All the Eupithecise were either taken 

 at rest <jr by beating for them. 



5000 Insects. 



Speelotis pyrophila. On flowers of ragwort. 

 Agrotis Ashworthii. At rest on limestone rocks. 

 Botys terrealis. By beating herbage on limestone rocks. 

 Gnophos, nov. spec. At rest on limestone rocks. 

 Emmelesia bifasciaria. On wing at dusk. 

 Eupithecia distinctaria. ->! 



„ pimpinellaria. 



„ nanataria. 



„ cognaria. 



„ suhfulvaria. 



„ rufifasciaria. 



Also two other species not yet named. J 

 Peronea permutana. By beating. 

 Sciaphila bellana. At rest on limestone rocks. 

 Eupoecilia atricapitana. By beating. 

 Crambus falsellus. On an old stone wall. 

 Tinea semifulvella. By beating. 

 Nemotoi,s cupriacellus. On wing at mid-day. 

 Gelechia desertella. In old rabbit-holes. 

 „ politella. On wing at dusk. 

 „ artemisiella. On wing all day. 

 „ sequax. Ditto. 

 „ tseniolella. Ditto. 

 Laverna Staintoni. On wing at dusk. 

 Pterophorus plagiodactylus. On wing all day. 



PS. In July I captured Plusia bractea and Exaereita Allisella ; in November Cry- 

 modes Templi ; all in Cheshire. — S. Carter ; 20, Lower Moseley Street, Manchester. 



Singular Sivarm of Vanessa Urticce in December. — The following notice of the 

 capture of a swarm of Vanessa Urticae on the 26th of December, 1855, at the farm of 

 Mr. Banning, Monte Video, Ballacraine, Isle of Man, was sent me by that gentleman, 

 together with the insects themselves : — " Whilst standing in my farm-yard on the day 

 following Christmas-day, it being unusually fine and warm, I was suddenly astonished 

 by the fall of more than a hundred of the accompanying butterflies. I commenced at 

 once collecting them, and succeeded in securing more than sixty ; these I have fed on 

 sugar spread over cabbage-leaves and bran until now, and, to all appearances, those 

 which still survive (more than forty in number) are thriving well, and in good 

 condition. — Alfred Rains ; Neiv Brighton, Cheshire, January 19, 1856. 



Remarks on Mr. Newmans Note relating to Argynnis Lathonia. — Mr. Newman's 

 idea of appointing a triumvirate, "armed with scissors and absolute power," is a very 

 good one, but I doubt much whether any will avail themselves of this sciscitation. 

 My notion, when I penned the first note, was that some one, against whom the " grave 

 and reverend" charge was made, would have been first in the field, and up to this 

 time I am so far gratified to see such good sense displayed, whether real or assumed, 

 in not seeking to add in print what is already in black and white. In some instances 

 men are convicted by their silence, whilst in others they are condemned by their 

 speech. The middle path, therefore, is difficult to travel over, yet it may be safely 

 accomplished by those who don't always require to put on " seven-league boots" when 

 they start. — John Scott ; South Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, January 1, 1856. 



