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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
empty intestinal canal contained no foul 
matter. By close attention it is not dif- 
ficult to obtain such specimens of the 
abundant species, and they are far finer 
than any prepared specimens. — Du. 
H agen , Mountsjield , Lewisham ; June 4 , 
1857. 
Lepidoftera. 
Larva of Lasiocampa Trifolii and 
Clisiocampa Neuslria.—l can supply any 
one with these larvae. Those who require 
them will please send me boxes, enclosing 
stamps for their return. — J. C. Isaac, 
10, East Street, Slonehouse, Plymouth ; 
June 4, 1857. 
Captures near Dorking . — I have been 
in this locality exactly a week, having 
come down on Wednesday last, and 
thinking that it might be somewhat 
interesting to some of your younger 
readers to know what they may now ex- 
pect to find in this vicinity, have drawn 
up a brief diary, showing what 1 have 
done each day. 
May 27. Went to a small wood in the 
close vicinity of Dorking, where I took 
Argynnis Euphrusyne, Euclidia AH and 
Venilia macularia in plenty, also Lozo- 
gramina petraria very abundantly, and 
two or three unkuown species of Geo- 
metrce. 
May 28. Went to Box Hill, where I 
found Thanaus 'Pages swarming in hun- 
dreds, with a good sprinkling of Thymele 
Alveolus. I again took Euphrosyne and 
also Polyommatus Agestis and Gnophria 
rubricollis, with a few unknown species. 
May 29. Went to the same wood as on 
the 27th. Took Fidonia Piniaria, which 
was flying in abundance round the pines, 
but was difficult to catch, from its high 
and dodging flight, and several Geometrce 
new to me. 
May 30. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
through “ Denbies” (a large estate about 
half a mile from Dorking) to Kanmore 
Common. On a steep, chalky hill-side 
at “ Denbies” I took T. Alveolus, T. 
Tages, Pamphila Sylvanus (in spite of 
the “ very sceptical” and “ utter infidel” 
state of mind of “ Limacodes Testudo ” 
as to Sylvunus’s appearance before June 
25th, I feel convinced, from the fine ap- 
pearance of the species as late as August, 
that there are two broods of this Skipper), 
Euclidia glyphica, Strenia clathrana and 
Phibalapteryx Vitalbaria. I observed 
the earth in places where the turf had 
been removed to be thickly strewn with 
hundreds of empty pupa-skins, strongly 
resembling (except for their smaller size) 
those of Z. /Esculi. I suspected them 
to be a Hepialus, nor was 1 mistaken, 
for on visiting the hill at dusk I found 
H. lupulinus, in innumerable quantities, 
threading the grass in every possible 
direction. On Ran more Common I 
took most of the species already men- 
tioned. 
May 31. Walked up to the little wood 
I visited on my first arrival. The only 
fresh capture was Argynnis Selene. 
June 1. Again visited the same wood. 
Here I took the first and only specimen 
I have seen of Thecla Rubi, and a few 
more of Fidonia Piniaria : all the latter 
specimens were males In the afternoon 
to “ Denbies:” here I found Polyommatus 
Adonis, Callimorpha Jacobcece (one spe- 
cimen), Euclidia glyphica, Phytometra 
cenea and several Geometrce and Pyralidce 
new to me. 
June 2. Went to Headley Lane in 
search of the “ Hilly Field.” Passed the 
“farm” and “lime-kiln” mentioned by 
Mr. Shield, who writes, “just beyond this, 
on the slope, we shall see a path amongst 
the trees ; this will bring us to the sanctum 
sanctorum,” &c. ; but he does not mention 
whether the path goes to the right or to 
the left, and it so happens that there is 
one path to the right and another in the 
opposite direction, exactly in a line with 
each other, so that I was puzzled which 
to choose. I eventually took the left , — 
was I right ? This took me up a steep, 
chalky foot-way through a plantation, 
