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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
All communications to be addressed to 
Mr. H. T. Stainton, Mountsfield, 
Lewisham, near London, S.E. No notice 
will be taken of anonymous communica- 
tions. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Many communications stand over from 
want of space. 
Atropos and Edusa appear to be gene- 
rally abundant in the South. We can 
give no recipe for rearing the larva of 
Atropos. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
I 
Lepidopteba. 
Coleophora Conspicuella bred . — On the 
11th instant I captured three specimens 
of this insect in Headley Lane ; I also 
found a long dark brown and rather 
variegated case, which I then thought 
must be a case of Conspicuella : I have 
now the pleasure to announce that a 
beautiful specimen made its appearance 
this morning. I believe I may claim 
the honour of being the first Englishman 
to breed this species. — F. O. Standish, 
2, Alfred Cottages , Warner Road, Cam- 
berwell ; July 27. 
Ennomos Fuscantaria bred . — I have 
bred a few fine specimens of this from 
larvae fed up from the egg. The first 
made its appearance on the 2nd, and the 
last on the 23rd inst. — I bid. 
Laverna Raschkiella . — I have bred 
this from pupae of 1857. — Ibid. 
Retinia Turionana . — I have bred this 
again from shoots of the Scotch fir, 
gathered at West Wickham ; it has been 
bred freely. — Ibid. 
Cucullia Lychnitis . — I have also bred 
this from pupae of 185(i. I have now 
Endromis Versicolor laying over: this 
shows that pupae should not be thrown 
away when the time has gone by for the 
insect to appear, as many species will 
remain until the second year in the pupa 
state. — I bid. 
Trochilium Cynipiforme. — I had the 
good fortune to breed a fine specimen of 
this insect on the 14th of J une last, from 
a larva in bark of oak, taken in Novem- 
ber last, while looking for larva of C. 
Ligniperda. This species has not I 
believe been taken here before. I have 
just been breeding C. Reclusa from ova 
received from Mr. Fremlin in May: this 
1 think proves this species to be double- 
brooded. I have some fine E. Fuscula 
and B. Lanceulis, which I shall be glad 
to exchange for T. Pruni, N. Lucina, 
or the eggs or larva of any of the 
Catocala. — C. Rogers, Plymouth ; 
July 24. 
Captures near Barnstaple. — Our recent 
captures have been — 
Algeria Bembeciformis, 
C. Duplaris, 
Asthena Luteata (common), 
Ligdia Adustata (common), 
Larentia Olivata, 
Melanthia Rubiginata (common), 
Melanippe Galiata (common), 
Camptogramma Fluviata, 
a magnificent $ beaten out of a stunted 
whin bush on the extremity of Baggey 
Point. 
Cidaria Picata, 
Pyrausta Cingulalis, 
common on a stone wall near Baggey 
Point. 
Stenia Punctalis, 
Spilodes Cinctalis. 
— M. A. Mathews, Raleigh, near Barn- 
staple ; July 26. 
Polyommatus Corydon. — On the 25th I 
visited Croydon in search of P. Corydon, 
of which 1 took about forty, as also H. 
Semele (thirty), and about thirty half- 
grown larv® of C. Lychnitis. I shall 
have a few duplicates of Corydon and 
