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G. McG., Glasgow. — The flies are Cec. salicis, 

 Sch. 



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EXCHANGE. 



I will be greatly obliged to correspondents 

 who will forward me specimens of A . fuligi- 

 nosa from their respective districts. I wish 

 to compare specimens from different parts 

 of the country for an article on the species. 

 I will make the best return in my power. — 

 John E. Robson, 15, Northgate, Hartlepool. 



I shall be glad to establish correspondents 

 in any part of Britain, especially in the 

 north of Scotland and Ireland, who will 

 undertake to collect for me, Diptera, Hymen- 

 optera, Neuroptera, and Coleoptera, in return 

 for which I will send good Lepi'optem or 

 named types of any other order of insects. 

 Each specimen must have a small label 

 attached with date of capture, and locality 

 if collected at some other place from that 

 at which the correspondent resides. — S. L. 

 MosLEY, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. 



Duplicates.— Larvae of C. caja and P. 

 hicephala. Desiderata. — Numerous; larvae 

 or pupae preferred to imagines. — (Miss) R. 

 Prescott Decie, Bockleton Court, Tenbury . 



Duplicates. — Pmcox, Xemmpdina, Occulta, 

 Gilvago, Minos, Arundinis (fair), and many 

 other uncommon species ; also preserved 

 larvae. Desiderata. — Fossil insects of all 

 kinds only. Accepted offers answered. — 

 Chas. H. H. Walker, 180, Falkner Street, 

 Liverpool. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



The Death's Head at Hartlepool. — 

 A specimen of this insect was taken at 

 Hartlepool last week by Mr. J. J. Dixon. 

 It was flying about in a shop in Alliance 

 Street, probably attracted by the light, and 

 was knocked down and secured. A speci- 

 men was brought me on 30th Sept. by a 

 youiig sailor, who took it a few days before 

 on the mainsail of the "Amy" of Hartlepool 

 as the vessel was crossing Boston Deeps. 

 It is in very good condition considering that 

 it had lived two or three days in a small 

 match-box. — John E. Robson. 



Arrival of the Snow Bunting. — The 

 snow bunting is very abundant now on our 

 sand-hills, having arrived about three weeks 

 ago. Skylarks are also unusually numerous. 

 Is not the middle of September rather early 

 for these birds to have reached us ? — John 

 E. Robson. 



Golden Eagle in Rossshire.— As I was 

 driving from Inverbroom to Garve, last 

 Tuesday, I had the good fortune to see a 

 Golden Eagle sailing round the top ol the 

 hill above Aultguish. There were a number 

 of crows flying round it, and occasionally 

 darting at it. A forester told me that an 

 eagle was always followed by a lot of crows, 

 and suggested that they ate up what the 

 eagle left. But, then, why should they fly 

 at him ? It seemed to me that they were 

 behaving more like little birds pursuing a 

 hawk. Could anyone give me any informa- 

 tion on the subject ? — (Miss) R. Prescott 

 Decie, Bockleton Court, Tenbury, 29th 

 Sept., 1882. 



Attractiveness of Ragwort. — Insects 

 have been a perfect failure in this locality 

 this season. We have not taken any of the 

 insects I named to you except Dahlii and 

 Olivata — both somewhat worn. Of the latter 

 insect my brother took about five in Shipley 

 Glen. Dahlii swarmed at ragwort, but, 

 strange to say, they did not make their 

 appearance until this flower had been in 



