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seemed peculiar ; it was the specimen which I take to be the var. 

 minoides, Selys, of A. trifolii. It then struck me that during my 

 rambhngs I had not seen a single cocoon, so I started netting as the 

 moths came within reach. The first few were undoubted trifolii ; 

 several others would have been interesting had they been in good 

 condition. The rest, I am afraid, are not very extraordinary yf///t';;- 

 duke ; however, they seemed to me to be somewhat smaller than 

 average English specimens, and two of them have decided blue-green 

 instead of bronzy-green wings. 



Cochlidion aveliana, Kirby {Heteroge7tea Ii?nacodes), was fairly 

 common in the forest ; the females were frequently seen in the 

 road, at rest or fluttering in the dust. Its appearance to a bit of 

 clay first drew my attention to it ; the resemblance is very striking — 

 only in the absence of the small boy you wonder how the clay got 

 there, and so detect the deception. 



Arctia caia ; I found two full-fed larvae in the forest, and brought 

 them home on the off-chance of getting something good, but only 

 very ordinary specimens emerged. 



Euchelia jacobce ; several near Eugleville. 



Plusia gamma ; the only Noctua noticed, and this was bustling 

 about everywhere. 



COLEOPTERA. 



The whole neighbourhood, especially the forest, struck me as good 

 ground for the beetle hunter. I did no collecting ; the specimens 

 exhibited are chiefly roadway samples, but searching and sweeping 

 would probably be worth the labour. Several of those I boxed are 

 not without interest. Carabits aurafiis, for instance, is common 

 enough, but no one who has only seen a dry specimen can form any 

 idea of its appearance when alive. Seen foraging in the midday 

 sun, in the middle of a dusty road, its elytra glow like a live coal. 



Geotrupes sylvaticus ; this species was in extraordinary numbers ; 

 dead specimens were everywhere. At one spot, where the road was 

 soft, they were clustered in groups for several yards ; it looked as 

 though sheep had recently passed that way. 



Cetouia aurata ; along a shady stretch of road in the forest, where 

 the overhanging trees prevented much sunlight penetrating, were two 

 luminous spots, not above a few feet in extent, and but a short distance 

 apart. In each of these spaces, within its own nebulous limits, an 

 insect was hovering. I netted them both, a (^ and $ Cetonia am-ata. 

 I had never before taken this beetle on the wing, but my impression 

 was I had disturbed a courtship. 



Trichius fasciatus : I understand British coleopterists consider this 

 insect a good catch ; its popular name of bee-beetle is very apt. Its 

 resemblance on the wing to Bombus mitscorum is most deceiving. 

 I must have seen a fair number during my stroll through this part of 

 the forest. In an idle moment I netted, as I thought, a bee, which 



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