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Insects. 



Sphecia Bombiliformis. I captured eight 

 or ten specimens of this insect at 

 Upware, in the fens, where they were 

 to be found in plenty in May, flying 

 with great swiftness. 



Sphecia Apifoinnis. One specimen at Sta- 

 pleford, in July. 



Sphecia Bembyciformis. Three specimens 

 taken on the osier in Coe fen. 



Zeuzera JEsculi. One specimen, a fe- 

 male, taken in July, in the gardens 

 of Christ's College. 



Gastropacha Quei'cifolia. Plentiful, feed- 

 ing on the sallow in Burwell fen, in 

 company with Lasiocampa Roboris. 



Clostera reclusa. A larva found on the 

 poplar in June, at Stapleford. 



Notodonta ziczac. Three specimens cap- 

 tured at Stapleford in August. 



Pterostoma palpina. Rather plentiful, on 

 the elm, willow, &c. 



Petasia cassinea. One specimen, taken in 

 September. 



Drymonia Dodonaa. Two specimens in 

 July at Stapleford. 



Cerura fuscinula. One taken in July, on 

 the willow. 



Cerura hijida. Two specimens in July, in 



Fumea radiella. One specimen found oi 

 the heath, near Newmarket. 



Beraclia Dominula. Plentiful in May i| 

 the fens, feeding upon the broac 

 leaved sallow. 



Lithosia plumbeolata. Plentiful in the pel 

 feet state at Stapleford, in July. 



Lithosia gilveola. I captured a specimee 

 of this very rare moth on the 1 0th of 

 August, at Stapleford. 



Lytcea albimacula. A single specimen ta- 

 ken at Whittlesea Mere in August. 



Agrotis valligera. One specimen taken in 

 July, near Stapleford. 



Agrotis cuneigera. One specimen taken at 

 Whittlesea Mere in August last. 



Graphiphora crassa. A single specimen at 

 Shelford, in June. 



Hadena remissa. Taken in a wood near 

 Stapleford, in July. 



Hadena contigua. Two specimens found 

 on the bark of an oak in August, in 

 the same locality. 



Apamea secalina. Taken on Bromus ste- 

 rilis in June, at Shelford. 



Apamea ophiogramma. In the same loca- 

 lity, but not so abundant. 



Alucita hexadactyla. Found in August, 

 on a wall at Stapleford. 



the same locality. 

 — Melville Lee ; Magdalen College, Cambridge, July, 1843. 



Note on the seasons of appearance of Polyommatus Argiolus in Suffolk. Should the 

 following note on the seasons of appearance of Polyommatus Argiolus in Suffolk be 

 deemed of sufficient interest for the pages of ' The Zoologist,' it is at your service. 

 On referring to my register I find that the first specimen of this butterfly I ever pos- 

 sessed (a male), was captured at Kedington on the 9th of May, 1833, and was the only 

 one obtained that year. In 1834 one was taken on the 31st of July, and others on the 

 1st, 8th, and 12th of August. In 1835 the dates of capture are May 8th, 16th and 

 19th, June 6th, July 23rd, 27th and 30th, August 1st and 6th: on the 19th of May 

 and the 6th of August it was very abundant. In 1 836 I took a male at Lavenham on 

 the 7th of May, which is the earliest date I ever saw it, and as it continued very abun- 

 dant in the same locality during the whole of that month, I much regret that I did not 

 take more than a supply for my own cabinet, as it has been a very rare insect ever 

 since, and appears now to have wholly disappeared. The two specimens before noticed 

 (Zool. 172) are the last I have seen.— W. Gaze ; Ballingdon, Sudbury, Stiff oik, July 



Note on the occurrence of Colias Edusa. Judging from Mr. Jordan's remarks (Zool. 

 176) I presume it may not be wholly without interest, at least to that gentleman, if I 

 state that Colias Edusa was common in the Isle of Wight in the year 1804. It was 



