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an hour, during which time I captured 
eight, one or two being rather worn. I 
went again on the 1 5th, but they did not 
appear.— I d. 
Tceniocampa leucographa. — On the 
evening of the ISth inst. I shook two 
specimens from a sallow bush here ; thus 
adding another locality for this species. 
—Mu it ray A. Mathews, Raleigh, near 
Barnstaple ; April 20, 1857. 
Nemotois violellus . — Gentiana Ascle- 
piadis and G. ciliata are neither of them 
natives of our island, but G. Pneumonan- 
tlie is ; and this is evidently the species 
intended by the G. preeumonauita of the 
‘ Intelligencer,’ p.21. G. Pneumonanthe , 
the Calathian Violet of our old writers, 
and the Marsh Felwort of some authors, 
is by no means a common plant in Eng- 
land ; yet it occurs in some plenty on 
moist heathy spots, especially in the 
north. I have gathered it near South- 
port, in Lancashire, and possess speci- 
mens from Cheshire and Yorkshire. Is 
there not a chance, then, that a little 
careful watching on the part of some of 
our zealous northern entomologists, 
might result in the discovery of the larva 
of Nemotois violellus, snugly feeding “ in 
the unripe seed-vessels” of G. Pneumo- 
nanthe, in September, 1857 ? — Rev. 
Hugh A. Stowell, Faversham; April 
20, 1857. 
Fumea radiella. — Seeing only two 
localities mentioned in the ‘ Manual’ for 
Fumea radiella, I think it may be useful 
to those London collectors who may be 
in want of this species to know that it is 
(or was last season) very common on 
Hampstead Heath in the month of June. 
On the 26th of that month, last year, I 
saw numbers of them flying on different 
parts of the heath, at a short distance 
from the ground. — Roland Trimen, 71, 
Guildford Street, Russell Square ; April 
21, 1857. 
Saturnia Pavonia-minor. — A very fine 
female came out of pupa on Friday, the 
17th inst. On Saturday, the 18th, I took 
her to the heath field at West Wickham, 
and captured ten fine males, which came 
flying to her in the afternoon. To-day I 
took my Empress there again, but she 
appeared to have almost entirely lost her 
power, for although a few males came 
flying round, they were very wild and 
flew rapidly away the moment I ap- 
proached, so that I could not get one. — 
Charles G. Bakrett, 37, Park Street, 
Mile End ; April 20, 1857. 
Ants, versus Ichneumon and another . — 
I noticed on a bare bank a fly, apparently 
an ichneumon, dragging along a dead 
spider much bigger than itself, yet it 
pulled it along with great ease, till one 
of the large red wood-ants managed to 
get hold of one leg of the spider: this 
seemed to put the fly in a great flurry, 
and he went along faster than ever, 
dragging spider and ant together; then 
the ant began to catch at any thing he 
could get hold of, and so retarded the 
progress of the fly, till several more ants, 
which were following at full speed, came 
up and took possession ; then a rough- 
and-tumble affair ensued, but the fly was 
obliged to give up, indeed, he seemed 
half afraid of being seized himself. The 
ants, having secured their prey, began to 
drag it away, and I was astonished to 
see how they carried it over projections 
and up the perpendicular side of the 
bank ; generally three or four could 
manage it, but in very difficult places 
another or two would join them: having 
got it up the bank, and after a great deal 
of jostling and pulling, first one way and 
then another, they got it to one of the 
entrances of the nest, and there they were 
in a quandary, for the spider was much 
larger than the hole they wished to take 
it in at, and they did not seem to under- 
stand that, so kept trying to force it 
through the narrow entrance, till I was 
tired of watching, and went to catch the 
ichneumon, or one like it, which was then 
on a neighbouring bank: when I returned 
I found that the ants had broken open a 
