3624 Insects. 



Capture of Mancipium Daplidice at Whittlesea Mere. — I took a fine specimen of 

 Mancipium Daplidice near Whittlesea Mere, on the 22nd or 23rd of August last. It 

 was at rest on the flower of the wild carrot. I was unable to get any more specimens, 

 although I examined every white butterfly that I could find. — E. C. Buxton ; Spike- 

 lands, Liverpool, September 11, 1852. 



Capture of Colias Edusa at Stowmarket.. — It may be worth recording that I took 

 a single specimen of Colias Edusa in my garden on the 2nd of September : I never 

 saw it before in this neighbourhood. We are twenty-four miles from the sea. Colias 

 Hyale, as I have already announced in your journal, was taken within three miles of 

 the town last autumn. — C. R. Bree ; Stowmarket, September 17, 1852. 



Capture of Vanessa Antiopa near Stowmarket. — A very good specimen of Vanessa 

 Antiopa was taken on the 30th of August, at Elmswell, six miles from this place, by 

 Miss Lucy Marriott, daughter of the Kev. H. S. Marriott. Miss M., who is only nine 

 years of age, was catching butterflies for her brother, a young entomologist a year 

 older, when she obtained the rare prize. It was taken and let off three times before 

 it was finally secured. The locality chosen by the fair Antiopa was a series of hurdles 

 in close contiguity to the pig-sty ! There is a considerable sized wood close to Mr. 

 Marriott's house. This makes the seventh specimen of Antiopa which has been taken 

 during the last few years in this neighbourhood. — Id. 



Capture of Vanessa Antiopa near York. — I have the pleasure of informing thee 

 that I captured the Camberwell beauty (Vanessa Antiopa) at Lang with, about three 

 miles S.E. of York, on the 30th ultimo. — Robert Crosland ; Friends School, York, 9th 

 Mo. 4, 1852. 



Probable Mode of detecting the Larva of Polyommatus Artaxerxes fyc. — The Ochill 

 Hills around Logie and Menstrie produce this insect abundantly; so does Arthur's 

 Seat, as well as other places round about : but of the larva, or its transformation, no- 

 thing is known. I would therefore suggest to entomologists living in these neigh- 

 bourhoods, that by cutting a few yards of the turf which it frequents, and having it 

 carted home, and again planted, and a fine net thrown over all to protect it from birds 

 &c, they might be enabled to detect the larva. By the bye, Castle Eden Dene pro- 

 duces the Durham Argus; might not the larva of this also be looked for in this way, 

 and, if found, compared with the above? This would at once determine whether they 

 are different insects. — John Scott; London Works, Renfrew, September 13, 1852. 



Capture of Chaerocampa Celerio near Tenterden. — A very fine male specimen of 

 Chaerocampa Celerio was brought to me alive on Thursday the 16th ; it had appa- 

 rently but recently emerged from the chrysalis, being in the most perfect condition. 

 It was found in a hop-oast, and is now in my cabinet. — S. C. Tress Beale; Tenterden, 

 September 21, 1852. 



Capture of Chaerocampa Nerii at Brighton. — On the 1 1th of September a specimen 

 of Chaerocampa Nerii was taken in Montpelier Road, Brighton, by a young gentleman 

 at school, while it was hovering about a passion-flower. He gave it to one of his com- 

 panions, from whose hands it has found its way into my cabinet. It is a female, and 

 in good condition, with the exception of the thorax, which was injured by its flutter- 

 ing about in the net of its captor. The expansion of the wings is 4f inches. — John 

 N. Winter ; Guy^s Hospital, London, September 21, 1852. 



Occurrence of Notodonta trepida Sfc. near Berkhampstead. — I was fortunate enough 

 to beat three larvro of Notodonta trepida off oaks near Berkhampstead, in July, two of 

 which arc now in the pupa, and one unfortunately died. I also beat off oaks, at the 



