THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST, 
69 
The plan I adopted last May was, 
having first carefully separated the 
various larvae, I put a mixture of one 
part of sand to two of mould at the 
bottom of each jar, into which, when 
full fed, the larva? retired and spun 
their Cocoons. I placed them along 
with the mould and sand in small 
flower pots, on the outsides of which 
1 painted a number corresponding with 
that in my Diary opposite the des- 
cription of each larva ; I then buried 
them in the garden and at the end of 
February last brought them in doors. 
JEwpithecia Tripunctata and Vir- 
gaureata. I have had the pleasure of 
breeding the above two species from 
larvae taken last September and Oc- 
tober, — the former on Angelica syl- 
vestris and the latter on Bagwort. 
Tripunctata was bred as early as the 
middle of February by Mr. Hind, 
and, a few days after by me. The 
imago is not new to this district, as 
asserted by Mr. Carrington, for Mr. 
T. H. Allis took it several years ago, 
and had it in his collection under the 
name of Albipunctata. W. Prest, 
2 Castlegate, York. 
Doings at the Sallows. On the af- 
ternoon of the third of this month, 
my friend Mr. Carrington and I, set 
off for an Entomological excursion. 
After walking about seven miles 
we arrived at our destination, and 
having satisfied our appetites, we 
went to examine the sallows, which 
were in fair condition. The first 
bush produced T. Piniperda and sev- 
eral of the commoner Tccniocampce , — 
Gothica, Stabilis, Instabilis, Cruda, 
etc. More sheeting rewarded us with 
T. Populeti, Jlfunda and some hyber- 
nated species, but the most pleasing 
capture of the night was yet to come. 
Being almost tired of seeing such a 
repetition of the same species, we 
were thinking of returning to the 
Inn, but observing a suspicious look- 
ing bush, we spread our sheet once 
more, when, lo ! down came a splen- 
did T. Opima, which having boxed, 
we turned in for the night. 
Next morning we went out for a 
“sweep” and to look for B. Parth- 
enias, which had been taken the 
previous day, but, 'the weather being 
stormy, we did not succeed in cap- 
turing any. Among the larvae taken 
were some small N. Neglecta A. Por- 
phyrea, A. Agatliina , — also pupae of 
A. fuliginosa. 
By searching the fir trees we found 
L, Lobulata and other species. W. 
Subtees Hornby, Clifton, York. 
Captures in Westmoreland April 
2nd. being a sunny, warm morning, 
I set off to search for Butalis incongru- 
ella, and was successful in taking a 
beautiful series. To make up my bag 
I took, besides incongruella, four other 
species that I had never before taken, 
— viz, Dasystoma salicella flying on 
the heath (although this is a common 
Southern species, it has not before, I 
believe, been taken in the North), 
three specimens of a species of Depres- 
saria that I do not know, two of a 
Peronea new to me (not any of the 
Hastiana varieties), and two speci- 
mens of an Ornix which I dont know. 
It is as large as guttea and not unlike it 
