THE SUBSTITUTE. 
5 
cates 6f Detulce are disposed of. 
It was a Initterfiy that jnost 
of iny collecting acquaintances 
wanted. I have had so inanj' 
applications that I hope my cor- 
respondents will excuse me not 
answering eacli separately. — Wm. 
Henuy Dkapeu, Chichester. 
CAPTUEES. 
Carabus intricatus. — I found a 
specimen of this rare beetle on the 
9th of the present mouth among 
grass on the edge of a pathway in 
one of our Devon.shire Woods: it 
had either been trodden upon or 
wounded by a bird, as one of the 
segments of the al)domen was 
broken, but otherwise it is a per- 
fect specimen. — J. J. IlEAnixc, 
42, Gibbons Street, Plj/mouth ; 
September 22, l8.o6. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A rubbed 
female was taken in a house in 
the middle of Plymouth on the 
12th September. — Ibid. 
Acherontia Atropos. — I took a 
fine male specimen of this insect 
on the 19th inst., whilst beating 
elder-bushes for caterj)illars, on a 
garden-hedge in Silverwell Lane. 
— P'iNLEY Fr.aser, Bolton-le- 
Moors ; September 23, 18.^6. 
Larva of Acherontia Atropos . — 
I had a larva of Acherontia Atro- 
pos brought to me two or three 
days ago by a gentleman who 
caught it at St. Lawrence. It is 
about to change. — K. P'. Turn- 
bull, 4, Chatham Place, Rams- 
(jate ; September 22, 1 856. 
Plutella annulatella. — I took 
one specimen of this species whilst 
out “ pros))ecting,” near Conway, 
with Mr. Langcake. It was sit- 
ting on the bare rock which faces 
the sea on Bangor New Load, 
about two miles from Conway, 
September 4th. Collectois in the 
neighbourhood should Ifok for it 
a month earlier. — C. S. Gkecson, 
Stanley, near Liverpool, Septem- 
ber 2\,IH53. 
Phlogophora Empyrea. — This 
species has again ap])eared in this 
neighbourhood, ami has been very 
closely sought after. I am happy 
to say that my friends Messrs, pi. 
and G. Egles, of .32, Paik Cre.s- 
cent (who discovered the species 
last season), have taken five speci- 
men.s, and I have been still more 
fortunate, having succeeded in 
taking fifteen. These, together 
with one which has been taken by 
Mr. Thomcroft, of North Lane, 
are all the British specimens that 
have come under my notice, but I 
am told there are plenty of foreign 
ones in the town. —Hi Cooke, 8, 
Pelham Terrace, Brighton; Octo- 
ber 14, 1856. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Larva of Leiocampa Dirtwa . — 
I one day_ took fifty brown and 
green larvae from the birch, fed 
them on birch exclusively, and 
reared six perfect moths fi ()m that 
number, all L. Dictcea. 'I'he in- 
formation may appear trilling; 
but if trifles be not observed we 
cannot acquire a knowledge of the 
habits and manners of hirvfe. — 
IliCiiARD Caiitmel, 13, Williams 
Grove, High Park, Wahvorth ; 
September 23, 1 856. 
Lanxe of Leiocampa DicUea and 
Dictccoides. — The only hirviu of 
Dictcea that I have taken in this 
neighbourhood were olive-brown 
or drab, each segment of various 
II 3 
