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houses, and the remainder are principally the residences of shepherds. 

 It has no road to any other place ! " 



I cannot conclude this brief notice without expressing a hope that 

 our brothers of the net will not allow another season to pass over 

 without making more energetic attempts to ascertain the entomologi- 

 cal productions of Scotland as well as Ireland. I have heard one of 

 the most acute of the continental lepidopterists speak of the former of 

 these countries as a terra incognita as regards entomology, and dwell 

 with joyful anticipation on the rich harvest which he expected to reap 

 there. I hope, indeed, the harvest will be reaped, but I could wish 

 the labourer should be one of ourselves. 



Edward Newman. 



Peckham, September, 1844. 



Note on a Variety of Lyccena Phlceas, fyc. In a farewell excursion with Mr. Dyson 

 on the 1st inst., previous to his departure for the Bay of Honduras, for the purpose of 

 collecting specimens of Natural History, we alighted from the Leeds railway at Mid- 

 dleton station, and proceeded towards Oldham ; about a mile from which place our at- 

 tention was attracted to a strange-looking butterfly on the wing in the road. We gave 

 chase and Mr. Dyson captured it, when, to our great delight, we found it a remarka- 

 bly large Lycama Phleeas, female, all the usual coppery markings being pure white, 

 with central black spots ; the band of the inferior wings is unusually broad, and pure 

 white. At our destination, Wharmton-moor, iu Saddleworth, we captured Chareeas 

 Graminis abundantly, Celaena Haworthii on the ragwort, Polia Chi on stone walls, 

 and two specimens of Lithomia Solidaginis resting on fir trees, — a new locality for 

 this very local insect ; on White-moss, Apamea nictitans and Phycita fusca in beauti- 

 ful condition ; the latter insect must be double-brooded, I took it in the same locality 

 at the end of May. — R. S. Edleston ; Manchester, September 11, 1844. 



Note on the capture of Mamestra suasa (Dens canis, Haw.,), and Plusia interroga- 

 tionis. Three specimens of the former have been captured near Chorlton, at the be- 

 ginning of June ; and one specimen of the latter, resting on a stone wall, at Brushes, 

 August 24. — Id. 



Note on captures of Lepidopterous Insects near Manchester, in 1844. 

 April 21. Lampronia purpurella, beat out of fir-trees, Coppy-wood, near Middleton. 

 April 28. Saturnia Pavonia-minor, abundant on White-moss. 



May 12. Anacampsis longicornis, and a new species, glossy black, same size as pre- 

 ceding (aterrima, Dale) ; and Anchylopera derasana. 

 May 20. Thymele Tages, Melitaa Artemis and Vanessa C-album, Cottrel-wood. 

 May 25. Hadena adusta and thalassina and Macrochila bicostella, White-moss. 

 May 31. Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Bupalus favillacearius, Phycita fusca and Lasio- 



campa Rubi, White-moss. 

 June 2. Acronycta Rumicis and Menyanthidis, Tortrix coniferana (Ratzburgh), Ti- 

 nea lappella, Cnephasia resinella very fine, the three latter species on fir-trees ; 



