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you, but I thought no harm could be done 

 in sending them. 



What swarms of Pronuba this year, they 

 are quite a nuisance at sugar. I believe 

 this to be a first-rate season. Yours truly, 

 Thos. W. King, 3, The Terrace, Camber- 

 well, August 16, 1881. 



The Pupae are urticz, and the parasites a 

 chalcidce (?), similar to some we had from 

 Rapce last year. Possibly these are the 

 same insects as those observed by a French 

 Entomologist, and by Mr. Porritt, see Y.N., 

 vol. i., p. 94 and 114. ---Eds. Y.N. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. Larvae of O. Bidentata. 

 Desiderata numerous. — A. Bramwell, 

 Prior Street, Gateshead-on-Tyne. 



Duplicates. Io.*, Cardui', Atalanta*, 

 Caja* , Dominuhi' , ycbulvsa* , Brunnea', 

 Festlca*, Triangulum* \ Oculea, Augur, Cons- 

 perm, Uelceola, Alietaria, Ornita, Irrortlla, 

 Tcr-ata, AlbicilUita, Repandata,* Crepuscu- 

 laria, Biundularia, Batis, Foi'rugine* — 

 C. H. Williams, 25, Portland Street, Soho, 

 London, W. (Marked * Bred). 



Duplicates : larvae of Ncbulosa, Thnebrom, 

 &c. Desiderata : other larvae, especially 

 TiU<e, Atropos, Ligustri, Parcel 7 us, Elpi-nor, 

 Stellatarum, Fuciformis, any Sesia, JBs€uU t 

 Asstllus, Testudo, Statici*, and many others 

 for figuring— S. L. Mosley, Beaumont 

 Park, Huddersfield. 



Having no time to follow collecting, as I 

 could like and as it ought to be followed, I 

 have decided to distribute what insects I 

 have to any who will forward box, with 

 return postage ; I will return boxes in turn 

 as they arrive. I have a few pupa and a 

 few hundreds of insects. — George Green- 

 * wood, 37, Woodlands Road, Bradford. 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Coremia munitata.— On Thursday last, 

 July 21st, I had the pleasure of taking a fine 

 female of this species, which has not been 



taken here for fifteen or sixteen years. This 

 is the second species that has been taken 

 this year, that has not occured for many 

 years previously. Surely this is a sign of a 

 good season. — John E. Robson, West 

 Hartlepool. 



Variety of Jay, Sac. — Yesterday, July 

 23rd, I saw at the house of a friend, among 

 some other stuffed birds, a perfectly white 

 Jay. It was shot during the winter, but 

 did not change its colour on account of the 

 cold weather, as it owner found it when 

 quite small in its nest, and its plumage was 

 then quite white. Among the same collec- 

 tion, were a pair of Waxwings, obtained near 

 Cambridge, several years ago. — Robert J. 

 Attye, Stratford-on-Avon. 



Captures at Stratford-on-Avon— I 

 have taken or seen the following Lepidop- 

 tera, at sugar, during the last fortnight, 

 July nth to 23rd. T. Derasa, a few; 1 A. 

 Psi ; 1 A. megcucephala ; 1 L. conigera, 3 or 

 4; L. lithargyria ; L. comma and Pallcns 

 common ; A". lithoxyUa, a few, and polyudun 

 very numerous; 2 C. cgthtrta ; Oculiui, 

 plentiful, some black varieties ; btrigiiia 

 numerous ; 2 or 3 A. txclamationis and 

 corticea ; Orbona, and one which I believe to 

 be Hubscqua. Pronuba, a perfect nuisance ; 

 ^V. augur, common ; 1 iV. C-nigrum and 1 

 'D'iangulum ; 1 T. subtusa ; a few Trapezina ; 

 7 A fin is, If. Uleract-a ; 1 G. libatrix ; 

 I Tragopoytmis \ i M. J'ypicu ; 2 J/. Maura. 

 Robert. J. Attye, Stratford-on-Avon. 



Good or Bad Years. — I do not know 

 whether any of your correspondents have 

 noted the fact, but I think the present year 

 seems to be a good one for entomologists. 

 Already I have taken the following Butter- 

 flies, which I have never seen before. — Large 

 Tortoiseshells ( V. Pol^chlorus), Marbled 

 Whites (A. Galathea), plentiful; Silver 

 Washed and Pearl Bordered Fritiliaries 

 (A. Paphia and Euphrosyne), very plentiful ; 

 Chalk Hill and Adonis Blues (lycesna Cory* 

 don and Ado as), the former very plentiful > 



