72 [August, 1S7S. 



three imagos of Antlclea badiata captured in very fair condition, and tlie day after 

 I swept several half-fed larvae of the same insect out of the hedge-row. I think this 

 is such an unusual occurrence of badiata that it merits a record. — S. D. Bairstow, 

 Woodland Mount, Huddersfield : June 19th, 1878. 



Incurvaria canariella bred. — On the 4tli June, I bred several specimens of Incur- 

 varia canariella from Rosa spinosi.ssima, collected at Arnside, in North Lancashire. 

 The late Mr. Thomas Hague, of Staleybridgc, first met with this insect in the Isle of 

 Man, where it was afterwards captured by the Eev. R. P. Murray. The first specimen 

 I saw alive strongly reminded me of Nemophora Schioarziella, only that it had a 

 yellow face and shorter antennae; but for many years I had not seen a specimen: 

 now, I am happy to say, I have secured a nice series of this local species. — J. B. 

 HoDGKiNSON, 15, Spi'ing Bank, Preston: July 1st, 1878. 



Deilephila llvornica at Knatsford. — I wish to record the capture of D. livornica 

 at Knutsford on the 11th of June, by my friend, Mr. E. C. Buxton. He saw two 

 specimens at the flowers of a rhododendron in his garden, but only captured one ; 

 last year he saw a large Sphinx at the same shrub, which he believes to have been 

 the same species. My friend made me the offer of the specimen he captui-ed, which 

 is a very fine and perfect one, and I was glad to accept it, as it is a species very rarely 

 taken in this part of the country. — Joseph Sidebotham, Bowdon, Cheshire : July 

 17th, 1878. ^ 



The Nattjral History of Hastings and St. Leonards, and the Vicinity. 

 Published by the Hastings and St. Leonards Philosophical and Historical Society. 

 12mo, pp. 1—68, 1878. 



This is a well got up local list of plants and animals occurring in the Hastings 

 district, comprised in an area of about 18 miles from east to west, and 10 from north 

 to south (so far as terrestrial or fresh-water productions are concerned), and the shore. 

 1868 species of insects are enumerated, of which 499 are Coleoptera, 923 Lepidoptera, 

 the other Orders evidently very imperfectly represented by the few species collected. 



Everything must have a beginning, and the Society has made a very creditable 

 one. We hope a new edition will be soon required, in consequence of large additions 

 to the number of species. In this it might be advisable to give more special localities, 

 in order to show how tlie distribution of species is correlated with the varying geological 

 features, &c. 



Professor Carl Stcil. By a letter fi-om his widow and father we have the sad 

 news that Professor Carl Stal died at Frosundavik, near Stockholm, on the 13th June 

 last, aged 45 years. We hope to be able to give subsequently some further informa- 

 tion of one who worked well for the science of entomology, and wliose premature 

 death gives so much, cause for lovers and students of nature to lament. 



Two errors occurred in our notice of the late Mr. W. C. Hewitson in the July 

 No. With respect to the " Exotic Butterflies," it should be mentioned that the 

 work was concluded at the end of i\xe fifth (not the third) volume. It is the stock 

 and copyright of the " British Oology " that become the property of Mr. Van Voorst, 

 not the specimens from which the work was drawn uj5. 



