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and one by the same collector at Adel, near Leeds, on the 8th September. 

 The last four were exhibited to the Leeds Naturalists' Club.- — Wm. 

 Denison Roebuck, 



Acronycta alni and Colias Edusa at Wakefield. — My boy has been 

 out with me to-day, and taken the enclosed larva of Acronycta alni, to 

 which you are very welcome. He has also taken a most beautiful 

 specimen of Colias Edusa, and we saw five others. — Wm. Talbot, Mount 

 Pleasant, Wakefield, Sept. 9th. [I believe a number of A. alni have 

 been taken this year in various localities ; the other day, the Rev. T. W. 

 Daltry, M.A,, F. L.S., of Madeley. wrote me he had beaten seven larvae 

 out of alder at Whitmore, in Staffordshire ! Such a circumstance we 

 suppose is unprecedented. The specimens of C. Ednsa noticed by Mr. 

 Talbot were of the second brood, and the record of their occurrence is 

 most interesting and valuable, as proving almost without a doubt that 

 the species has bred in Yorkshire. Whether it will stand our winter, or 

 rather the early autumn, and maintain its hold, remains to be seen, but 

 this is very doubtful. — G, T. P.] 



Colias Edusa (Second Brood) at Wakefield. — Mr, Henry Lumb 

 captured six specimens on the 9th instant, and saw several more. I have 

 seen two to-day (Sept. 12th) in the office garden, close by the Prison. — 

 Wm. Talbot. 



The Second Brood of Colias Edusa near Leeds. — Several specimens 

 have occurred to me and my friends during the last week or two. On the 

 4th September my brother (Mr, Thos. Grassham) saw one taken by some 

 lads near Gledhow ; the next day he took one on Adel Moor, when in my 

 company, and after it had several times been seen. On the 15th I saw 

 one in Brunswick-street, Leeds, and my wife saw another at Little 

 London. — John Grassham, Leeds. 



Colias Edusa in Cumberland. — Whilst out shooting in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Armathwaite, last week, I saw and chased a fine specimen 

 of C. Edusa, but being without net, I failed to capture it, much to my 

 regret. — Geo Brook ter., Fernbrook, Huddersfield, 26th September. 



Another Acronycta alni at Wakefield, — I send you another larva of 

 Acronycta ahii, which a boy has just brought in, taken here more than a 

 week ago. — Wm. Talbot, Sept., 1877. 



Hymenoptera, — On August 15th I went to Woodsome by way of the 

 Hall, and the old limetree in the yard was in full bloom ; on it were 

 thousands of bees of various species feeding. I was rather surprised to 

 find hundreds of dead ones under the tree, but they all appeared to be of 

 one species — the black one with yellow rings. I picked a large chip-box 

 full in about two yards space. I should feel much obliged if some other 

 entomologist could throw any light on this curious circumstance. — James 

 Varlby, Almojidbury Bank, Huddersfield, August 21st, 1877. 



