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which now inhabits under the hark of 
birch stumps in Darenth Wood and else- 
where. Under the bark of decayed elms 
Hypnpliloeus hicolor now revels in the 
tracks of the Scolyti, accompanied by 
Homalola plana, H. cuspidala and Prog- 
nalha quadricomis. Under the bark of 
felled ash trees the pupae of Hylesinus 
varius are plentiful, but they had better 
remain for another month. Under the 
bark of willows you may discover Phlceo- 
pora reptans, and when you are at these 
trees do not forget to examine carefully 
in a sheet of paper the frass exuding from 
the burrows of Cossus ligniperda, for thus 
I lately found the rare Eui~yusa lalicollis, 
LcEViophlceus ater was once found at 
Coombe Wood, under the bark of 
broom ; it may occur elsewhere where 
the broom grows large. Ltemophlceus 
Clematidis occurs under the bark of 
Clematis vitalba, and so also does Bostri- 
chus bispimis. Lastly, do not omit to 
take home soirie of the dead ivy stems 
you occasionally see ; they will probably 
produce Ochina Ilederce. There are 
many other Coleoptera now to be found 
under bark ; I have merely noted down 
a few of the species that occur to me, in 
order to put the young collectors on the 
alert. — J. W. Douglas, Lee i March 15. 
A CALENDAR OF LEPIDOPTERA. 
FINDAliLE IN APRIL. 
Larwe.— U, 40, 66, 58, 60, 92, 97, 
101, 103, 104, 105, 109, 167, 168, 177, 
211, 212, 231, 237, 248, 256,261,262, 
269, 271, 272, 273, 285, 289,297,300, 
.302, 30.3, 310, 312, 314 , 324 , 325,328, 
329, 333, 336, .337, 3.38, 340,367,371, 
40.5, 408, 41.3, 416, 417, 479, 481, 487. 
Jmagos.— \2S, 131 , 188, 212, 44 1, 470, 
471, 483. 
Almost all the larva: and imagos which 
are to be looked for in one month will 
continue to be found during the following. 
Lanestris is still continuing to appear in 
my breeding-cage. 
When, in the ‘ Manual,’ two or three 
months are mentioned I have chosen the 
second ; when more than three I have 
taken the first and last. 
I have usually found the larvae of 
T. Crateegi in May, when they were 
nearly full-grown, but some are now just 
hatched; they are very difficult to find 
while small, as they sit immediately 
under the little buds of the hawthorn. 
They vary exceedingly ; I never saw one 
that answered to the description given in 
the ‘Manual’ (though E. Lanestris is 
most accurately described). I very 
minutely sketched six varieties, tliinking 
I had something new, but they all turned 
out alike. — Edwin Teable, Gainsboro’; 
March 14. 
SCIENCE IN THE RURAL DISTRICTS. 
Scene. — A Game Plant.vtion. 
Countn/man. Fine day, sir. Have you 
lost something ? 
Entomologist. No ; I am looking for 
larvte. 
C. Indeed, sir ; I never heard as there 
was any in this plantation : there’s wood- 
cocks sometimes. 
E. Ah ! but I mean caterpillars. 
C. Oh! I ax yer pardon. There’s a 
many of them in my garden last sum- 
mer ; I killed above a dozen great ’tins 
I found on the ’tutors. 
E. Killed them did you! 
C. Yes, sir. If I hadn’t ha’ killed 
’em they ’d ha’ all come into vtaggon 
gullets ! 
E. Into what, my friend ? 
C. Maggon gullets, sir; great ugly 
varmint as big as “ hat bats,” and they d 
sure to make my sow kill some of her 
pigs! — E. T. 
