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be found there. The list itself, though confined to so small a portion of the 

 county, does not pretend to be complete. 



m My brother and I have yearly added a considerable number of species to it. Last 

 year we added over 15 species ; and the great variety of sub-soils, which makes it neces- 

 sary to hunt each locality thoroughly, at the same time makes it highly improbable that 

 more than a part only of the species inhabiting this division have as yet been observed. 

 In fact, scarcely any of the numerous inhabitants of fir woods, and none of the alder- 

 feeders, figure in our list at all." 



Besides this they have never sugared, nor used " light." 



81 The Rivers Lee and Ver run through parts of our district, but night-work is very 

 necessary for marsh insects, and this we have not attempted. Near Hatfield are some 

 capital reed beds," 



Taking these matters into consideration, the limitation of their list to the 

 captures over so small an area, and the neglect of so successful means of 

 obtaining insects, we think the list is an excellent one and shows good work. 



There is just one point where we may suggest an improvement in any 

 future lists of the kind. We would have liked to see some mark after each 

 name, that would have informed us of the abundance or rarity of the species. 

 Mr. Stainton's well-known marks " ! " and " ! ! the first signifying that 

 the species occurs there regularly, and the second that it is abundant, would 

 have added much to the value of the list. 



The species themselves do not call for special remark. Being the captures 

 actually made by the gentlemen themselves, it does not contain any very great 

 rarities, which as often as not are picked up by non-entomologists. But it 

 contains several very good insects, nevertheless, and those which deserve 

 special mention such as Colias hyale, Heliothis armigera, &c, are referred 

 to in the introductory remarks. If similar lists were published by every 

 collector in Britain it would add enormously to our knowledge. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The meeting of this society, held June 25th, was very well attended, and 

 a large number of exhibits were on the table. Amongst these I may mention 

 P. hamula, D. coryli, N. lucina, Y. impluviata, C. plantaginis, K albulata, 

 and many others shewn by Mr. Sheldon. A very fine lot of S. irroretta by 

 Mr. Russell, and A. promutata, E. subnotata, and a carpet unnamed, supposed 

 to be a local form of C.ferrugata,hom North Devon, by Mr. Thornwaite. 

 Mr. Huckett brought up two fine varieties of A. grossulariata y and Mr. 

 Clark shewed bred A. prodromaria remarkable for their large size. Mr. 

 Cripps exhibited Cincindela campestris, and Mr. Lewcock also brought up a 

 very fine lot of Coleoptera. 



