154 MAY. 



Hepialus Humuli, Ghost Moth. Fields, etc. And 6. 



Cossus ligniperdi, Goat Moth, Willow-trees. And 6. 



Cerura Vinula, Puss Moth. Osier holts. And 6. 



Lasiocampa Rubi, Fox-coloured Moth. Woods and heaths. And 6. 



Spilosoma meuthastri, Large Ermine. Moist woods. And 6. 



Spilosoma lubricepeda, Spotted Buff Ermine. Gardens. And 6. 



Diaphora mendica, Spotted Muslin. Woods. And 6. 



Callimorpha Jacobaeae, Cinnabar Moth. Woods on the Ragwort. 



And 7. 

 Hypena rostralis, Button Snout. Amongst nettles. And 7. 



The Gyrinus villosus, one of the rarest species of 

 this genus, inhabits the weedy margins of streams. 

 It is supposed by some to differ from its congeners 

 in not being gregarious, but of this I have some 

 doubts, as it has once in this neighbourhood been 

 taken abundantly, and to all appearance is as fond 

 of collecting together as the natator, although not 

 so common or so frequently observed. The gentle- 

 man who took them informs me that on turning 

 over a stone on the margin of the Trent, he observed 

 at least fifty specimens. 



The Onthophilus sulcatus and striatus are both 

 found in the vicinity of Nottingham ; the former 

 very rarely, but always near dead animals : the 

 latter has been extremely abundant this spring, 

 (1830,) in the usual haunts of the Histeridae and 

 Aphodiidse. 



Cetonia aurata Rose May-Chaffer, or Brass 

 Beetle. This beautiful insect is not confined to the 

 south ; some hundreds of specimens have been cap- 

 tured in this county, and I have some which were 

 taken at Matlock. 



Scolytus Destructor. No one from a casual sur- 



