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Phlogophora meticulosa, Angleshades. Heaths and Woods. And 8. 

 Plusia Gamma, Silver Y-Moth. Gardens and fields, And 6 & 9. 

 Alucita hexadactyla, Six-cleft Plume Moth. Houses, etc. And 5 & 9. 



Clivina fossor is, in the early spring and summer 

 months, extremely abundant in the vale of Trent, and 

 subject to great variation in colour, from the common 

 piceous, to brunneous and light testaceous. I men- 

 tion this because the light varieties are generally 

 considered scarce, or might be confounded with 

 collaris ; but, on examination, they are readily dis- 

 tinguished by the colour of the thorax being as light 

 as the elytra, and also by the size. 



Sinodendron cylindricum, with us, not only 

 inhabits the ash, but also the maple (Acer cam- 

 pestre) and several species of willow, in a state of 

 decay. It would be well if entomologists generally 

 paid more attention to the plants on which insects 

 are usually found, as it would very much facilitate 

 their collection, and likewise throw much light on 

 their habits and peculiarities. 



Geotrupes vernalis (vernal Dor-beetle). The 

 species of this beautiful genus appear to be so 

 closely allied as to render it a work of difficulty to 

 separate them accurately from each other, if we 

 may judge from the dissimilar opinions of Mr. 

 Curtis and Mr. Stephens: the former makes five, 

 the latter ten British species. There are four 

 species in this country ; the stercorarius, the lasvis, 

 the vernalis, and one which I suspect to be the syl- 

 vaticus. The laevis and vernalis, are very nearly 

 allied ; they agree in the colour of the antennae, in 



