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pupa, but all died when on the point of 
coming out. The pupa is hut little 
larger than that of E. pluinbeolala, but 
totally different in colour and appear- 
ance: it has a singularly speckled and 
mottled appearance : I suspect it ought 
to produce E. Haworthiata. Next year 
I hope to he more fortunate with them. 
Eupithecia plumbeolata is easily dis- 
tinguished (as Mr. Doubleday remarks) 
by the orange base of the abdomen when 
fresh. This soon fades. Can any of the 
readers of the ‘ Intelligencer’ tell me 
upon what the larva of E. pumilaria 
feeds? I have now a considerable num- 
ber of the larvae and pupae of P. galacta- 
ilactylus. The former feed on the com- 
mon burdock ( Arctium lappa) : they are 
on the under side of the leaf, and gene- 
rally on either side of the midrib when 
not feeding. The larva is yellowish 
green, thickly studded with tufts of white 
hair. The pupa is also green, but of 
rather a brighter colour and very hairy : 
it is sprinkled more or less down the 
whole length of the back with dusky 
spots. — Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, Slow- 
market, Suffolk; May 25, 1857. 
Captures near Oxford . — I wish to re- 
cord the capture of four fine specimens of 
Lithosia Aureola within the last week, in 
Bagley Wood, a few miles from this 
city. N. Lucina has been plentiful there 
this season, and many have been taken. 
Bapta temeraria has been taken once or 
twice, and L. petraria, C. montanaria, 
6cc., in great profusion. — Murray A. 
M athews, Merton College, Oxford ; May 
29, 1857. 
Captures at Tunbridge Wells. — This 
place (Tunbridge Wells) seems as if it 
would prove very productive in insects, 
and I do not think it has been worked 
much. The other day, the 27th, A. 
Euphrosyne was flying about in swarms, 
more plentiful than the common whites, 
and settling upon every flower. I took 
twenty-one specimens, which varied some- 
what in colour and markings. Amongst 
them a few N. Lucina were flying : I 
took three specimens, and also one of N. 
Artemis ; a pair of L. Sinapis , and four 
of S. alveolus next fell to my net. A 
fine specimen of L. aureola also 
dropped from a tree when beaten. The 
other day I took three of Epione advena- 
ria. — Percy Andrews ; May 29, 1857. 
Swammenlamia apicella bred, — On 
Sunday last I bred a specimen of S. 
apicella from a larva I met with last 
August on plum. — Thomas Law, Dar- 
lington ; May 29, 1857. 
Notodonta Ziczac. — I have now dis- 
tributed about twelve hundred eggs of 
this insect among between fifty and sixty 
correspondents who replied to my com- 
munication. I commenced by sending 
them in batches of thirty ; as the flood 
came on I dropped to twenties, then to 
dozens. By allowing my moths to copu- 
late as they emerge, I have been able to 
supply every applicant, with one ex- 
ception, whose address I cannot make 
out. If any have not reached it has been 
an oversight on my part, or the fault of 
the post-office, and for these (if there be 
any) I hold a small reserve : if they will 
again apply they shall either have eggs 
or larvae. Almost every letter contained 
a request to know my “ desiderata,” or 
to have my “ marked list,” with offers of 
assistance. This was impossible : I 
merely sent a slip with each lot mention- 
ing the food-plant and probable time the 
eggs would hatch. I am desirous to 
avail myself of the assistance so kindly 
offered, and with your permission will 
name a dozen insects, any of which 
would be acceptable, especially those in 
italics : 
Orgyia gonostigma, 
„ Coryli, 
Trichiura Crataegi, 
Endrornis Versicolora, 
Petasia Cassinea, 9 , 
Notodonta dictceoules, 
Acronycta aceris, 
Teeuiocampa Opima, 
