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Acari on T. prowitba. — Last month I took a specimen of T. pronuha at sugar, 

 the wings of which presented a red appearance, not nnlike the reddish parts of 

 the wings of O. Uhatrix. Owing to this appearance, I kept the specimen, and on 

 the following morning found the red marks to arise fi'om the presence of no less 

 than fifty-one red acari. A day or two after the insect was laid out, however, they 

 all fell off.— Rev. E. Hallett Todd. 



Captures nea/r Hartlepool. — The following are the more noticeable Lepidoptera 

 which I have taken here, and in this neighbourhood, during the present year. 



• Erehia Blandina, Castle Eden Dene ; Lyccena Agestis and Artaxerxes, I take both 

 of these forms at Black halls ; Cliarocampa porcellus over Silene infiata at dusk, 

 not commonly ; all the Hepialidw occurred at Grimdon Dene (a variety of Vrlleda, 

 rather commonly) ; Procris Qeryon at Black halls ; Nola cristulalis at Crimdon Dene ; 

 Asthena Blonieraria both at Crimdon and Castle Eden Denes ; Acidalia o.i:<eata, 

 Strenia clathrata, and Alraxas ulmata, each rather plentiful, the latter at Crimdon 

 Dene ; Hyhernia rupicapraria ( ^ ) very abundant, but H. progemmaria and Larentia 

 mnltistrigaria were scarce in the spring months ; Ewmelesia affinitata and alche- 

 millata, a specimen or two of each flying along haw^thom hedges ; E. albulata not 

 scarce, amongst "rattle"; E.unifasciata rare; Eupithecia c&ntai(reata and isulfulvata 

 ofiF palings, E. succenturiata by beating hawthorn, E. satyrata at Crimdon Dene, 

 and E. sohrinata at Black halls amongst juniper ; Thera simulata {coniferata) also 

 at juniper ; Scotosia certata off palings; CiJaria snffumata, this insect seeins to be 

 very scarce this year ; Eubolia cervinata, in the larva state, on mallow ; two other 

 Euholia},Y\7,., palnmharia and. hipunctaria, also occurred at Black halls, together with 

 Ana'itis plagiata. 



Among the Noctuce, nearly all my captures have been made at flowers, as will 

 be seen by the following hst : — Leucanioj conigera, lithargyria, impura, and comma, 

 all came to rush bloom ; Hydrwda nictitans and micacea, as well as some species of 

 the genus Agrotis, viz., A. valligera, cursoria, nigricans, and tritici, and Miana fur- 

 uncula, were nightly attendants at ragwort flowers (A. iHtici, which came in 

 abundance, I shall be glad to distribute to any one wanting it, if he will send box and 

 pay return postage) ; from oflF palings I obtained Xylophasia rurea and Cerigo cytherea 

 in some numbers, and also a female specimen of Plusia iota, which deposited some 

 eggs, the larvae from which are now feeding ; Mamestra ahjecta, albicolon, and anceps, 

 came to the flowers of the bladder campion, and Miana fasciwncula, Agrotis sege- 

 tum, &c., to the flowers of hemlock (Conimn maculatnm) ; Miana liferosa flying over 

 hedges at dusk, M. expolita at Black halls by day, and M. arcuosa, which, however, 

 was scarce, amongst grass; three Dianthcecice, carpophaga, capsincola, and cucHhaU, 

 frequented the flowers of the bladder campion (Silene infiata). The following I also 

 captured at flowors of Sile7ie : — Ca/radrina Morpheus, Rusina tenehrosa, Hadena 

 dentina, pisi, and thalassina, Cucullia umhratica, Heliothis marginata, Plusia chry- 

 sitis, pulchrina, and iota ; the last four, however, were by no means common. 



These are the ])rincipal of what I have taken ; I have, of coui'se, omitted the 

 very common species. — R, Meeryweatuer, Town wall, Hartlepool, lOf/i August. 



Lepidoptera at WoTcingha/m. — During a very pleasant week (June 27 — July 2) 

 at Wokingliam, on the heath, I met with the following species : — 



L. 3!gon, in abundance. 1 took many females, which wcio mucli scarcer than 



