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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
they fed on it well. I have them now 
about three quarters of an inch in length, 
and they are exactly of the description 
given by Duponchel. If any of the 
readers of the ‘ Intelligencer’ have had 
experience in feeding this larva?, and as 
a change of food may be desirable, I 
should be obliged by their kindness in 
communicating with me. — G. T. Fry, 
29, York Street , Plymouth ; Aug. 30. 
Colias Edusa in Norfolk. — On the 9th 
of June I had the pleasure of capturing 
a female specimen of this insect in a hay 
field ; from its faded condition, I think it 
must have hvbernated. On the following 
day I saw another, and had a long chase 
after it, but did not succeed in taking it. 
I saw no more till the 28th of July, when 
1 had two fine specimens, and since then, 
with the help of a friend, I have captured 
forty-eight specimens, and seen nearly 
as many more. I was surprised at the 
scarcity of females, as out of the forty- 
eight only seven were females. Where 
they are most abundant is at Stratton, 
about nine miles from here. The larva 
of A. Atropos is rather abundant here 
this year, as also is C. Cardui, which I 
have never noticed before near here. — 
W. H. Bariox, Rev. IV. Metcalfe's, 
Brockdish, Scole. 
Duplicate Butterflies. — Having dupli- 
cates of Colias Edusa and Polyommatus 
Adonis, I shall be glad to exchange them 
for any local species. — A. C. Bryant, 
Weston-super-Mare ; Sept. 4. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A boy brought 
me a fine specimen of this insect on 
Monday last, but I am sorry to say he 
had it alive three days, therefore some of 
its beauty was fled. — R. Edon, The Fox, 
Back Road, Kingsland ; Aug. 31. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — This appears to 
be the year for N. Convolvuli; three 
specimens have occurred near here, all 
of which were captured by cottagers, and 
of course two out of the three were fit 
only for the fire: I have tried Petunia 
beds for them in vain ; on Friday I saw 
a dark shadow flit over the white blos- 
soms, but on capture it proved to be 
only Pronuba; however, I will have one 
of my own capture, if it is to be got 
Aclierontia Atropos, too, appears to be 
tolerably common ; I know of the capture 
of some forty larvae and pupa? round here 
and Gloucester. — S. Bingham, Newn- 
ham ; August 30. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A specimen of 
this insect was brought to me a few days 
since. I suppose it must be called a 
Lepidopterous insect, though the scale- 
less condition of its wings would not 
tend to confirm such a supposition. — 
M. 8. Blake r, Lewes ; Sept. 4. 
Iiepialus Sylvinus. — On receipt of a 
box with return postage I shall be happy 
to send this insect to any entomologist 
in want of it. — Rev. P. H. Newnham, 
Guildford; August '.10. 
Acronycta Alni. — Yesterday I found 
the singular larva of this insect on an 
oak-leaf: it appears healthy. I have 
found several cocoons of Cerura Bicuspis 
on the trunks of the alders here: yester- 
day I found one with a small hole in the 
upper part; on cutting the wood away I 
found there was half a pupa remaining, 
the upper half having apparently been 
eaten by the bird, which, I suppose, 
pierced the hole. — W. Jeffrey, Church 
Street, Guisboro' ; August 30. 
Larva of Cumptogramma Gemmaria . — 
A lovely female of this species laid me 
some eggs on the 24th of July; they 
were oblong, flattish and yellow, but 
changed to a dusky brown colour on the 
1st of August: the following day the 
larvae hatched ; at first they were very 
dingy, but on the 8th of August be- 
came dusky sap-green, and on the 16th 
assumed their characteristic markings. 
There were evidently two distinct va- 
rieties, one of which had the ground- 
colour of a greenish grey, tinged with 
red between the segments ; the spiracular 
line blackish and irregularly interrupted ; 
the back (except the last two segments) 
