RARE BRITISH SPECIES CAPTURED IN 1860. 97 



Nottingham, on tlie 22nd September, which was found in a 

 factory in the town (Int. ix. p. 3) : one at Wakefield, on the 

 27th September, which was exhibited alive at a meetino- of 

 the Wakefield Naturalists' Society (Int. ix. p. 3); one at 

 Darlington, on the 30th September, found on a window 

 ledge (Int. ix. p. 10), and one at Beccles, which flew into a 

 chemist's shop, attracted by the \\crht (Int. ix. p. 26). 



The contrast of the local distribution of these insects with 

 the specimens of DeUephila Livornica in May is very 

 singular. 



Cerura Bicuspis; the occurrence of five specimens of 

 this insect has been recorded in the columns of the Intelli- 

 gencer. On Thursday, May 10th, Mr. Allis bred a fine male 

 from a pupa found near York the previous summer (Int. viii. 

 p. 51); early in June a fine female was taken on an alder 

 near Preston by Mr. Pugh (Int. viii. p. 82); shortly after- 

 wards Mr. Hodgkinson found two speciniens on alder trees 

 near Preston ; " I took them when just emerged from pup«, 

 in fiict sitting just over the pupa cases, on alders" (Int. viii. 

 p. 91) ; on the 20th of June, Mr. Meldrura, of Ripon, taking 

 shelter from a torrent of rain amongst some alders, found " a 

 beautiful specimen of a male Bkuspis sitting on the trunk of 

 one of the alders immediately above the pupa case" (Int. ix. 

 p. 107). 



Gastropacha Ilicifolia; another locality has been 

 found for the insect, Mr. Lickley having found a pupa on 

 the moors near Ripon (Int. viii. p. 51). 



Acrgnycta Alni ; several specimens of this insect have 

 occurred, the perfect insects in June and the larvae in August 

 and September. One at York, June 6th (Int. viii. p. 83) ; 

 two at the Holme Bush, Sussex, on the 6th and 12th of 

 June (Zoologist, 7108) ; one at Wakefield (Int. viii. p. 107), 

 and one at Brantingham, near Brough (Int. viii. p. 195:. 



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