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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Leigh and myself, in the pages of 
the “Entomologist,” and the same 
paper will be a fitting medium for 
returning the thanks of the Editors 
to the promoters of my scheme. 
J. B. Blackburn. May, 11, 18G3. 
Larentia Ccesiata. — A t page 1 73 of 
the “Weekly Entomologist ” I gave 
in a note, all which at that time I 
knew about the larva of Larentia 
Ccesiata and Ruficinctata, and added 
that further observation was needed 
before a satisfactory account could 
be given of them. I am happy 
to say that I can now pretty well 
complete all that need be said about 
Ccesiata. 
Mr. J. Batty, of Sheffield, has 
lately sent me some larvce' found by 
him, feeding on bilberry (vacinium 
myrtillus), in his neighbourhood, 
which I at once recognised as that 
species. Some of them were red, 
like the one described by me in my 
former note ; bnt others were green, 
having the dorsal triangles tinted 
with delicate pink at their base, 
g’oing off into yellow towards the 
apex. They had also, in addition 
to the seven perfect triangles, an 
imperfect one both preceding and 
following them, making nine in all. 
The head is reddish, there is a pur- 
plish spot on the second segment, 
and the ventral and anal legs in 
some — not all of them — arc purplish 
red also. In other respects this 
variety resembles the red ono pre- 
cisely. We are now in a position to 
correct two statements in the 
‘Manual’ as to this species-the food- 
plant is bilberry , not heath , and the 
time to look for them is IV., not 
VII. ; or, more properly, the duration 
in the larva state is from VII. or 
VIII. to IV. or V. If any one could, 
in the course of the summer, furnish 
either Mr. Buckler or myself with 
larvce of Ruficinctata, we should 
then be able to complete what we 
wish to do in this genus, and he 
should receive our hearty thanks, 
with the best return in the way of 
larvce or specimens we could make 
him. 
The plan recommended by my 
friend Mr. H. Moore, for obtaining 
eggs from coy females will not 
always succeed, for I myself have 
tried it on a female H. Croceago, 
which I knew to be impregnated, 
and Mr. D’Orville tried it on S. Con - 
voluli, but in neither case did we get 
any larvo3. I think, however, it 
would be well to make a last at- 
tempt before throwing a female 
moth away. Rev. J. Hellins, Chap- 
lain's House, County Prison, Exeter. 
Insects by Post. — The following 
plan of mine has the merit of novelty, 
and more than one decided advan- 
tage, especially as to security. Pro- 
bably many persons, like myself, aro 
dissatisfied with the way in which 
specimens they receive from others 
are set. I almost always re-set such, 
