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is to be a re-issue of the latter work. I should also feel gratified by- 

 observing an advertisement that Mr. Shuckard's long-promised work 

 on the British Bees was ready for sale. — James Bladon ; Pont-y-Pool, 

 June 21, 1842. 



[I shall feel obliged by a reply from Mr. Shuckard. — E. N.] 



204. Notes on Captures. This season is a good one for Lepidop- 

 tera. The following among many others have fallen to my share ; a 

 notice of their capture may be interesting. 



Clostera reclusa. Bred May 14th from larvae found last September 

 on dwarf poplar at Birch Wood. 



Ptiloclo?ifis palpina. April 30, Putney Heath. 



Demas Coryli. Bred May 5, larvee found last October in Norbury 

 Park, on beech and hazle. 



Rusina ferruginea. Richmond Park, June 17. 



Apamea secalina. May 27, marshes at Deptford. 



Nonagria Vectis. June 8. 



Cucullia Chamomill(B. May 19, near Wimbledon common. 

 „ Asteris. June 26, near Dulwich Wood. 



Ceropacha ridens. Bred April 21, from larvae found last June on 

 oaks in the New Forest. I have also taken the larvae this year at Lea- 

 therhead Common. 



Thyatira hatis. Birch Wood, July 2. 



Hipparchus vernarius. Darenth, July 3. 



Geometra illustraria. April 24, one female beaten out of a yew- 

 tree at Birch Wood. 



Geometra lunaria. June 16, Dulwich Wood. 



Etirymene Dolahraria. Richmond Park, June 5. 



Eupithecia variegata. Bred April 29, from a larva found last Sep- 

 tember at Birch Wood. 



Lohophora sexalisata. Wimbledon Common, May 25. 



Semasia perlepidana. Wimbledon Common, April 30. 



Anchylopera Lundana, siculana, cuspidana. Wimbledon Com- 

 mon, May 14. 



Carpocapsa grossana. Near Norbury Park, June 11. 



Peronea umhrana. Birch Wood, May 1. 



Epigraphia Sieinkelnerana. Near Dulwich Wood, April 18. 



Macrochila hicostella. Putney Heath, June 2. 



Pancalia Latreillella. Norbury Park, June 11. 



Callisto Fyeslella. Wimbledon Common, June 2. 



l^ptura A-fasciata. The larva feeds on the rotten stumps of birch. 

 I found some at West Wickham last March. 



