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same place, two larvae of either N. Chaonia or N. Dodonaea (I do not know the diffe- 

 rence), which are now in the chrysalis. N. palpina I found in the same locality, feed- 

 ing on the aspen, and have five in chrysalis. I also found seven or eight larvae of N. 

 Dictaea feeding on the aspen, but all but one unfortunately died. I had the good for- 

 tune to find two larvae of N. Dromedarius here a short time since, feeding on birch, 

 both of which are gone into the earth. The larvae of Orgyia Coryli are by no means 

 uncommon in Hertfordshire, on beech: Notodonta Camelina is also very plentiful. 

 — H. Harpur Crewe ; Breadsall Rectory, near Derby, September 9, 1852. 



Captures of Lepidoptera near Stowmarket. — Among the rarer or local Lepidoptera 

 which I take in this neighbourhood are the following : — 



Speranza conspicuaria, May and end of July, on Spartium Scoparium. 



Coremia Ligustraria, July, in lanes, flying about whitethorn. 



Eupithecia Linaria, August, bred from the seeds of Linaria vulgaris, in the first 

 instance by Professor Henslow, and since by myself. 



Eucosmia undularia, July, in woods. 



Eurymene Dolobraria, July, ditto. 



Micropteryx mansuetella, May, on Mercurialis perennis, in North-field Wood. 



Tinea semifulvella, July, in woods, one specimen. 



Geometra Papilionaria, July, ditto. 



Phorodesma bajularia, July, ditto. 



Chesias obliquaria, May, on Spartium Scoparium. 



Eremobia ochroleuca, July, one specimen turned up out of the soil in the imago 

 form by my gardener, while digging. 



Ennomos Tiliaria, September, at the light of the lamp at my gate. 



Angerona Prunaria, July, in woods. 



Bradyepetes Amataria, June, in lanes, and in my garden. 

 — C. R. Bree ; Stowmarket, September 17, 1852. 



Capture of Tinea ferruginella at Leith. — During a visit to Leith last week, I took 

 this insect flying in an out-house at mid-day. This, I believe, is an addition to the 

 Edinburghshire list of Lepidoptera. — Angus Campbell; London Works, Renfrew, Sep- 

 tember 13, 1852. 



Plutella Dalella. — I have taken some nice specimens of this pretty insect, and shall 

 be glad to supply, as far as possible, any brother entomologist who may be in want of 

 them. — /. Johnson ; Parsonage, Denby, Huddersfield. 



Occurrence of Pterophorus lithodactylus. — I have lately met with this insect in 

 some numbers : should there be any collectors in want of it, I shall be very happy to 

 supply them. — Christopher Eales ; Priestgate, Darlington, August 10, 1852. 



Captures of Hymenoptera fyc. in Yorkshire. — I promised to furnish you with some 

 account of my entomological doings in Yorkshire, and having just returned, I cannot 

 do better than fulfil my promise whilst matters are fresh in my memory. The first 

 impression left on my mind as constituting a marked difference between Yorkshire and 

 the London district, is the immense abundance of the social Hymenoptera as compared 

 with the solitary species, and also as compared with their occurrence near London, or, 

 in fact, in any district which I have investigated in the South of England. On the 

 borders of the woods, the nests of wasps are found in astonishing numbers, principally 

 those of Vespa vulgaris ; those of Vespa rufa are not by any means uncommon ; and 

 those of Vespa Norwegica are also occasionally to be met with, as well as of Vespa 

 arborea. In stony fields on hill-sides I found colonies of Myrmica rubra in such 



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