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took two of Maura and one Lihatrix but this was more than I could 

 expect for although it was half a mile from tliose fields, yet I could 

 smell the thistles quite strong. On the 19th I moved to the 

 neighbourhood of VVellmgton, Somerset, where I remained till tlie 

 2gth, when 1 returned to London, and though I was out and about 

 every day yet I only saw three specimens of Edusa and not one of 

 Cavdui all the while, so it seems that they were not generally common 

 in that locality. During the last week I could do but very little. I 

 saw one of Stellatanmi on some tarred board fence but very much the 

 worse for wear, two others were seen by friends but not taken. TV. 



fairly common ; Lihatrix, one taken on the wing at dusk ; Maura, 

 fairly common at dusk ; Jajithina, one beaten out in the day time ; 

 Plecia, one ; Ohscurata , Apiciaria, Adiistata, Propugnata. one each ; 

 Russata, two ; Elntata fairly common and still in good condition ; 

 Plmnbaria, Plagiata common in places. In Coleoptera I was not able 

 to do much. On arriving at Cullompton I was told that there was a 

 dead horse near by and a lot of beetles at it, but by the time I could 

 get there nothing of it was left but the dried skin and bones and a 

 few dead larvae of beetles. I went out in a field of oats which had 

 been cut the previous day and the sheaves laid on the ground, they 

 were then standing them up and under almost every sheaf there was 

 one or more beetles belonging to the genus Pterostichus, chiefly 

 madidiis, striola, and vulgaris, and my nephews told me they were 

 just as plentiful all over tliC field, so there must have been some 

 thousands in that field alone. One of my nephews went to a hedge 

 for shelter from the rain, and Vv'hilst standing under the bushes he 

 looked up to see if there were any nuts there, when he saw a beetle I 

 was very much wanting, a male of Prionus coriarius. Under a dead 

 rabbit at Wellington, I took 17 specimens oi NecropJioriis riispator ; 14 

 of vespillo and 2 oi liiiniator. In Diptera, 2 of Pedicea rivosa, and 2 

 of Echinouiyia grossa the last being the largest British species 

 parasitic on larvae. From Cullompton I have also taken the two 

 next lar<.:cst E. ferose and Tachina /era in the same locality. The 

 beginning of July last 1 took a specimen of Odoiitoiuyia oruata at 

 Stamford Hill settled on a currant bush. This species is not 

 represented in our National Museum. — F. Milton, 134, Stamford 

 Hill, London, N. 



Coleoptera at Esher. — I paid two visits to this fine locahty in 

 June last, the results of which are appended. On June 14th, the 

 weather was cold, with a strong wind blowing, and insects were not 

 plentiful. I restricted my operations almost entirely to beatings. 

 Cyplion padi and Scymuus discoideus, w^ere common, and I was pleased 

 to get a specimen each oi Mcgapciitlics saiigninicollis, and Maliliinns 

 frontalis. Sweeping produced Q^phon /nidi and pallidulus, and by 



