THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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Thyatira Batis, 
Aplecta Occulta, 
Halias Prasinana. 
— H. R. Hahds, Dartford ; Dec. 9. 
CoLEOPTERA. 
Stettin Catalogue of European, Cole- 
optera. — The applications for this have 
been so numerous that my entire stock 
is exhausted. I have written to Stettin 
for a fresh supply. — H. T. Stainton ; 
Dec. 14. 
Captures near Southport. — During the 
last year, among other species, I have 
taken the following : — 
Cicindela hybrida (abundant), 
Cychrus rostratus (1), 
Carabus nitens (27), 
„ mouilis (1), 
„ granulatus (12), 
Elapbrus cupreus (14), 
Bembidium pallidipenne (4), 
Dyschirius gibbus (6), ] 
Dytiscus punctulatus (2), 
Necrophorus humator (7), 
„ Vespillo (abundant), 
„ Vestigator (2), 
Nitidula bipustulata (4), 
Staphylinus erythropterus (2), 
Phylan gibbus (common), 
Opatrum tibiale (abundant), 
Sarrolrium muticum (12), 
Lagria hirta (10), 
Notoxus monoceros (2), 
Salpingus planirostris (7), 
Cleonus sulcirostris (6), 
Aromia moschata (1), 
Cassida viridis (2), 
„ splendidula (1), 
Cryptocephalus sericeus (abundant), 
Coccinella conglomerata (3). 
I have a few indifferent specimens of 
Cicindela hybrida and Cryptocephalus 
sericeus, which I shall be glad to send to 
any one on receipt of a box and return 
stamps. Small boxes only required.— 
R. Tvrer, juu., Row Lane , Southport. 
AN AMERICAN INCURVARIA. 
In the ‘ First and Second Report on the 
Noxious, Beneficial aud other Insects of 
the State of New York,’ by Asa Fitch, 
M.D., we find, at p. 269, an account 
of a “maple-leaf cutter,” to which 
Dr. Fitch gave the name of Ornix Ace- 
rifoliella. 
The following extracts will show that 
the insect should be referred to the genus 
Incurvaria, and if any of our transatlantic 
readers could procure us specimens of 
the insect we should feel extremely 
obliged to them. 
“In the autumn of 1850 an affection 
of the maple trees, causing their leaves 
to turn brown, appearing as though they 
had been nipped by the frost, was so 
common in .the eastern section of New 
York, that it became a common subject 
of remark. This withered appearance of 
the leaves began to be noticed the fore 
part of August, and it continued to in- 
crease for three or four weeks, and re- 
mained until the fall of the leaves in 
autumn. 
“ The cause of this fading of the leaves 
was readily discovered upon examination. 
The green pulpy substance of the leaf 
was destroyed in spots and irregular 
patches, leaving only the fine net-work 
of veins and the transparent cuticle. In 
addition to these spots, holes of a nearly 
circular form appeared in the leaves, 
about a quarter of an inch iu diameter, 
and a dozen or more of these holes 
were at that time found in almost every 
leaf. 
“Some of the pieces which had been 
cut out of the leaf, forming these holes, 
might be observed, adhering like round 
scales to the surface of the leaf; on 
elevating one of these scales, another 
smaller one was found beneath it and 
between them a small white caterpillar. 
Occasionally one of these scales might 
