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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
for the last twelve years, that he has only 
seen one specimen of C. Eilusa during 
that period. Having seen one or two on 
the wing this year, I tried a clover field 
on the 9th of August and captured six. 
By ihe 12th I had caught twenty-five, all 
males. The only female taken, one of 
my children had the good fortune to 
pounce upon, in a rough grass field full 
of hillocks, and it proved to be the pale 
variety mentioned in your ‘ Manual.’ 
The locality is the junction of the coun- 
ties of Huntingdon and Northampton. 
— W. Whall, Thurning, near Oundle ; 
August 16. 
The Pale Variety of Colias Edusa . — 
Happening to come upon a clover field 
near the Foreland Farm, Bembridge, 
Isle ol Wight, where C. Edusa was very 
numerous, I could not resist the temp- 
tation of capturing a few, as they were 
just coming out, and I could see them on 
the clover stalks, drying their wings be- 
fore taking their first flight. Whilst so 
engaged I caught sight of what I thought 
must be C. Hyale, but on making a closer 
acquaintance with it I was surprised 
and delighted by its turning out to be 
the pale variety of C. Edusa. C. Cardni 
was abundant in the same field. — J. S. 
We slky, The Close, Winchester. 
Acronycta Alni. — I took yesterday a 
fine larva of this insect, feeding on the 
wood-nut, of which it eats very freely. 
— W. Simmons, Wentworth Woodhouse, 
llotherham; August 27 . 
Acronycta Alni. — I had the good for- 
tune, yesterday morning, to meet with a 
fine full-fed larva of A. Alni. It has 
gone down this afternoon. Do they ge- 
nerally go down ? as I understand from 
my friend Mr. Anderson that the one he 
bred changed on the top of the earth. 
I also send you a list of my principal 
captures these last few weeks : — 
II . Semele, A. Paphia, 
V. Polychloros, Adippe, 
C. Cardui, L. Helveola, 
G. C-album, N. Fulvu, 
T. Quercus, T. Pastinum, 
A. Aglaia, E. Vespertaria, 
and many common species. I have also 
taken the following at sugar : — 
P. Nietitans, C. Cytherea, 
T. Fimbria, See. 
— Wm. Prest, 7, College Street, York ; 
August 14. 
Psyche fusca. — I have bred three spe- 
cimens of this insect from pupae this 
season, all males. I have seen four larvte 
of A. Atropos, ail taken near Darlington : 
two of them ate in my possession. — 
Jonathan Orde, 6, East Street, Dar- 
lington; August 26. 
Sinapis or Hyale wanted. — I should 
feel deeply indebted to any collector who 
has a specimen of L. Sinapis or C. liyale 
to spare, and should be happy to pay the 
expense of postage. — Charles S. Bew- 
sher, 68, Morninglon Road, Regent’s 
Park, N. W. 
Larvae in Typha stems. — I have bred, 
during the last two or three days, Non- 
agria Typhce and Canute from the mined 
stems of Typha latifolia, taken near 
Ranworth. The larvae of Canute undergo 
their transformations head upwards in 
the mine of the reed, and those of Typluc 
are invariably with the head of the chry- 
salis downwards : each larva has a care- 
fully eaten passage to admit of the imago 
escaping, and generally the external thin 
membrane was left as a cover to the hole, 
and not quite eaten through. — A. F. 
Sealy, 70, Trumpington Street, Cam- 
bridge ; August 14. 
Acherontia Atropos. — I had a fine 
larva of this insect brought me this 
morning: it is the sevenlh I have heard 
of occurring in this neighbourhood this 
year ; three of those I have seen, and 
one has already appeared in print, in a 
somewhat ludicrous manner, in one of 
our local papers, as follows: — ■“ Natural 
Curiosity. — A reptile of a very extra- 
ordinary character was discovered on 
Saturday last, by Mr. Chapman, of the 
Eston Grange, amongst his potatoes. It 
