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distinct species or varieties of Rapes and Napi ; but I cannot call to 

 mind any record of one of thetn being taken with an extra spot on the 

 wings. — C. S. Gregson, Liverpool. 



Lepidoptera from Donxaster. — The weather still continues to 

 be very cold. The nights are usually clear and often frosty, and there 

 is nothing to be done at either sugar or sallows. However, during 

 the day, when the sun gets out, there is warmth enough to tempt 

 some insects out, and I have taken the following specimens : — 



March 27th. — One specimen of H. leucopkearia, v. nigvicaria. This, 

 I believe, is a new record for Yorkshire. 



April 2nd. — O. fagella seen for the first time this year. 



April 12th. — Fagella and Hyemaiia were common, and I saw a few 

 Microp. unimacitlella on birch. 



April 14th and 15th. — Microp. uminaculella , purpurella, and some 

 others that I have not yet determined, in thousands on the birches. 

 I also took a Torfrix on birch, but as yet I have failed to discover 

 its name. 



April 17th. — I took from the trunk of a young birch-tree a very 

 handsome form of B. partheiiias, in which the pale costal blotch is 

 much larger than usual. Also one specimen of 5. avellanella. 



April 19th. — Micvoptevygidce still in any number. Also a rather 

 light form of C. flavicornis. — H. H. Corbett, 19, Hallgate, Doncaster, 

 April 2nd, 1891. 



At the Sallows. — I discovered some sallows about 3 miles out of 

 Sunderland the other day, and on April 30th a friend and I had a try 

 at them with fairly satisfactory results. We took about 30 splendid 

 Gothica, a few Rubricosa, 3 Gracilis, one very fine and dark, and some 

 very variable things which I suppose must all be Instabilis, but they 

 are so entirely different from one another it is hard to beiieve them 

 one species. I also got a few Anticlea badiata. On May 5th we went 

 to Castle Eden Dene, but the wind was easterly and cold. We only 

 got about a dozen Rubricosa between us, 2 or 3 Gracilis, Stabilis, and X. 

 Uthoriza ; also Badiata and Dinrnea fagella. — 'L. S. Brady, Sunderland. 



Captures at Waterford. — During April I have been busy with 

 the Taniocamp(S, and have obtained fine series of Stabilis, instabilis, 

 gothica, and rubricosa, the latter very interesting, being a distinct grey 

 form. 1 have also taken a series of very strongly marked S. lobnlata, 

 and another of E. abbrcviata : but the want of warm weather is keep- 



