THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST, 
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by a puff of white smoke, burst from 
its side, accompanied by a loud re- 
port. It was the evening gun and 
warned me that I had but an hour to 
tarry, at the expiration of which I 
was comfortably seated in a railway 
carriage, whirling away to “ Old St. 
Mungo,” and by ten o’clock at night, 
was counting my spoils at home. 
It will be seen, by the above, that 
I have duplicates of Treclms lapidosus 
and Cillenvm later ale ; so that if any 
gentleman should want these insects, 
I should be happy to exchange with 
him ; but all must please to write, 
before sending boxes. — Thomas G. 
Bishop, 6, Dixon Street , Glasgoiv, Dili 
May, 1863. 
Spilosoma Papyratia. On the eve- 
ning of the 26th ult., while looking 
for a few larvae of A. caja and 0. po - 
totoria, I found at rest on the root of 
an old tree, a beautiful specimen of 
Spilosoma, which I take to be S. Pa- 
pyratia, according to the description 
given in Stainton’s “ Manual” which 
it exactly corresponds with. William 
Laycock 34, Path Street, Sheffield. 
ITymenoptera. 
Captures in and notes from Devon- 
shire.- — This last week has been 
tolerably fine ; at least, no rain, but 
rather too much wind. Insects have 
not been in much plenty as before. 
May 1st, a bee, which I do not 
know, very like the honey bee ; but 
second and third joints of the abdo- 
men reddish. Three picked up dead 
near our house, one was not so stiff 
as the other two, and I have man- 
aged to set it very well. Another 
Andrena I do not exactly say I can 
name — all black ; yet I think I have 
one at home from Old Blomer, from 
Teignmouth, allied to thoracica. 
One day we went over by boat to 
Lardrun Bay, near Sidmouth, and 
there found Dimnobia Ornata in 
plenty. Mr, Halliday wrote me 
word that he had taken a new Orne- 
phila in Italy, and I fancy, but am 
not certain, that I have also taken 
one different from our common one ; 
but as I have not the other one here 
I will not be too positive. Found it 
settled on wet mossy stones, where 
the water drips on the rocks, stick- 
ing close to the moss, and very diffi- 
cult to get into the tube. The inter- 
mediate legs struck me as being 
very different from what I remember 
in the old species, which I took in 
the North, in Sussex, and at home, 
early and late in the season. — J. C. 
Dale, Clan, Wooton, Dorsetshire, 4<th 
May, 1863. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
J.E.F. Many thanks for your sug’- 
gestions, which are under considera- 
tion. On the other matter we 
refer you to Messrs. Balshaw and 
Cash, Church Street, Altrincham, 
Cheshire. 
