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tlie pupa from this description, but some 
of our readers are probably more skilled 
and can assist T. G. to the name of his 
pupa. 
W. S. P. — Stephens’ ‘Manual of 
British Beetles,’ published by Longmans, 
price (we believe) 8s. 6d. 
OMtssions in the List of Entomologists in 
the ‘ Annual' for 1859. 
Browne, W. A. F., M.D., Commissioner 
in Lunacy, Scotland, Nith House, 
Dumfries. Coleoptera, ^-c. 
Browne, James Crichton, 3, St. John’s 
Hill, Edinburgh. Lepidoptera. 
Browne, John Balfour, Nith House, 
Dumfries. 
Browjie, H. Vincent de Paul, Nith 
House, Dumfries. 
VALERIA OLEAGINA. 
OoR wood-cut this week represents V. 
Oleagina, an insect which appeare in 
the perfect state in March and April, 
but is so rare in this country that there 
is no record of its capture since 1800. 
The larva feeds on sloe, consequently 
there is no especial reason why the insect 
should be restricted in its localities : it is 
common in Austria. After the heat of 
last summer we must still be on the qui 
vive for South-European species. Ole- 
agina should be sought for on trunks of 
trees and on gas-lamps. 
CAPTURES. 
The First of the Season. — Passing 
through Temple Court, at noon on the 
4th inst., a very large Tinea alighted on 
my top coat, and ran always where 
I should have been unbuttoning it to 
get at a pill-box in my pocket, — skip- 
ping and running over the buttons until 
I got fairly puzzled how to secure it. 
At last, having got at a pill-box by raising 
my coat, I secured it: it proved to be a 
specimen of Tinea pallescentella. — C. S. 
Gbkgson, Fletcher Grove, Stanley, near 
Liverpool ; Jan. 8. 
Beginning Early. — I have this day 
bred a specimen of Gelechia costella in a 
room in which there never has been a 
fire. Is it not a most unusual time of 
year? The larva was taken last Sep- 
tember. — Robert M‘Lachlan, Forest 
Hill; Jan. 15. 
List of Captures in the Neighbourhood 
of Exeter [or rather in the lower part of 
the Valley of the Exe) during 1857 and 
1858. — In drawing up my list I have 
been guided by the information already 
furnished in the ‘ Manual,’ and have 
avoided repeating what is already there ; 
for the most part, therefore, the insects 
which I mention have either been inad- 
vertently omitted from the Lists of your 
other correspondents here, or have not 
been taken in this locality before (though 
these bear a very small proportion to the 
whole), or again, have not appeared to 
me to bear out fully what is said of them 
in the ‘ Manual.’ Where the method of 
capture is not mentioned, understand 
“Mothing;” “L.” means taken in the 
larva state; “P.,” pupa. The nomen- 
clature is that of the ‘ Manual.’ 
I have very little to say about the 
Rhopalocera, save that Arge Galathea, 
Vanessa Polychloros, Argynnis Adippe 
and Aglaia may all be taken in this 
neighbourhood. 
M. Artemis. L. found upon and fed 
up on woodbine. 
P. Statices. 
S. Convolvuli (1 $ and 6 J). In my 
own garden. 
C. Bifida. P., but most of them ich- 
neurooned; I found a small pin-hole 
drilled near the top of the cocoon, and 
