THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
79 
Captures near Colchester. It may 
not be entirely without interest to 
some of your readers to know that 
(amongst a few insects taken on the 
evening of the 11th. including T. 
Gracilis and Rubricosa ) I took a good 
specimen of Aleucis Pictaria on Sal- 
low Bloom. — W. S. Calvert, Past 
Bergholt, Colchester. 
Insects bred and Captured. I had 
larvae of Selenia Lunaria full fed in 
August last, and, from them, two 
male specimens of the perfect insect 
have appeared within the last ten 
days. 
A pair of Tephrosia Consonaria and 
one Cymatophora Ridens have come 
foi'th also within the same period. 
On the 11th. instant I boxed four- 
teen specimens of Eupithecia Abbre- 
viata from Sallow blossoms on which 
they were regaling themselves. 
The case of Abbreviata swarming 
on a small Sallow bush may be per- 
haps, a well known one to experi- 
enced collectors, and I only mention 
it because it is a novelty to myself. — 
’¥. Buckler, Lumley Cottage , Ems- 
wortli , Hants, 
Captures at Sugar and the Sallows, 
in March, 1863. — I have taken the 
following : — 
C. Flavicornis 
T. Rubricosa. 
T. Munda. Very abundant and 
fine varieties. 
H. Croceago. 
C. Exoleta. 
X. Rhizolitha. 
X. Petrijicata and several of 
the commoner Nochw. 
P. Pilosaria. 
T. Crepuscularia. Abundant. 
L. Lobulata. Abundant. 
E. Abbreviata , 
E. Pumilata. 
P. Hastiana. 
0. Liter ana. 
S. Avellanella. 
C. Festaliella. 
G. Elongella. 
besides numbers of the commoner 
species. 
I have a few dark varieties of Cre- 
puscularia , — dark grey with whitish 
subterminal line. 
I have also a Micro which I do 
not know. It appears to me as if it 
should belong to the Exapatidce. It 
is one inch in expanse, dark smoky 
grey, with darker margin, and a 
darker angulated blotch on the disk 
before the middle, and a darker spot 
beyond the middle, — all the wings 
semi-transparent. I took it flying 
in sunshine on the 1st. of April, and 
it has made a fool of me. 
I should be much obliged if any- 
one would kindly help me to turn 
the tables on it, — and suggest what 
it may be. — John T. D. Llewelyn, 
Ynisygerwn Neath. 
[Our first idea on reading Mr. 
Llewelyn’s description of his un- 
known Micro, was that he was re- 
referring to Tor tn codes hyemana, but 
on comparing his description with 
our specimens, it does not seem to 
agree. Most probably his species is 
Semioscopis Stcinkellneriana. His de- 
scription agrees pretty nearly, and 
that insect is now out. Ed. W. E.] 
