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a large yellow patch on each side of the 

 body. 



Helophihis pendulus, L., is a beautiful insect. 

 The thorax has four longitudal yellow lines, 

 and the body is black and yellow. A figure 

 of it is given on plate r, vol. i. H. ftoreus, 

 L., is larger, and is without the yellow lines 

 on the thorax. 



All these, as well as many other, and also 

 several smaller genera, will be sure to reward 

 the collector without much trouble or search . 



NATURAL HISTORY DIARY: 



By J. W. Carter. 



July ist. My brother and I had a night 

 at sugaring; insects swarmed. The only 

 species not previously met with this year 

 were A. exclamationis, N. augur, and R tenc- 

 brosa (E.P.P.B.) (The latter species is an 

 addition to the Lepidopterous fauna of the 

 of the district. J.W.C.) 



July 2nd. P. carbonarella very common. 

 (E.P.P.B.) 



July 3rd. Took one A. betularia, the only 

 one I have taken since 1879, in which year 

 it was common ; the black var. then pre- 

 dominated. The one I took on the above 

 date was the " peppered form." (E.P.P.B.) 



July 4th. Took one A. scutulata ; A. in. 

 canaria plentiful ; also one P. comitata ; 

 C. populata, M. arcuosa very plentiful; and 

 H. proboscidalis. (E.P.P.B.) 



July 5th. Took M. tyjrica, and my brother 

 saw P. cardui' (E.P.P.B.) 



July 9th. Took B. repandata and M.mar- 

 garitata. (E.P.P.B.) 



July 10th. Black Knapweed (Centaurea 

 nigra) in flower. 



July 1 2th. P. gamma and Iota out. 

 (E.P.P.B.) 



July 14th. L. didymata and N. mu?idana 

 out, the iatter abundant at Goit Stock, rest- 

 ing on old walls. (E.P.P.B.) 



July 15th. C. fulvata, Y. elutata, and 

 N. brunma. (E.P.P.B. ) 



July 1 6th. Had a night at sugaring in 

 Bingley Wood, with Mr. Butterfield ; took 

 N. baja, M. strigilis, and O. suspecta, &c. 

 A. aversata was just coming out. In point 

 of numbers 5. pronuba predominated. Mr. 

 Butterfield has since taken 0. suspecta very 

 abundant at Ragwort flowers. Mr. Butter- 

 field pointed out to us a small patch of Erica 

 tetralix (Cross-leaved Heath), bearing per- 

 fectly white flowers, which recurred annually 



July 19th. Took P. v-aureum flying over 

 Wound-wort (Stachys sylvatica), at Goit 

 Stock. (E.P.P.B.) 



July 21st. My brother found a specimen 

 of S. bembecifori/iis in his bedroom. Took 

 P. chrysiti*, commonly at Cottingly, flying 

 over Woundwort. (E.P.P.B.) Giant Bell- 

 flower {Campanula lutifolia) fairly in flower. 



July 23rd. Took six sambucata, M. rubi- 

 ginata plentifully ; also six suspecta off Rag- 

 wort. I again saw the Greater Spotted 

 Woodpecker at Black-hills, and was much 

 struck with a habit it has of frequently sett- 

 ling on the ground. I have good reason to 

 believe it has bred in Bingley Wood this 

 year, as it certainly did last year. The tree 

 in which it bred last year has since been 

 blown down. I had the pleasure of taking 

 a specimen of V. carnbricaria, resting on the 

 trunk of a small oak at Shipley Glen, which 

 is a new locality for the species. Took one 

 or two specimens of Chrysomela polita, from 

 Wild-mint {Mentha). 



July 24th. Took about eighty specimens 

 of B.perla on an old wall near Bingley, 

 amongst them were some beautiful varieties, 

 one which I have has the ground colour 

 yellow and buff. (J.F. and J.W.C.) 



July 27th. My brother took one specimen 

 of L. ulivata, in a cave under the ruins 

 (Bingley). It is very local, we have taken 

 it nowhere else yet, except in this particular 

 cave. I took L. imjmra and A. ocnlea off 

 the flowers of Ragwort. (E.P.P.B.) 



July 30th. Took P. chi and L. olivata at 

 Shipley Glen. 



