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Niptus crenatus, various Cryptophagi, &c. Sand martins' nests 

 have been found to contain Haploglossce. The very rare 

 Philonthusfiiscus, and the variety coruscus of P. ebeninus, have been 

 taken from nests, and probably many other good species might be 

 found if we knew in what kind of nests they might be looked for. 

 I have omitted one point, and that is that old thatch on and 

 about houses should not be neglected. I have had no experience 

 myself of this kind of working, but I believe that Dr. Power and 

 other collectors have been very successful when they have 

 tried it. 



The School House, Lincoln, September 12, 1882. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



One day's Collecting in the Abbots' Wood district. — 

 On Monday, May 29th, we had the pleasure of a day's ramble 

 through the woods near Polegate, including the famous Abbots' 

 Wood, on which occasion, by dint of hard work, we had the 

 satisfaction to bag a decent number of lepidopterous larvae, 

 various imagos of the same order, and of the order Coleoptera. 

 Taking Mr. South's hint, and thinking the "record of results" of 

 one day's outing might possibly be worthy a corner in the 'Ento- 

 mologist,' we have been induced to pen this. Commencing our 

 operations, with a Bignell beating-tray, in the White Field, a 

 couple of hours' work put us in possession of larvse of the 

 following species, viz. : — Thecla quercus, Nola cucullatella, 

 Lithosia complana, Liparis aurifiua* L. monacha* Orgyia fas- 

 celina, Demas coryli, Pcecilocampa populi (abundant), Bomhyx 

 neustria* Phigalia pilosaria, Nyssia liispidaria, Amphydasis 

 prodromaria, Cleora Uchenaria, Hyhernia rupicapraria* H. auran- 

 tiaria,*^ H. defoliaria* Eupithecia virgaureata, Cymatophora di- 

 luta, TcBniocampa viiniosa, T. gothica, T. munda, Scopelosoma 

 satellitia, Cosmia trapezina* Amphipyra pyramidea, Phycls 

 roborella* ; those marked with an asterisk were very common, as 

 a matter of course. After luncheon, pushing on through the 

 adjoining plantation, we struck the roadway to Hailsham, adding, 

 meanwhile, to the list of larvae, Cymatophora ridens, then very 

 small. The imagines had now our chief attention, and up to about 

 5 p.m., when we had the pleasure of sighting " The Old Oak," we 



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