114 Cordeaux » Enormous Skate. 
larve ; Hepialus hectus; Orgyta antigua, larve on bramble, | 
perfect insect dashing about in sun on 1oth Sept.; Xylophasia 
monoglypha, also at sugar on 10th September, when some of the 
specimens seemed to be quite fresh; Agrotis exclamationts, flying 
about in sun; 7riphena pronuba; Aplecta nebulosa, one worn 
specimen taken off tree trunk ; Plusza chrysttis; Plusza iota, at 
ight; Zanclogn natha grisealis, beaten out of spruce; Hypena 
proboscidalis; Ruma luteolata; Metroc athe margaritaria; Urop- 
teryx sambucaria, sparingly; Amphidasys betularia var. double- 
dayaria, a cripple taken which laid a large number of ova, 
which hatched out on the 17th August; Boarmia repandata; 
Asthena luteata, worn; Asthena blomeri, single specimen in 
good condition; Fupisterta obliterata ( = heparata), worn; 
Acidalia bisetata; Acidalia aversata; Cabera pusaria; Abraxas 
grossulariata ; Lomaspilis marginata; Larentia didymata, very 
abundant; Larentia viridaria; Larentia olivata, several speci- 
mens, but mostly worn ; Ammelesza affinttata and var. turbarta ; 
Emmelesia alchemillata, sparingly ; Euptthecta tenuiata; Thera 
variata, also on 10th September; Aypszpeles sordidata, several, 
some very dark vars.; Melantppe sociata; Melanippe montanata ; 
Camptogramma bilineata; Cidaria truncata, a few fresh out, 
common and variable in September, but much worn; Crdarza 
populata; C. fulvata; C. dotata; Eubolia limitata, common ; 
Anaitis plagiata, one or two flying about in sun; TJanagra 
atrata; Tortrix virridana. 
13th August.—Preris rape; P. napt; Polyommatus phieas ; 
Apamea didyma; Tripheena janthina; Plusita gamma; also 
larvee of Acronycta rumtcis. 
1oth September.—/verzs brassicae; Vanessa atalanta; Phalera 
ee. took a batch of Jarve off alder, very small for this 
late , being barely half-an-inch long ; Aydrecta nictitans ; 
Wetes peo) at sugar; 7riphena comes; Anchocelts litura; 
Calymnia trapesina, caught; Polta cht; Phlogophora meticulosa; 
Melanthia bicolorata; Hypolepia sequella, two or three specimens. 
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NOTE— FISHES. 
us ety oa apg ag lat; Roebuck's ‘Handbook of | 
‘orks * Vertebrat LD ion is made, on my authority, of an 
enormous e(R tee hatte i . measuring 4 feet 2 inches § in length and 
5 feet 8 inches in breadth, 
These dimensions are now greatly exceeded by one (a Blue apy as 
aitereet call them) a into Grimsby this week by one of the 
boats fishing off Iceland. The length over a8 - this monster “8 g feet 
4 inches and the breadth 6 feet 7 inches. | am told it is the largest ever 
seen on the pontoon,— J. CORDEAUX, Great Cotey: Hose, R.S.O., Lincoln, 
17th February 1899. 
Naturalist, 
