutes Do lusana puts its 
wings by the side of its body, and fans 
itself, just like Glyphipteryx Thrasonella . 
— H. T. Stainton. 
Captures at the Gas Lamps. — During 
the present month I have captured by 
searching the gas lamps the following 
