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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Phyltopertha horiicola. 
S Ira ngali a elonjalu. 
C. J. Worthington, 7, Hyde 
Road, Ardwiek, Manchester. 
Hymenoptera. 
Captures near Merthyr Tydfil . — 
Birex gig as. Several fine examples, 
cliiefly females, have been taken here 
during' the last two or three sum- 
mers. It has been found that some 
extensive fir plantations have been 
seriously damaged, probably by the 
larvae of this species and by those of 
Hylobius abietis. 
Croesus septentrionalis. In June of 
last year I took a beautiful specimen 
of this insect (figured in pi. 17 of 
“ Curtis’s British Entomology ”) on 
a shrub in my garden. 
C inibex annulata, Leach. I have a 
fine example of this saw-fly, bred 
from a larva taken near Monmouth. 
Tuos. Parry, Ranh, Merthyr Tydv'tl. 
Lepidoptera. 
Sherwood. Forest . — On the 10th of 
June last the Rev. Sir C. It. Lighten, 
Bart., and myself, revisited this 
o-rand old Forest, our chief aim 
being to procure larvae. W e hoped, 
in especial, to find the larva ot Eu- 
peria Fulvago. We commenced 
operations as soon as we entered 
the Forest, sending on the cab to our 
old quarters at Edwinstowc. The 
road was speedily covered with pill 
boxes, umbrellas, nets of various 
descriptions, &c. Unfortunately ii 
was a steady downpour. My friend 
having made his toilet by the road 
side, presented an unusual appear- 
ance. Enveloped from top to toe in 
a macintosh, a wide awake, leg- 
gings (if I mistake not), an umbrella’ 
and a walking stick, something like 
a crowbar in bulk and weight, he 
gave me the idea of an entomologi- 
cal Robinson Crusoe. Modesty for- 
bids my drawing my own portrait. 
We could not do much that after- 
noon, as every blow of the beating- 
stick produced a natural shower 
bath, and the umbrellas became 
saturated with wet. Our evening 
was a dull one, for the weather 
looked settled for rain. The next 
morning, however, the sun shone, 
and we were in the forest a little 
after 9 a.m. We spent Wednesday 
and Thursday there, and returned 
on Friday. I append a list of some 
of the insects we captured in one 
stage or another. 
Theda quercUs, several larva. This 
buttterfly, as is well known, tre- 
qnents the higher branches of oaks, 
when in the perfect state, and I have 
little doubt that the female lays her 
eggs high up, as very lew larva are 
to be obtained on the lower branches. 
Orgyia pudibunda, at rest and 
beating. 
Trichium crataegif a few larva', 
but we were late for it. 
Fu'cilocamqa populi, larvx on 
various trees. 
Platypieryx laceriula and falenla, 
single specimen of each. 
