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corniculatus ; during the, day they may be found stretched at 

 length on the stones and rocks, generally hidden by a tuft of 

 Lotus; about sunset they ascend the steuis of the Lotus to 

 feed, giving a decided preference to the flowers of L. corni- 

 culatus. Althougli I observed thi'tn constantly stretched on 

 lichen-covered rocks, and watched them long and closely, I 

 could not detect them eating tlie lichen. If the Irish insect 

 is identical with the exclusively lichen-feeding L. caniola of 

 the continent, the divergence of taste in the matter of food is 

 very remarkable. — Edwin Birchall. 



176. Lepidopiera at Howth. — My captures of Lepidoptera 

 in the perfect state were but ^e\v, but perhaps the following 

 may be worth naming: — Eupithecia venosata, E. subum- 

 brata, Sericoris littorana, Eupoecilia albicapitana, E. angus- 

 tana, E. dubitana, Gelechia leucomelanella, Plutella annula- 

 tella. The cases of Fumea nitidella were in the utmost 

 profusion on the rocks ahnig the shore. Sugar 1 did not try. 

 The coastguard will not permit a light to be exhibited on the 

 cliffs, and, after numerous experiments made on their for- 

 bearance in past years, an Entomologist now risks his per- 

 sonal liberty by lighting up. — id. 



177. Mamestra albicolon on the Lancashire Coast. — This 

 insect was very abundant on the Lancashire coast the early 

 part of this month, and I shall be glad to send sets to any of 

 my correspondents who may wish for them. Gelechia lon- 

 gicornis is common on the hills about here af the end of 

 May, frequenting patches of burnt heather. — Id. 



Entomological Society. 



June 6, 1S65. — The Rev. Hamlet Clark exhibited, and 

 distributed amongst the Members, specimens of a beetle from 

 British Katfraria, which appeared to be an entirely new form 

 of Parnides. The captor, Mr, J. H. Bowker, of the Mounted 

 Frontier Police, sent the following note respecting them : — 

 " Water beetles, very like Spanish flies, very numerous in the 

 Sunn (?) River; their habits are curious; whirling on a sunny 

 day over the edge of the fall, they then make a sudden dive 

 through the fallen water, and fasten to the face of the rock ; 

 they resemble in this way a flock of sea-birds when feeding. 



