Sl'2 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



think the indigenous species of insects are by any means so 

 few in number as previous accounts had led me to suppose. 

 If Entomologists who may visit the island in search of the 

 rarities it is now known to produce will follow up the good 

 work commenced by the Rev. Hugh Stowell (see ' Zoologist' 

 for 1862), we may shortly hope to obtain a tolerably com- 

 plete catalogue of the island fauna. 



Amongst my captures were : — 



Sesia philanthifonuis. Flying in the sunshine on the 

 cliffs. I observed it to settle on the rocks, also on the wild 

 thyme. 



Dianthoecia cassia. Both sexes in fine condition, at the 

 flowers of Silene maritima, at dusk. The moth appears to 

 have a decided preference for flowers growing iji almost 

 inaccessible places on the cliffs : we watched fine patches of 

 the plant on the shore without success. 



D. capsophila. Flying with D. caesia. 



Eupithecia venosata ; E. campanulata ; Choerocampa Por- 

 cellus. At flowers. 



Phycis subornatella. Common on the cliffs, among wild 

 thyme. Flies in sunshine. 



Ennychia cingulalis. In same localities as Phycis sub- 

 ornatella, in great profusion. 



Sericoris litlorana. 



Eupoecilia atricapitana. 



Of the Coleoptera the only species taken which are not 

 included in Mr. Stoweli's list were Cicindela campestris and 

 Cetonia a^nea. 



Like Ireland, the Isle of Man is said to harbour neither 

 moles, snakes nor toads (}Our true Irishman resents the 

 notion that the natterjack, common in the South of Ireland, 

 is a true load) ; and the races of the tail-less cat and fowl 

 for which it has been famed appear to be fast disappearing, 

 or adopting the English fashion of tails. Cats are to be seen 

 with tails of all lengths, from the mere stump to the fully- 

 developed appendage, and some of the apologies for a tail 

 are truly ludicrous. 



Edwin Birch all. 



Bradford, July 10, 1867. 



