The imm 



A Penny Weekly Magazine of Natural History. 



No. 134. JUNE 3ed, 1882. Vol. 3. 



A FEW DAYS ABOUT 

 LIVERPOOL. 



By S. L. Mosley. 



ON April 28tli I started for a few 

 days collecting on the Lanca- 

 sliire and Cheshire coasts. The wea- 

 ther had not been very promising 

 during the previous week, but as I 

 had made all arrangememts I deter- 

 mined to risk the future. I was met 

 at Liverpool by my friend, Dr. Ellis, 

 to whom, along with Miss Ellis and 

 Mr. C. S. Gregson, I am greatly in- 

 debted for their kindness and hospi- 

 tality. 



Our first "out" was to Crosby, where 

 we hoped to find larvje of Fascelina. 

 However, we were disappointed, for it 

 was very cold and blowing fearfully 

 from the sea. We sought long, but 

 only met with one larva of Fascelina j 

 two very small Tri/oUi, and two Quer- 

 cus, the latter falling to Dr. ElHs's lot. 

 The bitter cold wind had evidently 

 driven the larvae into the bottom of 

 tlie herbage, so we employed our time 

 by lying down behind a sandhill and 

 scratching among the herbage for any- 

 thing we could find. In this way we 



collected a few beetles, including Zeis- 

 tus ferrngineus pretty commonly. We 

 also found a single small larva of 

 Prcecox and an imago of T. gracilis^ 

 but the latter managed to escape in 

 the night, we having left the box a 

 little open in the hopes of obtaining 

 eggs. 



The next day we determined to try 

 the Cheshire side, so having arranged 

 with Mr. C. S. Gregson and Lieutenant 

 Mason to meet us, we started out. 

 The day was warmer, but the wind 

 blew strong from the sea. On arriving 

 at the Wallasey sandhills we found 

 that Zonaria was still out and obtained 

 a few specimens of both sexes, it hav- 

 ing been out fully two months, t'ol- 

 ] owing the sandhills brought us to a 

 place where B. ruli was evidently 

 common, judging from the number of 

 cocoons which had been pulled out by 

 the rooks, l^y careful searching we 

 managed to find a few, and also a few 

 Ardia fuliginosa, but the tufts of grass 

 all being intergrown with Bosa spinos- 

 issima it was not a very pleasant task 

 searching among them with the bare 

 hands. A few batches of eggs of 



