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shades, and appearing more 
rounded and distinct than in Ihc- 
Icroides. Tlie yellow stripe at the 
side of Diclao'ules is not a con- 
stant character. I have taken 
specimens this year in which it 
was entirely wanting, and some 
in which it was interrupted. Has 
auv one met with such? — T. 
Chapman, Jiothicell Street, Glas- 
gow ; October 11, 1856. 
Larva of Apatela Leporina. — I 
liave a caterpillar of Apatela Le- 
porina covered with bright yellow' 
hairs; a Yellow Miller. As most 
authors ;;ay the Miller should 
have a white coat, how has my 
specimen got a yellow one? — 
Imn. 
[The colour varies in different 
specimens.] 
Food of the IJthosue larva ;. — 
Respecting the food of these larva;, 
I may state that last spring I 
reared a good many specimens of 
L. rubricollis from larvae found 
earlv in the previous autumn. I 
fed these larvie with moss off the 
trees, not lichens, and 1 saw them 
eat it. However, I dare say they 
might have preferred lichens, for 
they did not all feed up. As there 
is an idea that the larvae hyher- 
nate, it is worthy of remark that 
all my larva; tliat turned to pup® 
did soil! the autumn. Last spring 
I had a larva of what I believe 
was L. aureola, which fed for some 
weeks on sallow, hut it subse- 
quently died from being bottled 
up too' tightly. — Rev. Wit.liam 
Henry Hawkeu, Jlorndean, 
Hants; Sepinnber 20, 1856. 
Food of the Lithosiec larva;. — I 
think yon are ]>erfectly right in 
feeling sceptical as to the circum- 
stance mentioned by me of the 
larva of L. Griseola feeding upon 
plantain. I am well awaVe that 
the Lithosia; feed upon lichens, 
and you are therefore quite justi- 
fied in asking confirmation of such 
an aberration from their usual 
habits. You may, however, rely 
upon the fact being as I have 
stated it. When I found the 
larva; at Halton I was a compa- 
ratively inexperienced collector. 
'J'hey were crawling on the ground, 
near the roots of a poplar. Not 
knowing what they were, and 
ignorant of their food, 1 put them 
into a box by themselves ; and 
imagining, from the circumstance 
of their being on the ground, that 
they fed on low-growing plants, I 
gave them plantain, which they 
readily ate. There was no other 
larva in the box. — Rev. .1. 
Gueene, Plat/ ford, Ipswich ; Sep- 
tember 22, 1856. 
Notice ! Stray Boxes. — Eight 
or nine boxes of mine being in the 
hands of ns many entomologists 
in various parts of the country, 
this is to give notice that the un- 
dersigned will feel much obliged 
by their being returned when quite 
convenient to the present pos- 
sessors. —Ibid. 
Ilvnt for the Eggs. — Your kind 
insertion of my stray observations 
in the ‘Intelligencer’ induces me 
to express a hope that you will 
exhort yotir friends, during your 
hybernation, to turn egg-bunters. 
This is my plan for Phmigeia 
and several other species. It bents 
pupa-hunting out of the field for 
a winter morning’s walk. It re- 
quires no stooping and no tools, 
except a penknife to cut off por- 
tions of bark containing eggs. 
I'he sight of a spniy of maple, 
with a (l()zen eggs of Plumigvra 
sprinkled up and down it, is 
