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by hundreds ; they came in flocks, then a few stragglers, to be followed 

 by flocks again, and so they continued for an hour. The majority were 

 martins, the rest swallows, and along with the last batch was one solitary 

 swift. I never observed a swift so late before ; they flew low and straight 

 forwards, just skimming the house tops. Their course was east. — 

 C. C. Hanson, Sept. 16th. 



Vanessa Antiopa at Margate. — On August 18th, I took a beautiful 

 specimen of Vanessa Antiopa at Margate. I captured it half a mile from 

 where I first saw it, and after having lost sight of it for an hour and a half. 

 — J. P. Barrett, London, August 23rd. 



Catocala fraxini near Barnsley. — I have the pleasure to inform 

 entomological readers that a beautiful specimen of Catocala fraxini has 

 been taken at sugar by Dr. White, near Barnsley. — John Harrison, 

 7, Victoria Bridge, Barnsley. 



Coremia munitata. — In the August number for 1880, of the Naturalist , 

 page 12, 1 noticed a short account of the proceedings of the 386th meeting 

 of the Leeds Naturalists' Club. Mr. C. Smethurst exhibits a good list of 

 lepidoptera, taken during a visit to Wharnclifi'e Woods ; amongst them 

 I noticed Coremia munitata. May I ask Mr. Smethurst if he is correct 

 with that species ? — because we visited Whamcliffe about the same time, 

 and took every species shown by him at the above meeting, but in place 

 of Coremia munitata we took Coremia propugoiata. If Mr. Smethurst 

 really took Munitata at Wharnclifie, it will add another species to our 

 local (Barnsley) list, and for that reason I write you. Perhaps Mr. 

 Smethurst will reply in next number of the Naturalist. — John Harrison, 

 7, Victoria Bridge, Barnsley. 



Locusts in Yorkshire. — The locusts have again put in an appearance, 

 the first since 1876, that I have heard of. The first specimen I saw was 

 one which was taken at Goole, on the 3rd of September, and which Mr. 

 T. Bunker kindly allowed me to retain a few days for examination. It 

 seemed to me that it was of the same species {Pachytylus cinerascens) as 

 those which formed the flight of 1876. On the 2nd of September, one 

 (which I have also had under my eye by the kindness of the captor) was 

 taken in Round Street, Bowling Old Lane, Bradford, by Mr. Terry 

 Holmes. At the meeting of the Leeds Naturalists' Club on the 7th Sept. 

 I saw one which had flown into the window of a house in Crimbles Street, 

 Leeds, and was shown by Mr. Raine, on behalf of his friend Mr. Briggs. 

 Mr. Raine has since informed me of another, which has been taken near 

 Meanwood Street, Leeds, but this I have not seen. Mr. Thomas Lister 

 tells me one has been taken near Barnsley, and the newspapers report , 

 one occurring at Scarborough. On hearing of these, and knowing that | 

 this species always comes from the East, I asked Mr. Clarke to write to 

 his friend Mr. Lawton and ascertain whether any had appeared in 

 Holderness, which district is almost certain to produce locusts. The 

 results of these inquiries were precisely what I expected, for I learnt that 



