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Copris lunaris. \ , And 5. 



Ontliuphagus Taurus. / I And 6. 



Onlhophagus Coenobite. I Under d in san , aces J And 6. 

 Oiitliophagus nuchicornis. / -s. And 5. 



Onthophagus nutans. l J And 5. 



Ontliophagus ovatus. J V^And 5. 



Typhceus vulgaris, The Bull-comber. Under dung on heaths. And 5. 

 Geotrupes vernalis, Vernal Dor-beetle. Under dung on heaths. 



And 9. 

 Anobium tessellatura, Death-watch. Old houses and rotten trees. 



And 5. 

 Rynchites Bacchus. On the Sloe and Whitethorn. And 5. 

 Chrysomela sanguinolenta. Weedy banks. To 5. 

 Tiraarcha tenebricosa. Bloody-nosed Beetle. Heaths, etc. To 8. 

 Opatrum sabulosum. Sandy places. To 8. 

 Melaudrya caraboides. Decayed trees. To 6. 

 Proscarabreus violaceus. Sunny banks. To 0. 

 Staphylinus jeneocephalus. Pathways. To 6. 

 Gryllotalpa vulgaris, Mole-cricket. Moist ground. To 5. 

 Pontia Chariclea, The early White Butterfly. Gardens, etc. And 6. 

 Pontia Raprc, Small White Butterfly. Gardens, etc. And 7 to 8. 

 Pontia Metra, Mr. Howard's White Butterfly. Hertford and 



Ripley. And 6 to 7. 

 Pontia Daplidice, Green-chequered White Butterfly. South of 



England. And 5 to 8. 

 Hipparcbia iEgeria, Speckled Wood White Butterfly. Woods. 



And to 9. 

 Hipparchia Megaera, The Wall Butterfly. Woods and lanes. 



And 6 to 7. 

 Lycsena Phlteas, Common Copper Butterfly. Heaths and marshes. 



And to 9. 

 Saturnia Pavonia, Emperor Moth. Woods and heaths. And 5. 

 Semiophora gothica, Hebrew Character. Trees and hedges. And 5. 

 Miselia Aprilina, Marvel du Jour. Woods. And 10. 

 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 sum- 

 mer months, extremely abundant in the vale of 

 Trent, and subject to great variation in colour 

 from the common piceus, to brunneous and 

 light testaceous. I mention this because the 



