THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 29'i 



.Ento)nolo(jical Notes, Captures, 8fc. 



Eniomoloyy at Bury St. Edniund's. — On June 12th I went 

 on an entomological excursion for the afternoon, with four of 

 u)y pupils and a former pupil. After driving ten miles we 

 set to work, and our united captures were over thirty Litho- 

 stege nivearia and nearly the same number of Agrophila 

 sulphuralis. The latter were all within fifty square yards, 

 and in the finest condition. There were two varieties of 

 L. nivearia — one white and powdered, the other with a very 

 distinct subterniinal line. — {Rev). A. H. Wratislaw ; School 

 Hall, Bury St. Eduniiufs. 



Colias Edusa at Builth. — On the 8th of this month I cap- 

 tured two very fine specimens of Colias Edusa in the railway 

 cutting near Builth, both evidently new insects. — [Rev.) 

 T. Hirst, of Canterbury ; June 24, 1869. 



A new Locality for Eupithecia lariciata. — A few days 

 ago 1 had the pleasure of taking a few good specimens of 

 this sjjecies amongst larch at Breadsall, near Derby. — ■ Geo. 

 Baker ; 47, Kedleston Street, Derby, June 16, 1869. 



Hydrelia unca at Darenth. — While collecting near Dart- 

 ford, in Kent, on May 29th, 1 captured a fine specimen of 

 Hydrelia unca. — C. J. Bodeu ; 127, Tooley Street, June 16. 



Spiders in New Granada. — I went lately into another old 

 mine we are acquiring: it is no joke, either going there or 

 going in when there, crawling under loose-looking rocks, 

 over mud or through it knee-deep, and obliged to look out 

 for bats, which twice put out two out of our three candles; 

 and worse to see vvliere you put your hands on the walls, 

 which are inhabited or patrolled by the most awful spider 

 you can conceive. A crab-shaped one, developing itself into 

 a scorpion, — body an inch and a half broad, legs ihr^e inches 

 long, and claw-legs in front two inches, — fairly frightens one 

 to look at, and catching him is past me altogether. A com- 

 paratively small one I have secured, and will order a large 

 one. No fear but he will be found, for you are sure to come 

 on the demons. What they live upon puzzles me, unless 

 they catch bats : they are fierce, and one huge one turned on 

 me, when the candle was put near him, and fought. I'hey 

 abound in all our old abandoned levels. — Henry Birchall ; 

 Frias Mines, February 17, 1869. 



