34 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Agriopis Aprilina. At sugar; I also found the pupae very 

 common at roots of oak in Sherwood Forest. 



Hadena protea. Very common at sugar in Sherwood 

 Forest. 



Abrostoki triplasia. Larvse common on hop, Clare Hill. 



Plusia Iota. At Grimescar ; scarce this season. 



Amphi])yra pyraraidea. Very common at sugar in Sher- 

 wood Forest, but mostly worn specimens. 



A. Tragopogonis. At sugar, Clare Hill. 



Odontia dentalis. Bred a good number from cocoons 

 received from St. Leonard's-on-Sea. — Geo. T. Porritt ; Clare 

 Hill, HuddersJielcL 



Stealing Insects. — A short time ago a collector in 

 Germany, who had a fine collection of beetles, prided him- 

 self on possessing a couple of Goliath beetles of great value. 

 One day, to his dismay, he found one of the beetles had disap- 

 peared out of the drawer ; he made out a list of the persons 

 collecting such objects who had lately inspected his col- 

 lection, and then set out to visit their collections. He called 

 on No. 1 and No. 2 without any result, and, looking through 

 the cabinet of No. 3, there was a Goliath of the kind he 

 missed. He said, " So you have got that species at last ? " 

 *' Yes," said the collector No. 3, " 1 had to pay a large price 

 for it." " Pray let me have it in my hand, and examine it 

 more closely." " Oh, certainly," said the collector No. 3. 

 As soon as he had got it fairly in his hand he broke the 

 specimen in half, that is, between the bodj' and thorax, and, 

 holding the broken ends up to the collector, showed him a 

 label, gummed on the inside of the body, on which was 

 written, '* Stolen from Mr. R." Foreseeing such an event 

 might happen, he had placed a label in the bod}' of each of 

 his specimens. It is to be wished that this could be done in 

 other cases. — AlhencBum. 



^Entomologist's Year- Book.'' — This little work will be 

 presented to those subscribers to the 'Entomologist' whose 

 prepayment has reached my hand before the 28Lh of February. 

 On and after the 28th of February the price will be seven- 

 pence to all purchasers. Those gentlemen who have already 

 prepaid for the ' Year-Book ' will please inform me whether 

 they prefer to have two copies (the one purchased, the other 

 given), or a single copy and the stamps returned. — E. N. 



