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flowers. On the following morning 

 we were uj) betimes, and started out 

 to collect Charaas graminis, and fine 

 sport we had, for they were flying 

 by hundreds from eight to nine 

 o'clock. After breakfast I started 

 on my return journey, taking a few 

 things on the way, among which I 

 may mention Liparis aurijiua, which 

 had just emerged from the pupa 

 state. — Jas. Varley, Almondbury 

 Bank, Huddersfield, Nov. 1864. 



Entomological Notes from Sherwood 

 Forest.— On the 20th of August, I 

 started, in company with Mr. Lumb, 

 for Sherwood Forest, at which place 

 we arrived about eight o'clock the 

 same evening, just in time to lay on 

 our sugar, a stock of which we had 

 brought with us. The night was 

 cold and scarcely suitable for the 

 purpose, however we obtained one 

 Euperia fulvago, ten Noctua Dahlil, 

 and a few good specimens of Amjyhi- 

 pyra pyramidea. On the Monday 

 we set to work pupa digging, ob- 

 taining nearly 150, all of which, 

 with the exception of five Notodonta 

 dodoncea, proved to be Agriopis apri- 

 lina. In the evening we sugared 

 and took seven E. fulvago, two C. 

 diluta, and a few of N. Dahlli. 

 Tuesday — Tried beating, but with- 

 out success; finding digging a much 

 more profitable occupation we pul- 

 led out our trowels and succeeded 

 in taking about 170 pup£e, including 

 three specimens of N. dodoncca. At 



dusk we again sugared, but the 

 night being frosty, we boxed but six 

 insects, viz. : one E. ftdvago, three 

 N. Dahlii, one C. diluta, and one T. 

 janthina. Wednesday — This morn- 

 ing the cold was so intense that 

 our lamp oil was frozen in the 

 bottle. After breakfast we dug 

 seventy puptc, thirteen of which 

 were N. dodoncea ; unfortunately ten 

 of these were ichneumoned. We 

 sugared at night, but a cold north 

 wind blew in strong gusts, and we 

 took literally nothing. Thursday — 

 Dug IGO pupte, nearly all A. aprilina. 

 In the evening we sugared the trees, 

 boxing three E. fulvago, eighteen A''. 

 Dahlii, six N. glareosa, one H. protea, 

 and a worn specimen of P. chi, the 

 first we had observed at sugar. A 

 beautiful specimen of Lvperina ces- 

 pitis was taken flying : the flowers 

 of the Eagwort yielded worn speci- 

 mens of A. tritici and H. ?nicacea. 

 Friday — We spent the day in pupa 

 digging, and succeded in turning 

 up upwards of 240, ch'ieily A. aprilina, 

 The sugar yielded us eight iV. Dahlii, 

 six N. glareosa, two C. diluta, and 

 one X. cerago. Saturday — Noticed 

 large flocks of Lapwings, liinnets, 

 and Goldfinches. After breakfast 

 we again tried beating, but, as be- 

 fore, we obtained nothing worthy of 

 note, so we returned to our old 

 employment of digging, which, after 

 several hours of hard work, pro- 

 duced us 225 pupre. During the 



