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yellowish green, immaculate ; corslet broad, bright light green, 

 edged in front lighter. Dorsal streak rather broad ; sub- 

 dorsal darker and broader; spiracular region puckered and 

 spread ; papillae light, faint, in fact hardly perceptible. Feet 

 green; claspers spread out; spines sparse. Feeds on Daucus 

 Carota in June, spinning the terminal pinnae of the leaf 

 together, so as to form a lube; later it often spins a web 

 crosswise of the midrib, and, like some other carrot-feeders, 

 leaves the plant to go into pupa. Common at Howth and on 

 our Lancashire coast. — C. S. Gregson. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, 8fc. 



Entomology of the Isle of Man. — During the third week of 

 June I and Messrs. Roxburgh, Greasley and Leather, of 

 Liverpool and district, spent several days near Douglas, Isle 

 of Man, for the purpose of collecting some Lepidopterous 

 insects occurring there. Of Dianthcecia cassia, about a score 

 specimens were taken ; Capsophila occurred not uncommonly 

 along wiih them, — this species must be on the wing a long 

 time, as we beat out larvae of all sizes freely from Silene 

 niaritima. After dark we searched the Statice Armeria and 

 Silene for larvae of Polia nigrocincta, but only a few were 

 found on these plants. At length Mr. Greasley found several 

 on Plantago maritima, but had to return to Liverpool next 

 morning. The day turned out wet, so nothing was done; 

 but on the evening of the following day (our last) I and Mr. 

 Roxburgh worked the Plantago alone, and in a comparatively 

 short time had collected ihirly-two larvae, twenty-six of them 

 falling to Mr. R.'s lot. From this, Plantago maritima would 

 seem to be the most general food of the species. In all, about 

 fifty larvae were collected. Sesia philanthiformis was out, but 

 difficult to capture ; and though a number of pupse were 

 collected it was far from plentiful. Amongst the other 

 species taken during our stay were Argynnis Aglaia, Satyrus 

 Semele (a full-fed larva), Lithosia complana (larvae, common 

 on the rocks), Bombyx Rubi, Acidalia prorautata, Emmelesia 

 albulata, Eupithecia venosala (imagos, and nearly full-grown 

 larvae), E. pulchellata, E. castigata, Thera vaviata, Ypsipetes 

 impluviata, Melanihia albiciilata, Eubolia palumbaria, Ma- 



