THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



removed to Dover. Here he undertook the rearranging the insect 

 collections in the Museum, and made large additions thereto. During 

 one of his rambles on the Dover Cliffs he was fortunate enough to find 

 a specimen of Lygoeus equestris, a species of Hemiptera, which had been 

 erased from the British lists as doubtfully indigenous, but now 

 restored by Mr. Saunders in the latest edition of his list. 



Students of all orders were greatly indebted to Mr. Hall for many 

 good insects, which he distributed with the utmost liberality. 



He contributed occasional notes on Entomological matters to the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, The Young Naturalist, and The 

 Entomologist. He likewise supplied most of the Deal and Dover 

 localities for Canon Fowler's work on the Coleoptera of the British 

 Islands. 



A widow and two children mourn his death, which will be deeply 

 felt by all who knew him. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



White Variety of the Blackbird. — While out for a walk I ob- 

 served a fine variety of the above with pink eyes, busily engaged in a 

 raspberry bush in a garden near the town. I have often seen pied 

 varieties but this is the first I have seen pure white ; perhaps this may 

 be of interest to some of your readers. — G. Pullen, Derby. 



Manx Shearwater near Derby. — This species as picked up 

 in an exhausted condition at Brailsford, at the end of August 

 by a farm labourer, I think it is an unusual occurence to find them so 

 far inland at this time of the year. — G. Pullen, Derby. 



Pieris brassice PUPiE lying over. —I had a number of larvae of 

 Pieris brassier this spring, which produced pupae and imagines at the 

 usual time, but about half a dozen of the pupae have not yet 

 produced butterflies, and are evidently going to remain over till next 

 spring. Is not this rather unusual ? — James Dixon, West Hartlepool. 



Lithosia sericea. — I went three times to a place near Manchester, 

 for the very local Lithosia sericea or molybdeola as some call it, and was 

 successful in obtaining a nice series. — Jos. Collins, Warrington. 



Nonagria Typh^:. — Having promised a friend pupa of the above, 

 I went to my collecting ground for this species and after a couple of 



