86 ' [April, 



Nymph. 



10. Mandibles from beneath (of one, only apex shown). 



11. Apex of abdomen from beneath. 



12. One of the appendages, more enlarged, from above. 



Carluke, N.B. : January, 1893. 



Nothochrysa capitata, LimnopMlus fuscicornis, Sfc, in East YorTcsMre. — On 

 July 2nd last, in company with Mr. Gr. C. Dennis, of York, I had a few hours' 

 enjoyable collecting at Castle Howard. At rest on a fir trunk in the wood I found 

 a fine NotJiocJirysa capitata, of which species I have also two other Yorkshire speci- 

 mens in my collection, one of them from Bishop's "Wood, near Selby, on May 26th, 

 1890, the other from G-reen Farm Wood, Doncaster, on June 6th, 1892. Among 

 the grass at the foot of an oak tree on the river side a number of LimnopMlus 

 fuscicornis had congregated, some eight or ten specimens (including both sexes) 

 being boxed from it, whereas, from adjoining trees with apparently exactly similar 

 conditions, only occasional specimens occurred : with the fuscicornis wei'e several 

 other species, including Phryganea grandis, Stenophylax stellatus, LimnopMlus 

 extricatus, L. Mrsufus, &c. On the river, Calopteryx splendens was common, and 

 Leptocerus cinereus ; whilst beating in the wood produced Chrysopa alba in swarms, 

 C. tenella and C. vittata. Of Lepidoptera, a few Asthena Blomeri occurred about 

 ash trees. On the previous evening (July 1st) we sugared some palings and trees at 

 Askham Bogs, York, to which LimnopMlus luridus came in abundance, Grammo- 

 taulius atomarius plentifully, and LimnopMlus flavicornis and L. sparsus fairly 

 commonly. The Lepidopterous visitors included Leucania pudorina, very fine and 

 evidently just out, Acronycta leporina, with an abundance of fine dark Noctua 

 c-nigrum and other species. Plusia festuccs occurred at flowers of Iris pseudacorus. 

 —Geo. T. Poreitt, Huddersfield : March lOth, 1893. 



[According to my experience of nearly 35 years, Nothochrysa capitata has 

 latterly become decidedly more common and more wide-spread. But during the whole 

 of that period I have not heard of the capture in this country of its ally, N. 

 fulviceps. Is the latter extinct ? cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., 1891, p. 170.— K. McL.]. 



Anosia Plexippus off the coast of Portugal. — With reference to the statement 

 at the Meeting of the South London Entomological Society, that only three speci- 

 mens of this butterfly had been recorded from the continent of Europe, I have a 

 specimen taken some years ago off the coast of Portugal, sixty miles from Cape St. 

 Vincent. — Geo. A. Haekee, 100, Huskisson Street, Liverpool : March \^th, 1893. 



Early spring Phopalocera on the Riviera. — I am reliably informed that the 

 following species have already been either seen or taken on the wing near Nice 

 (Alpes-Maritimes), viz. : — Pieris brassicce, L., several seen ; Anthocharis Belia, Cr., 

 one seen and one taken on February 25th, locality. Cap St. Jean ; Colias Edusa, F., 

 one noticed at St. Maurice, to the north of Nice, on February 12th ; Lycana Argio- 

 lus, L., an individual seen on February 16th ; Vanessa urticcB, L., one seen this 

 morning. Going back to former seasons, I find, on referring to my diary, that 

 Papilio Podalirius, L., has been seen on March 29th (1891) ; and T have met with 



