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THE ENTOMOLOGISTS WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Thecla W-album . — Either the printer 
or myself has made a great mistake in 
my communication of last week, by in- 
serting Adonis instead of Alexis. The 
consequence is that I have received the 
latter insect, which, of course, is common 
enough here, as everywhere else. I am 
sorry to say that most of the insects 
which have been sent me by my very 
numerous correspondents are so had that 
I cannot put them in my collection, and 
1 must return them. I distinctly said 
“ good specimens.” Some of my deside- 
rata are no doubt common, hut local; 
1 hoped to have a good series sent by 
those who can take them, which I 
cannot do; but I have better specimens 
than some which I have received. My 
T. W-album are very good ; they have 
given me a great deal of trouble to obtain 
and to set, and I do think that, as my 
collection is in its infancy, I should have 
an adequate exchange for a very good 
insect. I may say that I can send 
L. Sibilla , l hope, to those who have 
asked me for it in a day or so : I took 
five this morning, — the first I have seen. 
— Rev. Herbert Bree, Woolverstone, 
Ipswich; July 13. 
Coleophora chalcogrammella. — This 
very pretty and distinct species has been 
bred by Mr. T. Wilkinson and Mr. R. 
Cook, from larva; found near Scar- 
borough, on Cerastium trimale. It is 
quite new to our British lists, and was a 
great rarity throughout Europe. — H. T. 
Staunton ; July 15. 
Elachista Trapeziella . — You will he 
glad to hear that I have bred this little 
rarity. The larva lives on Luzula pilosa , 
at the same time that the larva of 
E. (juadrclla is feeding on the same 
plant, but it forms a flat and much 
shorter mine at the lip of the leaf. The 
larva being spotted with red reminds one 
very much of the larva of E. cinereo- 
punctella. On the 20ih of June I found 
a few mines in a shady little copse. The 
pupa 1ms some resemblance to that of 
E. tetrayonella, but is larger: it is at- 
tached to the lower part of the stem of 
the Luzula. Seek for it in England, no 
doubt you will find it! — Professor 
Frey, Zurich; July 11. 
Coleophora virgutella. — The larva of 
this insect feeds on the flowers and 
leaves of Salvia pratensis. The case is 
very peculiar, flounced, and yet almost 
flat. — H. T. Sr union; July 14. 
Nepticula Poterii. — Out of the ten 
larvae sent me I have now six specimens 
of the perfect insect on my setting-board. 
— Anton Schmid, Frankfort-on -the- 
Maine ; July 5. 
C’OLEOPTERA. 
Aromia moschata. — This species is very 
common on the willow-trees in Tottenham 
Marshes. I shall be happy to supply 
any entomologist who may want it, if he 
will send a box and pay postage. — 
Sidney Cooper, Stone Bridge , Totten- 
ham, near London ; J uly 13. 
Slenolophus elegans : a History. — On 
the 28th of June — a baking hot day — 
1 went on an exploring expedition to 
Sheerness, and on my way fell in with 
Dr. Power, and, like verbs substantive, 
active and passive, we signified that, on 
this occasion, we would be, do and suffer 
together. Soon we came to the ditch, 
where, when it was dry, the Rev. Hamlet 
Clark first found Slenolophus elegans, a 
species that has since remained one of 
the rarest Geodephaga, — one of the few 
British species not known on the Conti- 
nent. Now the ditch was full of water, 
but at the end was some debris, and 
under the first piece l moved lay a 
S. elegans, glittering in the sunshine, 
but, in an instant, it was into a hole 
between two fixed stones, and of course 
I saw it no more. I carefully examined 
the rest of the Tcfuse covering a yard or 
two of ground, but no other beauty 
again showed itself; so I gloomily 
gathered up my sweeping-net, and went 
on after Power, who was hastening for- 
