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Wakefield, found by Mr. George Roberts, and examples of Scalaria pseudo- 

 scalaris, Broc., from Mogador, collected by Mr. J. H. Ponsonby. Mr. 

 Cockereil stated that this species had been recently added to the British list 

 and contributed notes on his exhibit. Mr. Kelsall exhibited specimens of 

 the Palmated Water Newt {Lissoiriton pahnipes) , and contributed notes. — H. 

 W. Barkee, Hon. Sec. 



NOTES ON ISLE OF MAN CAPTURES IN JUNE. 



By C. S. GREGSON. 



I have just returned from a few days collecting in the Isle of Man. 1 

 found the season a late one. Plants which usually bloom there in May, and 

 should now be in seed, are yet in full bloom. The Lychnis feeders are 

 constrained to eat leaves and flowers, there being few seed capsules formed 

 yet and fewer with seed in them. On the first night I was accompanied by 

 a Reverend gentleman, whom I met on the boat accidentally, but who was 

 desirous of seeing some rock collecting. The results so far as I was con- 

 cerned on that night, were five pupa of Sesia muscceformis, one Eupithecia 

 constrictaria, several E. venosata, one E. vulgata, several Setina irorella y 

 one Xygcena filipendulce var. cytici, several Gelechia insiabilella, and a nice 

 series of the larva of Gelechia leucomelanella. To get this larva it is best to 

 climb up to small plants of Selene maritima, growing in fissures on the face 

 of the rocks. Observe if any of the shoots of the plants are appressed and 

 tied to the face of the rock, if so, examine carefully, for a slightly obese yellow 

 or yellowish-green larva, with a black head and corslet. Secure your own 

 footing first, then get the larva. Bad specimens of this species still stand in 

 our collections as G. vicinella (Douglass), but I do not know if Zeller's name 

 has precedence. My friend, being more botanist than entomologist, wished 

 to see Cochliaria danica in its home (damp places on the rock), we scrambled 

 down to a patch, and under the leaves Plutella annulelella was feeding freely 

 We had now done a fair evening's work, including a number of commoner 

 species, which my friend noted as I gave him their names. Dusk coming o 

 I settled down to attend to a nice patch of flowers of Selene maritima ; soo 

 my old acquaintance, Dianthcecia var. capsopkila, came buzzing about, and wa 

 netted, only to be ignominiously turned out again, because a magnificientl 

 blue Dianthcecia Cacia var. manani darted to the flowers, and was going side 

 ling off like a sphinx does, when it was netted and boxed ; only one othe 

 Manani was seen that night, but several fine capsopkila were secured, As 



