THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



lepklopterous larvae. The smaller ones we 

 do not know. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates of A. Paphia and L. Corydon. 

 Desiderata —Very numerous. Butterflies 

 and Noctuas preferred. — F. Moreton, 21, 

 Ker Street, 1 'evonport, Devon. 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &C. 



Variety of Ling. — White on the moors, 

 on Sunday last, a friend who was with me 

 picked up a branch of ling (Callitna vulgaris), 

 with white flowers on one spray and pink ones 

 on the other ; I have frequently seen white 

 ling, but never the two colors on the same 

 plant before. — S. L. Mosley, Hudders- 

 field, August 30, 1880. 



On the 21st of August I visited Winchester, 

 where I remained until the following Satur- 

 day. The sky was throughout the week 

 cloudy, and but little sunshine appeared. On 

 a hill near the town L. Croydon was abundant. 

 I took several fine specimens, together with 

 one Polychloros, 6 C. Edusa, (all males,) and 

 a few Pamphilus, which were together with I". 

 urtica, extremely abundant. At Crabbe 

 Wood I capiured a specimen of T. querent. — 

 F. Moreton*, Devonport. 



Monohama Sutor. — Passing along the dock 

 side, this morning, I saw a fine specimen of 

 this rare Long-horn, sunning himself on a 

 length of pit wood. Many of these timber 

 boring beetles are imported here. S. Edilis is 

 often abundant in the yards where this class 

 of timber is piled. Sutor occurs regularly, 

 but not in such large numbers, while still 

 rarer species are sometimes found. I would 

 be glad to send any of these beetles alive to 

 any one desiring to see them. These speci- 

 mens emerge from pupa here, and perhaps 

 would be called British specimens by those 

 who consider a "blown over" Daplidice or 

 Lathonia British. — John E. Robson, West 

 Hartlepool. 



Captures at Wallasey and Crosby. — - 

 The following is a list of a few Lepidoptera, 



&C, taken on Crosby and Wallasey Sandhills 

 during the week, ending August 22st. Two 

 specimens of A . Precox at treacles, and one 

 on a ragwort flower; A. silago, TJanthina, A. 

 nebulosa. M. maura, &c ; treacles, on the same 

 substance the following moths swarmed at 

 both localities making themselves an intolera- 

 ! ble nuisance. A*, xanthogropha, A" polyodon, 

 A. tnigopuguiiis, T. pronuba, T. uvbona. The 

 pretty little H. mctitans was much more 

 common at Crosby than Wallasey. The rag- 

 wort flowers were during the day a great 

 attraction for A. valligera, though the moth 

 only came sparsely to treacle. Larvae of 

 pisi was accordinly common on dwarf sallow, 

 and A. fuliginosa on dock and other low lying 

 plants. Occasional specimens of B. trifolii 

 1 were found by searching among low grass at 

 Crosby, and at the same locality Z . plipendul.e 

 abounded on thistle flowers, though the 

 greater part of them were considerably worn. 

 : The wary Al grandis darted about the flat 

 j and |ow lying heaths in pairs, and the rag- 

 ' wort attracted occasional specimens of the 

 fine hymenopteron A mm up hi I a scabulosa. Both 

 j Pompilus gibbus and Mellinus avvensis were 

 flying about sandy hollows. Aphodius fimetai 

 \ rius common in dung. — C. H. H. Walker, 

 Liverpool, August 25. 1880. 



Captures at Wallasey. — Whilst on the 

 Wallasey Sandhill yesterday afternoon, I 

 filled most of my boxes with Diptera — chiefly 

 , of the family Syrphida — genera Helophilus and 

 : Syrphus — they were very abuudant on the 

 ; flowers of the Ragwort and Sowthistle — being 

 j accompanied on the former plant by a few 

 worn specimens of A grot is valligera, I noticed 

 a few specimens of Peronea permutata flitting 

 1 about among the burnet rose, but I could not 

 j stop until dusk when they would have been 

 more plentiful. Piris rapa was very abundant 

 j in the fields on the edges of the sandhills, 

 j and Satyrus Janira, S. semele, and Lycana alexis 

 on the sandhills themselves. I noticed a 

 most peculiar fly sitting on the bare sand, 

 which after a deal of dffficulty I captured (I 

 had no.net with me), and which turned out 



