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sects quite as partial to it as the foliage. I have captured both Miana strigilis and 

 iEthiops, and they are unquestionably one species ; your correspondent need only ex- 

 amine a tolerable series of the foregoing insects, to be convinced of his error. Plusia 

 Interrogationis has been taken here several times, quite as often on the wing as at 

 rest on the stone walls : P. bractea is rare, and always taken at rest ; my specimen was 

 captured on the summit of Werneth Low, near Hyde, in August, 1839. The whole 

 of this genus appear to be of a semidiurnal character, and very active in their habits. 

 I consider Percontationis a variety of Iota, — i?. S. Edleston ; Cheetham Hill, near 

 Manchester, April 7, 1845. 



Captures of Lepidopterous Insects at Manchester. The weather, for some weeks af- 

 ter the new year set in, was so extraordinarily cold, that nothing in the shape of col- 

 lecting could be put in force. Towards the close of February I determined to try 

 Dunham Park, although the ground was covered with snow. Anisopteryx leucophe- 

 aria, Phigalia pilosaria and Leptogramma irrorana ? were my captures ; the latter in- 

 sect I suppose must have survived the winter. Since then the weather has changed, 

 and other species have made their appearance, as Anisopteryx vEscularia, male and 

 female, Nyssia hispidaria, Biston Prodromarius, Orthosia Populeti (Fab., intermedia, 

 Steph.), Ceropacha flavicornis ? Larentia multistrigaria, Lobophora rupestraria ? Gra- 

 cillaria heraidactylella, Lampronia purpurella, Oporinia nubilea, Leptogramma litera- 

 na, and Hibernia stictaria. Of the latter insect I have taken some extraordinary 

 varieties, varying from light fawn to the darkest brown. The genus Leptogramma 

 appears to consist of one variable species. — Id. 



Capture of Lepidopterous Insects near London. I beg to enclose you a list of some 

 of my captures in Lepidoptera within the last two years, with localities and dates, and 

 trust it may be useful to collectors generally. I have as far as possible excluded such 

 species as are considered abundant or common in most places. 



jEgeria Stomoxiformis, 



Aug. 16. 



Coburg-road. 



Cossus ligniperda, 



Aug. 8. 



Ditto. 



Euthemonia Russula, 



July 9. 



Combhurst. 



Spilosoma papyratia, 



May 30. 



Deptford-marshes. 



Lithosia aureola, 



May 19. 



Leatherhead-common. 



Lytaea umbrosa, 



Aug. 10. 



Deptford-marshes. 



Charaeas fusca, 



Sept. 23. 



Norbury-park. 



Agrotis corticea, 



July 6. 



Lime-trees, Clapham-common 



suffusa, 



Sept. 19. 



Dulwich-wood. 



Graphiphora C-nigrum, ... 



Sept. 1. 



Coburg-road. 



Orthosia munda, 



March 30. 



Dulwich-wood. 



sparsa, 



April 2. 



Ditto. 



miniosa, 



March 30. 



Ditto. 



Mythimna grisea, 



July 27. 



Ditto. 



Amphipyra pyramidea, 



Sept. 3. 



Lullingstone-park. 



Xylina semibrunnea, 



Oct. 10. 



Norbury-park. 



Calocampa exoleta, 



March 26. 



Dulwich-wood. 



Hadena thalassina, 



May 21. 



Darent. 



Genistas, 



May 19. 



Leatherhead. 



Capsincola, 



June 28. 



Coburg-road. 



Apamea fibrosa, 



Aug. 5. 



Hammersmith. 



nictitans, 



Sept. 3. 



Lullingstone-park. 



