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THE SUBSTITUTE. 
CAPTURES. 
Ceramhyx Heros P at Chatham. 
— About Ibe end of J uly or begin- 
ning of August was given to me 
alive a large black male Ceram- 
byx {C. Heros ?), which had been 
captured in this dockyard. The 
body of this beetle is nearly 2 
inches long, and each of its an- 
tennae is 3^ inches long. This is 
the fifth specimen of this beetle I 
have seen; three of them being in 
my collection, a male and female 
liaving been captured in 1853; 
one, a male, in the collection of a 
friend ; and one which I saw in 
the hands of a fellow-apprentice 
about twelve years ago, the whole 
of which were captured in this 
dockyard. Can any of your read- 
ers inform me whether the capture 
of this beetle has been recorded 
before in England, and if so, 
where ; also of what country it is 
a native? — W. Chaney, 20, Upper 
Britton Street, New Brampton, 
near Chatham, Kent ; November 
9 , 1856. 
Heliophobus hispida. — I beg to 
inform you that I have a speci- 
men of Heliophobus hispida cap- 
tured on the 0th of September last 
by my little sister. I placed it in 
my collection as //. Popularis un- 
til I saw the description in the 
‘ Manual.’— Charles Rogers, 1 1, 
St. Andreivs Street, Plymouth; 
November 14, 1856. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Hybernating Larvm and Pupw. 
— In pages 41 and 42 of ‘The 
Substitute’ a question is asked 
upon the above subject. I simply 
say that the three species of Lasio- 
campa there mentioned are all 
common here; and according to 
my observations liubi and Quer~ 
(nis live through the winter in the 
larva state, Ruhi being full grown 
before it hybernates for the winter. 
Quercus cannot be said to hyber- 
nate, as I find it throughout the 
winter on sunny days feeding, but, 
unlike Rubi, they are still small, 
and do not increase much in size 
until the spring is far advanced. I 
certainly never saw or had a larva 
of L. Quercus that made its co- 
coon in the autumn as your cor- 
respondent states. Trifolii, in 
economy, is distinct from the two 
others of the genus in this parti- 
cular, viz., the eggs of this species 
do not hatch until March, so 
that it is in the egg state six 
months; thus in Alnrch the larva 
leaves the egg, and the imago ap- 
pears at the latter end of August ; 
so that the whole of the metamor- 
phoses is completed in six months. 
The information where to find 
them is as follows: — Rubi larvae 
may be found on heaths and com- 
mons, and particularly downs, 
throughout the winter, hybernated 
under the earth about furze 
bushes. Quercus I find on warm 
days in spring and winter in 
hedges. Trifolii being in the 
egg state throughout the winter, 
and, moreover, very local, no be- 
nefit can arise to any one to know 
what situations they are in, as 
practically it w'ould not answer to 
hunt after eggs that are deposited 
singly and without any adhesive 
matter among grass on dills and 
slopes; but if any one would like 
to see the eggs of this species I 
have now a good number, aud 
