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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
The Entomologist’s Weekly Intel- 
ligencer may be obtained 
Wholesale of E. Newman, 9, Devon- 
shire Street, Bisliopsgate, and of 
W. Kent & Co., 51 & 52, Paternoster 
Row. 
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. 
Mr. Stainton will be at Leeds during 
the Meeting of the British Association 
there. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepidoptera. 
A new Peronea . — I am now taking 
the second brood of a pretty, variable, 
yet distinct, little Peronea ( Peronea Po- 
tenlillana, Cooke) ; they feed exclusively 
upon the leaves of the strawberry, prefer- 
ring the white-fruited varieties. On the 
8th of September they were in profusion 
flying over the strawberry-beds ; I ran 
for my net, leaving Mr. Almond trying 
to box a few ; on my return the pic-nic 
was over, and I only secured a few 
“ choice spirits ” who did not intend to 
go home till “ daylight did appear.” 
On the 9th inst., cold and windy, saw 
two, took one bad, so left it to breed 
from; 10th, five seen, three bad; lltli, 
close evening, myself closely engaged 
looking after my little favourites, every- 
body else spying for the comet, which 
every body said was about 10 degrees 
high in the north-west corner of the sky, 
but which I did not sec, for just then up 
got my “ flee,” and I secured about a 
dozen good ones, when the revels were 
over, and not another could be seen, 
where one minute before hundreds were 
on the wing ! Those of my friends to 
whom 1 have not yet sent or promised it 
had better write me. — C. S. Gregson, 
Fletcher Grove, Stanley , Liverpool; 
Sept. 12. 
Captures at Portland. — Between the 
29th of August and 9th of September I 
captured at Portland 48 ILeliophobus 
hispida, besides Aspilates citraria and 
other species. On the lltli I took at 
Torquay P. Gemmaria and what appears 
to me to be a new Eupithecia. — George 
King, 85, Lower Union Street, Torquay ; 
September 13. 
Acheronlia Atropos. — A most lovely 
female specimen of this species, mea- 
suring nearly six inches from tip to tip, 
came alive into my possession last 
evening: it was taken in the South 
Western Railway Station. — Richard 
Tyrer, jun., Clewer House, Windsor ; 
September 14. 
Foreign Insects. — I can procure speci- 
mens of all the insects named in the 
following list, and shall be glad to send 
specimens to any one who may want 
them : — 
P. Machaon, 
P. Crattegi, 
L. Sinapis, 
C. Hyale, 
T. Betulie, 
L. Sibylla, 
A. Lathonia, 
V. Antiopa, 
Polychloros, 
G. C-album, 
A. Apiformis, 
M. Stcllatarum, 
C. Porcellus, 
Elpcnor, 
S. Pinastri, 
Ligustri, 
S. Populi, 
D. Pulchelln, 
L. Asellus, 
Testudo, 
P. Palpina, 
N. Camelina, 
Dictaea, 
Trepida, 
Ziczac, 
C. Ocularis, 
P. Lcucophoca, 
C. Erylhroeephala, 
D. Capsincola, 
C. Verbasci, 
Astcris, 
C. Linaria', 
H. Marginata, 
B. Bankiana, 
II. Uncaiia, 
B. Nolha, 
