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found its nest in other places in this neighbourhood. In the cana 

 wall I have seen three nests within as many yards. Some years all 

 the first eggs will be destroyed by a rise in the water : this was the 

 case in 1S76. I have not detected this species in the bunches of 

 Sparrows offered for sale in our local market. I examined three 

 dozen birds caught within a mile and half of the colony, but all were 

 House Sparrows. _ 



NO TES—LEPID OPTERA. 



Colias edusa, Vanessa cardui, and other Butterflies near Alford, Lines. — 



Last season I captured three specimens of Colias editsa, all males, at Ailby, near 

 Alford, on the 22nd and 28th August and 12th September. I also bred Vanessa 

 ■cardui from larva; found on Ciiicus arvcnsis at Greenfield, loth July. Hibernated 

 individuals were numerous in April and May. I took Alelanargia galathca at 

 Well Vale on the 30th June and 2nd July. My other captures of butterflies 

 round this town included Pieris hrassiccr, P. rapic, P. napi, AiitJtoc/iaris car- 

 daviines, Aroynnis eiiplirosyne, Vanessa urticcc, V. io, V. afaianta, Pararge 

 megicra, Epi/nepkile janira, E. tithotnts, E. hyperanthus, Chortohius paviphiliis, 

 Polyovimatiis phliras, Lycicna a/exis, and Hesperia sylvaniis. — Edward Wood- 

 THORI'K, Alford, 29th November, 1889. 



Colias edusa near Arthington, etc. — On the 22nd of Sept. last, Mr. Oliver 

 Stead, of Leeds, took a very ]:)ale female sjjecimen of this butterfly near Arthington. 



I will take this opportunity of recording that on the 2nd June, 1888, a 

 specimen of Vanessa cardui. in splendid conclition, as if just emerged, and not 

 looking at all like a hibernated example, was picked up by my son near the church 

 at Burley, Leeds ; the day being dull and cloudy. On subsequent days I saw other 

 si)ecimens flying in my gardens at lUuley. 



During the jiast season (1889) I hive been breeding Abraxas grossulariata 

 from my gardens, and have obtained some very remarkable varieties. — CuARLES 

 S.METHURST, Burley, Leeds, Jan. 8th, 1890. 



NO TES—MOLL USCA . 

 Possible Occurrence of Bulimus acutus in Cumberland. — A short time ago 

 the Rev. Hilderic Friend, F.L. S., of Carlisle, sent me a number of shells from 

 that neighbourhood, amongst them a couple of Bulinius acutus, a species hitherto 

 not on record for Cumberland. Mr. Friend thinks they were from Silloth, and it 

 is to be hoped that further search will confirm this record. — W. Denison 

 RoEKUiK, Leeds, Jan. 15th, l8qo. 



Mollusca near Spofforth, Yorkshire. — On Saturday, the 28th September, 

 accompanied by my friend Mr. Pennington, of Spofiforth, we spent several hours 

 searching for Limnaiida; ; and though late in the season for freshwater shells, we 

 were successful to some extent. Our first efforts were searching the old fish-pond 

 at Stockeld Park, where we wei"e unsuccessful, not finding the least trace of a shell. 

 We then searched a small weed-grown pond near to Crow Wood, and found 

 Planorbis cjiitorius, and two or three specimens oi Liiniuca pcregra, which I think 

 may be the Liiniuca liiiiosa of continental conchologists. Leaving here we made 

 for Newsome P'arm, and in a nearly dried-up pond we obtained L. pahisfris. 

 L. pcregra , and Planorbis margina/us. Passing over Newsome Bridge we searched 

 a pond in a quany, and here we obtained L. per eg r a of three rather distinct forms. 

 We then went forward to North Deighton, and in an old pond procured rather 

 fine specimens of Linincca stai^nalis, and amongst the Ivy-leaved Duckweed 

 several immature Splucrium coriieuni. Returning by way of Newsome Bridge we 

 searched the Old Crimple, where we found Pliysa fontiiialis, rather common (at 

 this time they were all young), Planorbis albus and /'. contortus. Land-shells we 

 did not search for with any degree of perseverance, or a much better list might 

 have been made. The following are the K]5ecies taken -.—Zonites cellarius, 

 Z. a/iiarius, Z. g/aber, Helix ho}-tensis, H. hispidal, H. rotundata. Pupa unibili- 

 cata, and Clausilia rugosa. — Wm. Nelson, Leeds, Nov. 1889. Naturalist 



