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the bilberry ; the birches yielded N. argentipedelia, and mixed underwood produced 
N. amomalella and N. aurella ; then I turned to brushing the buckthorn and obtained 
a few Bucculatria frangulella and some larve of Gonepteryx rhamni nearly full-fed. 
Here I also met with a few Penthina prelongana, Coleophora limosipennella, and 
C. gryphipennella, Ornix Loganella off birch, and Ornix guttew; on capturing this 
last, I looked round for an apple-tree and there was one, although far away from 
any orchard, Gelechia notatella was started from sallow bushes, and on the road-side 
towards the inn, amongst Veronica chamedrys I swept afew Adela fibulella. I then 
collected a few larvee of Depressaria carduella for Mr. Stainton, who wished to study 
that species a little further on his setting board before publishing its history in the 
twelfth volume of the Natural History of the Tiniena.—J. B. Hopexrnson, 15, Spring 
Bank, Preston, June 13th, 1870. 
Captures of Lepidoptera at Witherslack.—On the morning of Mouday, the 13th 
of last month (June), I left home for Witherslack, in Westmoreland, for the purpose 
of having a few days’ collecting in that rather noted locality. I arrived there 
about noon, and made the ‘Derby Arms” head quarters, where I was at once in- 
stalled in Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson’s room, which I found replete with everything 
necessary for killing and setting specimens, &c. Unfortunately, during the five 
days I spent there, the weather was most unfavourable, a good part of the time 
being so wet, that I could scarcely get out to do anything, whilst there was but 
little sun during the whole of my stay. This was the more annoying, as in nearly 
every other part of the country the weather was beautifully fine. As a consequence, 
my success was very poor compared with what it might have been under favourable 
circumstances. The following is a tist of the best species taken. Chortobius Davus 
on a heathy marsh about a mile to the back of the Inn, Lycena Agestis and Alsus on 
the grassy slope in front of the Inn, Cherocampa porcellus a not uncommon visitor 
to sugared trees, Lithosia mesomella not uncommon among ling, Arctia fuliginosa, 
Bombye callune (in larva state), Nemoria viridata beaten out of Myrica gale, Todis 
lactearia, Asthena luteata and candidata, Acidalia fumata common on the heathy 
marsh, Macaria litwrata, Fidonia piniaria, Aspilates strigillaria in plenty in the 
same locality as A. fumata, Ligdia adustata, Emmelesia albulata, Ewpithecia venosata, 
pulchellata, castigata, vulgata, and ewiguata, Melanthia ocellata, Cidaria russata, 
Eubolia palumbaria, Tanagra cherophyllata common but local, Leucania comma, 
Mamestra anceps, Apamea unanimis two at sugar, Gramesia trilinea var. bilinea, 
Rusina tenebrosa, Aplecta nebulosa, Abrostolu urtice, Ennychia octomaculata ou open 
ground as well as in the woods, Pterophorus plagiodactylus (? ; this specimen is rather 
different from the usual type, Mr. Hodgkinson took a similar one on May 28th), 
tephraductylus and tetradactylus and others. I do not remember any locality in 
which I noticed so many Pterophori as here.—Guo. T. Porrirt, Huddersfield, 
July 16th, 1870. 
Under the sand on Yarmouth Denes.—Lying down by the side of the more ele- 
vated patches of Marram (Ammophila arenaria), and carefully drawing away the 
sand from round their roots, singular objects, closely resembling fungi of the genus 
Clavaria, became visible, attached by one end to the sheaths of the grass, and 
branched and sub-divided into rounded projections at the other end. 
