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NOTES, CAPTURES, &C. 



Captures at Coventry. — On the 20th of 

 bruary I took 6 Leucophearia, 1 Mscnlaria, 

 i 1 Pilosaria : all males. — H. Thompson, 

 ventry. 



Dunlin in Yorkshire. — Mr. W.E.Clarke, 

 East View, Hyde Park, Leeds, would be 

 I if any of the readers of the Young 

 turalist could give him authentic instances 

 the Dunlin breeding in Yorkshire. 

 Botanical Diary. — Daisy (Bellis Perennis), 



flower, Feb. 10th. Red Nettle (Lamium 

 pitremu J, in bud, Feb. 16th. Spurge 

 urel (Daphne Loureola) in flower, Feb. 19. 

 owdrop (Galanthus Nivalis), (wild), Feb. 19. 

 izel (Corylits avellana), Male and Female 

 ^ssoms, in flower, Feb. 19. Palm Willow 

 (//.v Capt'ii), Catkins in flower, Feb. 22nd. — 



Davis, Junr., High St., Gt. Marlow, 

 cks. 



Captures near Liverpool. — February 20, 

 stham Wood. A bitter cold day ; wind 

 S.E. //. leucophearia was fairly abundant ; 

 :00k about 30 specimens, including three 

 h dark ones (not, however, var. nigricaria), 

 defoliaria and P. pilosaria, a male and 

 nale of each. Among the beetles I took 

 re Philonthus deeorus, /'. laminatus, Leistus 

 •)ibarbis, Lathrobium elnyatum, Dromius 

 mimaculatus, and a (to me) new Jachinus 

 \ locemellal — John W. Ellis, 138, Crown 

 eet, Liverpool. 



3uttkrflies at Gt. Marlow, Bucks, in 

 O. — Clouded Yellows ('Cuius Edusa) were 

 rce, though going out often, I think I only 

 v three specimens. Large Garden Whites 

 e not very common, and I did not see a 

 gle specimen of the Marbled White. 

 >od Argus was very common, though, 

 ange to say, I did not see a single Wall 

 tterfly. In the Vanessa Family, small Tor- 

 ;e Shells (Urtica ) were extremely common, 

 : not a single large Tortoise Shell (Poly- 

 mis) did I meet with. I did not see a 

 irstreak (Thecla) of any kind, nor have I 

 n seen one here. As to the Blues (Lycana) 



the Chalk Hill was not common, and the 

 Silver Studded was only once caught. The 

 common Blue and Brown Argus were ex- 

 tremely common in certain places. The 

 Small Lopper was common almost svery- 

 where, — A. Davis. High Street, Gt. Marlow, 

 Bucks. 



REVIEW. 



Rkpokt on Injurious Inskcts. — London : 

 Swan Sonnenschein and Allan. Price 1 -. 

 The Editor iMiss Ormerod) has again sent 

 us this most useful annual production. Notes 

 on oeer thirty different species of Injurious 

 Insects are gathered from all parts of fch«3 

 country, some of the most exhaustive charac- 

 ter. Many more, we think, might be included 

 as injurious. For instance, our friend Mr. 

 Gregson sent us recently the report of a 

 ' trial in a County Court at Birkenhead, in 

 ' which the plaintiff sought to recover damages 

 for certain ravages committed by a small 

 moth, not mors than half an inch across the 

 1 wings, on the ground that the stuffing was of 

 inferior quality. This little insignificant 

 moth occupied the attention of judge, counsel, 

 : and a special jury for over eleven hours 

 during one day, and when the jury were 

 refused compensation because they did not 

 , arrive at a verdict, no doubt they would con- 

 sider that this moth ought to be classed 

 j among Injurious Insects. Miss Ormerod 

 ; announces a " Manual of Remedies and 

 Means of Prevention for the attack of Insects 

 on Food Crops, Forest Trees, and Fruit." 

 Coleoptera of Liverpool.— Dr. Ellis has 

 i sent us his list of the Geodophaga of the Liver- 

 pool district, which is a reprint from the 

 I "Naturalist." This paper was originally 

 ; read before the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 ' Entomological Society, which has a means 

 ! of getting up its transactions, which other 

 societies might profit by its example. When 

 a paper of sufficient interest is read it is sent 

 I for publication to the above magazine, and a 



