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CoRiiECTiojfs AND ADDITIONS. — On page 125 (March. No.) line 28, read 

 " cut out and " for " cut on land." The following can be added to the 

 list in the same article, having been discovered since it was written : — 

 Aneura sinuata, Trichocolea tomentella, Jungermannia riparia, Chan- 

 transia Hermanni, Melosira varians, and Meridion circulars. 



Capture of a Badger. — During the last week in January a badger was 

 caught near Yarm, by a ploughman in the employment of Mr. Carling, 

 farmer, at Crathorne. The animal, which is still (Feb. 17th) alive, is now 

 being exhibited at the Crathorne Inn ; it is in good condition, and weighs 

 SOlbs. — Thos, Raine, Leeds. 



The Tree Grasshopper at Hackfall. — While looking over a number 

 of insects which, were collected about twenty years ago by my friend Mr. 

 W. H. Taylor, I detected a specimen of Meconema varia, Fab. This, 

 and other specimens of the same insect, Mr. Taylor found crawling 

 sluggishly on trunks of trees at Hackf all, but he never saw it at Bishop 

 Wood, nor in any part of the Leeds districts. — W. D. Roebuck. 



Early Lepidoptera.— As a proof of the mildness of the season, Nyssia 

 zonaria was out on Feb. 10th, and Trachea piniperda on Feb. 20th. — 

 John W. Ellis, 101, Everton-road, Liverpool. 



Supposed Occurrence of Dasypolia templi near Pateley Bridge. — 

 On the 1st of March I had a visit from my friend Mr. William Storey, of 

 Pateley Bridge, a botanist to whom I was introduced at one of the 

 the British Association excursions by Mr. J. Gilbert Baker, F.B.S. In 

 course of conversation on Natural History subjects, Mr. Storey happened 

 to mention that during the previous week (i.e. the last week of February) 

 while a number of stones were being carted away from a quarry in that 

 vicinity, he found at rest on the under sides of some of the stones, three 

 moths. My curiosity was roused, and I asked for further particulars. 

 Mr. Storey thereupon described the moths as large ones, one of a nearly 

 black, and the others of a dark greyish-brown colour. The form of this 

 moth, as he described it, was unmistakeably that of a Noctua ; and he 

 added that he tried to make the insects fly, but that he could not manage 

 it — they were so sluggish that they would not move. Altogether his 

 evidence was so circumstantial, that I have but little doubt that the 

 insects were Dasypolia templi. This opinion is confirmed by the fact that 

 the district is an elevated one, thus agreeing with the requirements of the 

 species as given in text-books. I have urged upon Mr. Storey the 

 importance of getting specimens, as he had no idea when he saw them, * 

 that they were anything but very common moths. — Wm. Denison 

 Roebuck, Leeds, Mar. 17th. — [If the specimens really were Noctuos, 

 there is little doubt they were Dasypolia templi, but if Geometrce, they 

 would probably be Scotosia duhitata. This species and Cidaria miata 

 often occur hybernating under stones as does D. templi. — G. T. P.J 



