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in Sphoerea fraxini ; Prionus coriarius, Misley, near 

 Cambridge ; Saperda carcarias, Cambridge. — Chas. C. 

 Babington; St. John's Coll., Cam." 



" 1 have taken the liberty of sending you the localities of 

 some insects : — Pogonoclierus nebulosus, Rose Castle ; Pogo- 

 iwcherus hispidus, Botchardby Mill ; Saperda oculata, 

 Baron Wood; Pachyta octoniaculata, Baron Wood. — T. C. 

 Heysham; Carlisle, July 5, 1831." 



" I have just finished A case of Insects that i ham going to 

 Present it to Hir Royall Hiness Princess Victoria to solicite 

 the feavour of hir neame as one of the peaterons of my 

 Museum. The Insects are in a gilt freame, and the freame 

 fitts in a Case raeade in the sheape of a larege Book, full 

 bound in red and ornemended with gold, with the jeneric and 

 specific Neauies a fixt to each, and a Peaper with the jeneric 

 and spc. Neames ritten, and the diffrent Countys I have 

 collected them in, and Nearaed by Mr. Stephens. — Richd. 

 Weaver; Birmingham, August 28, 1830; Museum, 38, New 

 Street." 



ENTOMOLOGICAL RAMBLES, 1877. 



By J. B. HODGKINSON. 

 (Continued from p. 113.) 



During the first week in August I captured several worn 

 specimens of Coccyx iianaiia by beating the spruce in the 

 Hon. F. Stanley's plantations, at Witherslack, on ihe bank 

 opposite the " Derby Arms," in the afternoon sunshine. 

 Asychno profuyella was flying rapidly about, but scarcer than 

 usual. There were still a good number of plumes out, — 

 Pleropliorus playioduclylus, P. paividaclylus, P. telradac- 

 iylus, and P. hiputiclidactylus ; this latter is a much later 

 species than the others: indeed last season there seemed to 

 be no fixed time for insects appearing; they came out in 

 driblets. The (emales of Zelleriu Ii(^parielia {insiynipen- 

 nella) were now out, and would be until March following. 

 The males of this species are soon over, though the females 

 may be beaten out of the yews all winter, and varying from pale 

 yellow to rich red ; one most extraordinary thing is I have 

 never as yet found a male with any variation worth note. 

 Had I not frequently taken what should be Z. insiynipen- 

 nella in co]iula with Z. Jiepariella I might not have been 

 so sure that they are both one species. Very few moths were 



