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[If Mr. Morris will examine his museum lists, he will find they are complete 

 lists either of British insects or the entire families. The letters B. M. are 

 placed at the end of those species in the national collection. However desirable 

 it may be to have a complete list of Insects, I sincerely hope that no 

 attempt will be made to publish a work of the kind hastily. It cannot be 

 done by one man, and surely the best way to attain such an object is to 

 wait until the workers, in their several departments, have thoroughly investigated 

 their branches of the science. What Watcrhouse, Clark, Dawson, and Walker, 

 have done for the Coleoptera in the last, I may say, few months, there is 

 not much doubt will be effected in the other orders in due time. — Ed.] 



Arctia cqja. — In the February number, Mr. Greene speaks of this insect 

 as being rarely met with in the imago state, in his part of the country, but 

 the contrary has been my experience in other districts. I have on different 

 occasions taken it on the wing, and have repeatedly met with it during the 

 day-time lying perdu; most commonly in strawberry-beds, when the fruit is 

 ripe, to which the colour of the under wings of the moth much assimilates. 

 A short time ago when shewing my collection to two of our national school 

 boys, one of them instantly pointed to the row of large Tigers, and remarked 

 of them that they were common. — F. O. Mobeis, Nunburnholme Rectory, 

 June 26th., 1858. 



A Carious Fact in Entomology. — The schoolmaster of this village, who I 

 am happy to say has, as well as a son of the person with whom he lodges, 

 become imbued with a love of Entomology, originally, I fancy, from one of 

 Stainton's "Educational Sheet of Butterflies," I had put up in the school, 

 went out mothing last week to our wood, and at or after nine o'clock at 

 night, took a fine specimen of Thecla W-album, at his sugar on a tree. — 

 Idem. 



Acidalia Blomeraria. — In the month of June the Bev. B. P. Alington, who 

 was staying the week with me, took a fine specimen of this moth, "just 

 out," in our Bront Wood — a new locality; but it has, I believe, been already 

 taken in Yorkshire, namely, at Howsham Wood, by my friend the Bev. G. 

 B. Bead. When first seen it was perched on the trunk of a large yew 

 tree, but flew off and was captured. I have looked for others since, but 

 without success. — Idem. 



Capture of Sphinx convolvuli. — I had the good fortune to have brought 

 to me, on Saturday, July 10th., a magnificent specimen of S. convolvuli, a 

 male, taken in a garden resting on a piece of wood. I have also taken, 

 during the last fortnight, on the wing, off one honeysuckle, between nine 

 and half-past nine o'clock, fine specimens of the following: — S. ligustri, seven; 

 0. elpenor, one female and four males; C. porcellus, one male; M. stellatarum, 

 seven males and one female. — Abthub L. Simpson, Stowmarket, July 12th., 

 1S58. 



Cucullia chamomilla. — A larva of this insect was taken by Mr. Joseph 

 King, in a field near this town on the 11th. instant, feeding on the Wild 



