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PaCHYTTLUS MIGRATORIUS IN HAMPSHIRE. — Oil Aug. 1st I took a 



specimen of P. migrator ius near Brockenhurst in the New Forest. It 

 was on the wing at the time. — H. W. Simmonds ; Sussex View, Cumber- 

 land Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Aug. 17th, 1899. 



Incidental Collecting in the Lake District. — I went for a fort- 

 night's excursion to the Lake District a short time ago — May 27th to June 

 10th ; but I so far determined not to give much time to collecting that I 

 did not take a net with me. However, I boxed a few things which just 

 happened to come in our way as we walked along. On Muncaster Fell I 

 boxed two of Thecla rubi flying over the top of the fell, where dozens could 

 easily have been caught in a short time. We (three of us) could not find 

 any at rest on the stems of the grass^&c., as the sun was setting, like their 

 allies the " blues " ; nor could we find them on the rocks or anywhere 

 else. On Burraoor I saw a larva of Nemeophila plantaghiis, and another 

 on the top of Sty Head Pass ; a specimen of Hadena thalas&ina flew to 

 light in my sitting-room at Bowness. In Coleoptera, my nephew called 

 my attention to a beetle, as we were going along Burmoor, near the foot of 

 Scaw Fell, which proved to be Carabus glabratus, and the only one we met 

 with. Near there were also a few of Corymbites cupreus. At the foot of 

 Kirk Fell I found a good specimen of Meloe proscarcebeus crawling into 

 its hole in the mountain ; and close by I dug out one of Geotrupes vernalis. 

 I saw three more, going up Sty Head Pass. C. cupreus were very plentiful 

 up this pass, taking short flights in the hot sunshine ; there were also a few 

 in Borrowdale and on Helvellyn, very numerous in Grisedale Pass, and 

 some on the top of Kirkstone Pass. The great majority of them were 

 brownish violet in colour. Amongst the hundreds I saw in the district I 

 only noticed four females. On the top of Sty Head Pass C. arvensis were 

 plentiful, running over the rocks and wet turf, apparently making much of 

 the few sunny days they get there in a year. On the same spot were also 

 Byrrhus fasciatus, Pterostichus vitreus, and Cychrus rostratus. On Hel- 

 vellyn were Nebria brevicollis, C. catenulatus (the latter eating a worm), and 

 a few more of C. arvensis. On the top of the mountain I took a red-legged 

 var. of N . gyllenhali ; and in the shelter on the top I took Megacronus analis. 

 In Kirkstone Pass were a few of Necrophorus mortuorum uuder a dead 

 blackbird. Diacanthus ceneus and holosericeus we saw on Orrest Head, 

 Windermere. In Diptera, Tipula vernalis and Bibio lacteipennis were 

 plentiful on the top of Helvellyn and on the top of Sty Head Pass. In 

 Neuroptera, Drepanepteryx phalcenoides and Baetis venosa I took at Win- 

 dermere. In a stream there I saw several larvae about three-quarters of an 

 inch long, very similar to the larvae of caddis-flies, but, instead of making 

 a case they could take about with them, they generally sheltered themselves 

 under stones ; but one made use of some bits of stick and grass-stems that 

 had been washed together. They came out of their shelter by a jerky 

 movement, little by little, first to the right, then to the left, very cautiously, 

 every now and then drawing back into their retreats, but sometimes nearly 

 the full length of them would be out. I could not perceive them to seize 

 anything, either in the way of food or material for case-making. Are there 

 some of the Trichoptera larvae which have not movable cases? — F. Milton ; 

 7, Chilton Street, Bethnal Green, E., Aug. 4th, 1899. 



Collecting on Dartmoor. — While staying at Dartmoor, in the earlier 

 part of last June, my sister and I took, among others, the following 

 Lepidoptera. I was only there for four clear days, and did not do much 



