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Notodonta cliaonia, larvce. 
Ceropacha flavicornis, larvce. 
Ceropacha ridens, larvce. 
G. dilnta , larvce. 
Amphipijra pyraviidea, larva \ 
Ennomos erosaria , larvae. 
Biston prodromaria, larvae. 
Ephyra punctaria. Having found 
a wasted female, I put her in a pill 
box, in the hope that she might lay 
some eggs. I was not disappointed, 
and have now a batch of larvoe feed- 
ing. I was very g’lad to obtain this, 
as I had never seen the insect alive. 
If any of your readers could favour 
me, at any time, with a few eggs of 
p or aria, I should feel very much 
obliged. 
Exipithecia doclonceata, several 
larvae., but all stung. We obtained 
other larvce , but they have all since 
died. This leads me to remark on 
the almost incredible number of ich- 
neumons at Sherwood. Scarcely 
one larva in fifty seemed to have 
escaped. I beat fully twenty larvce 
of N. Cliaonia. All died except three ? 
which, I am happy to say, are safely 
spun up. 
I also beat from birch a consider- 
able number of what I believe to be 
the larvce of Brephos parthenias, but 
all have died. Another circumstance, 
which struck us both forcibly, was 
the almost total absence of insects 
on the wing : I mean that we did 
not beat anything in the imago state. 
The only species I met with were 
Bilineata one, Punctaria one. 
We tried sugar both nights. On 
the first occasion we did not see a 
single insect. The next night I 
stayed at home, but my companion 
filled a good-sized box. They were 
mostly common species. Among 
them, to the best of my recollection, 
were Batis, Rumicis, Gonigera, Bbepa- 
t ica, Oemina, Augur, Festivcc, Herbida, 
Gontigua , Lucipa/ra, &c., &c. Among 
the commoner larvce, which I beat 
out of birch, was one, with a buff 
head, transparent greyish white — so 
transparent indeed, that you_ could 
easily see the food passing through 
the body. I put this down to a 
Ceropacha. One specimen put into 
a pill box spun up at once, and I 
thought no more about it. On look- 
ing, however, into my breeding box 
this morning (July 15th), my amaze- 
ment was only equalled by my de- 
light at finding a fine male Euperia 
fulvago ! 
I doubt whether this insect has 
hitherto been bred in this country. 
1 made many enquiries as to the 
larva, when at Sherwood, but no 
one appeared to know anything 
about it. I had expected it to re- 
semble the Xanihice, but it differs 
from them in every way, and is much 
more like a ceropacha . — Rev. Joseph 
Green, G alley Rectory, Doveridge, 
Derby. 
Captures near Ringwoodin 1863. — 
Indisposition and absence from home 
prevent my giving a long or good 
