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tiling to get — therefore we may 
reasonably conclude that they will, a 
fortiori, be found first-rate to any 
one who has time and inclination to 
give them a trial, now that the 
season is so near its height ; and the 
marshes along the Thames may also 
yield their quota to whomsoever is 
sufficiently enterprising and devoted 
to forego a pleasant for a disagree- 
able locality, where the supply of 
species will also be somewhat res- 
tricted. — Todd Flyshoet. 
Abrostola triplasia . — I have, for 
the last two years, had the pleasure 
of supplying several Northern En- 
tomologists with this species, which, 
according to the “ Manual,” is toler- 
ably common in the South, though 
I should hardly imagine it was 
uniformly so, inasmuch as I have 
given many specimens to gentlemen 
living in quite the southern counties. 
Those entomologists who have not 
already made its acquaintance in the 
imperfect stages of its existence 
may feel some interest in a slight 
account of its habits. 
The female triplasia, if confined in 
a box, will occasionally deposit the 
ova on its sides. These eggs are 
similar to those of the majority of 
JSfoctuce — i.e., nearly transparent, of 
a pale yellow color, firmly fastened 
to the sides of the box, sometimes in 
little heaps and sometimes singly. 
When subjected to the microscope 
they appear divided into segments 
longitudinally, while these segments 
are notched or wrinkled from side 
to side. They are very tender, and, 
rather than part from the box, will 
frequently break. The tirfie they 
remain in the ovum state depends 
materially on the state of the atmos- 
phere, in moderately warm weather 
about ten days being the time they 
take to hatch. — F. Lovell Keays, 
4, Harrington Villas, Green Lanes , 
Tottenham. 
(To be continued). 
CAPTURES. 
COLEOPTEEA. 
Captures in the South . — On the 
back of No. 16 of the “ Entomolo- 
gist ” I see a complaint of the pau- 
city of the lists of captures. I will 
now give you an account ot a few 
more captures in Devon, and at 
home since, among the Coleoptera. 
Cidndela campestris, in April ; not 
quite so early as you took it. 
Cardbus arvensis. 
C. hortensis (olim. now nemoralis). 
Stenus Kirbii (guttula, Muller), at 
Lardrum Bay, on wet mossy stones : 
a similar locality to that where I for- 
merly took the insect in the Isle of 
Wight. 
S. pusilVus (?), on the Quay, May 
6tli. 
Opatrum sabulosum. 
Gronops lunatus, on furze blossom, 
on very high dills, May 8th. For- 
merly near Weymouth, on a salt 
marsh. 
