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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
The larvae of many Tipulce, more 
especially the very minute sorts are 
found in standing water, hut the lar- 
ger generally feed on the roots of 
grass and may be found by turning 
up the light surface of the Earth. 
The Tipula Bivosa is taken in May 
and dime, the Tipula crocata in June 
and July. The latter is observed in 
the Mower garden or orchard. 
Tipula Plumosa. 
Sea Tipula. 
Generic Character. 
Head long. Palpi four, carved. 
Specific Character. 
Brown. Thorax greenish. Eyes 
black. Fore legs longest. Wings shor- 
ter than the abdomen. 
Is found in the month of April near 
Marshes, and has been frequently 
mistaken for the common gnat. 
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Bowdon, Cheshire, by post, price 
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Cheltenham, J. Brow, 2 Collingate, 
York, S. Styles. 163, North St., 
Brighton, J. E. Robson, Olive St. 
Hartlepool, T. Cooke, Naturalist, 
513, New Oxford Street, London. 
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OBSERVATIONS. 
Strepsiftera. 
Specific distinctions. Mr. Smith 
says he can see no specific character 
to separate the so-called species of 
Stylops. He says the bodies shrivel 
after death and the wings are contor- 
ted etc. S. Kirbii and Da Hi are 
found about the same time but indep- 
endent of the shape of the wings etc, 
S. Balii has the base of the wings 
always clear, and is found on a dif- 
erent bee. Why should that be the 
case if they are all one species ? J. C. 
Dale, Gian Wootton , Sherborne, 
Dorset. 
Lemboptera. 
Notes on A. Atropos. Mr. Dell 
in his list of the Lepidoptera occur- 
ring in the neighbourhoodof Plymouth 
remarks of A. Atropos. “I do not 
find the larva) easy to rear through 
the winter. ” — Now I took and pro- 
cured a quantity of both larva) and 
pupa) in August and September 1856 
and ’60 and found them anything hut 
difficult to rear, so perhaps an account 
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