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naked, whitish, black -headed larvae. 
These larvae soon came out of the seed- 
vessels and provided themselves with flat 
cases, and then fed eagerly on the flowers 
and leaves of the Gentian : they were 
not particular to the species, but readily 
ate G. prceumonautta and G. ciliala 
when offered to them. Early in October 
they increased the size of their cases, and 
then went into winter quarters under 
moss and dead leaves. In March they 
again began to crawl about, and gnawed 
the dry leaves and seed-vessels of the 
Gentian : they then began to widen their 
cases at one end ; and as soon as the 
Gentian put out fresh leaves they ate 
them greedily. The whole brood did 
not grow with equal rapidity ; some 
changed to pupae at the end of May, 
spinning together both ends of the case, 
and fastening it to a twig. The perfect 
insects appeared from the middle to the 
end of June. The sluggish portion of 
the larvae still continued feeding to the 
end of July, then left off eating, and at 
the end of autumn went into winter 
quarters for a second time. — H. T. 
Stainton ; April 11, 1857. 
Endromis versicolora. — I thought you 
might like to hear the result of an excur- 
sion I took down to St. Leonard’s Forest 
on the 10th. I went in hopes of seeing 
Endromis versicolora , and wa> not dis- 
appointed. I saiv several, but only suc- 
ceeded in capturing one, a male. They 
do indeed fly swiftly. Brepkos Parthe- 
nias was rather plentiful ; but they have 
a perverse habit of mounting high up 
directly you approach them : I only took 
three. — William Jeffrey, Reigale ; 
April 11, 1857. 
The Effects of Cold on Butterflies . — 
On the 10th inst. at two o’clock the ther- 
mometer was at 80°, and white butterflies 
were plentiful ; on the 11th, at the same 
hour, the thermometer was down to 50°, 
and many butterflies were picked up 
dead. — H. Cooke, 8, Pelham Terrace, 
Brighton ; April 13, 1 857. 
Plusia Orichalcea.— Last August I 
took a fine specimen of this insect near 
Plymouth. — J. C. Isaac, 10, East Street, 
Stoneliouse ; April 13, 1857. 
Captures at the Sallows.— During the 
past week I have taken Tceniocarnpa leu- 
cographa, ruhricosa and gracilis, besides 
many of the commoner species. I have 
also bred a pair, which I believe to be 
T. populeti. Though a new correspond- 
ent, I am an old entomologist, but have 
been in a state of hybernation since the 
time that Mr. Cartmel was a Carlisle 
collector. I read Mr. Armstrong’s article 
with great pleasure ; it reminded me of 
the time when (twenty years ago) I used 
to visit the picturesque places he men- 
tions. It was then that I took Erehia 
Cassiope by the side of the Styhead 
Tarn, Borrowdaile, Cumberland. — Thos. 
Hodgiiinson, 44, Berry Street, Preston ; 
April 11, 1857. 
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA. 
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I now proceed to give a further list of 
unknown larvae : — 
Aplota palpella, 
Sophronia parenthesella, 
Pleurota bicostella, 
Harpella Geoffrella, 
Dasycera Oliviella, 
GEcophora tripuncta, 
„ Woodiella, 
„ grandis, 
„ formosella, 
„ lunaris, 
„ Lambdella, 
„ subaquilea, 
„ Panzerella, 
„ tinctella, 
„ fuscesceus, 
CEgoconia quadripuncta, 
Butalis fuscoaenea, 
„ senescens, 
„ fuscocuprea, 
„ Cicadella, 
