182 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES POE 1805, 



"Wallsend J. W. Dees, Esq. 



Whitley Rev. R. F. Wheeler, 



Whoiiton, Teesdale T. Dodgson, Esq., Stubb House. 



Wolsingham Win. Backhouse, Esq., St. John's, 



Wylam G. C. Atkinson, Esq., Wylam Hall. 



XIX. — Entomological Notes for the Tear 1865. By Thomas 

 John Bold. 



The Red Admiral Butterfly. — I see that this beautiful creature 

 is very common this year all over our district. I have seen it 

 at Gribside, Axwell, Grosforth, South Shields, Whitley, Hartley;, 

 &c, &c. It is very pretty to see half-a-dozen or so seated at 

 one time on the Ragwort, a sight not. at all uncommon on tie 

 sea banks north of Whitley. The small Tortoise-shell Butterfly 

 also is just now exceedingly abundant, at the north end of Whit- 

 ley sands, where it is feeding on the' flowers of the sea rocket. 



The Painted Lady Butterfly. — A good number of the Painted 

 Lady Butterfly ( Vanessa Car dm) have been on wing lately, and 

 at present the larvae may be found rather plentifully on thistles. 

 They feed on a broad leaved thistle, are solitary in their habits, 

 each living underneath a neat silken tent, of which five or six 

 may be found on one leaf, but a few inches apart. The larva is 

 black, very spiny, some of the dorsal spines being yellow, or 

 brownish-yellow . 



Humming Bird Hawk Moth. — In common with other localities, 

 we have this year had an abundance of Macroglossum stellatarum, 

 and any one wishing for the larva may now find them wherever 

 their food-plant, the yellow ladies bed straw, grows. During 

 the day the larva will be found buried in the sand at the roots 

 of the plants, only coming abroad to feed during very dark days, 

 and at nights. 



Celery and Parsnip Leaf Miner. — Conspicuous amongst the 

 ravages of hosts of insect pests this year, is the work of the larva 



