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notice. The colour of the specimen is bright green, and the markings 

 are readily distinguishable, while in most examples the colouring has 

 become dark, and the markings obscured after death. I have placed 

 this example in the collection of local insects which is at present 

 being formed by the Leeds Naturalists' Club and -Scientific 

 Association. 



5. Some time during the latter half of August an example wag 

 taken in Westgate, Huddersfield, and exhibited by Mr. G. T. Porritt, 

 F.L.S., at a meeting of the Huddersfield Naturalists' Society, Sept. 

 2nd {Naturalist, Oct., 1876, ii. 43). Now in that Society's local 

 collection. 



6. About the latter end of August one was taken in the prison 

 yard at "Wakefield, and now belongs to Mr. William Talbot, who has 

 obligingly allowed me to have it on loan for some time. This 

 individual, which is one of the largest of the 1876 flight, was shown 

 at the meeting of the "West Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society 

 on the 9th September {Nat., Oct., 1876, ii. 48), 



7. Another example was taken at Wakefield about the same time 

 by a boy in Bastow's Square. This has been seen by Mr. William 

 Talbot, who gave me the information, I have not seen this example. 



8. 9, and 10. Mr. N. F. Dobree, of Beverley, informs me that two 

 were taken there during the latter half of August, which he saw 

 alive. He states that the length was fully 2 j inches, and the colour 

 grass-green, while that of a smaller specimen taken at Spurn (the 

 extreme south-eastern point of Yorkshire) during the first days of 

 September, is a more yellow shade of green. 



11. One was captured on the 1st of September at Acaster Malbis, 

 near York, perched upon a sheaf of corn, in a field belonging to Mr. 

 J. Raimes {York Herald, Wednesday, Sept. 6th, 1876). I am under 

 great obligation to his son, Mr. H. Raimes, for lending me the 

 specimen, and also for furnishing me with much information of an 

 interesting character with regard to its habits during a captivity of 

 two weeks. He remarked that it had rather a peculiar musky smell, 

 and that it could leap a distance of two or three yards, using its wings 

 to assist it. It was very fond of eating the leaves of apple and pear. 

 On fine days it was very lively, and leaped about a good deal — 

 relaxing on dull days and in the evenings into a semi-torpid state. 

 The muscular strength of its well-developed hind legs was very 

 great, and Mr. Raimes gave me various instances to show the power 

 that it possessed. 



