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NOTES on LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Argynnis adippe and Dryas paphia near Doncaster.— Both these 

 insects have re-appeared at Edlington this year after an apparent absence 

 of about 25 years. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 10th Aug-ust 1901. 



Acherontia atropos at Doncaster. — Larva? of this species have been 

 very common here during- July. Many were found in gardens quite in the 

 Town feeding on Lycium bcirbarum. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 10th 

 August 1 901. 



Actebia prascox near Frodingham, Lines. — While looking for 

 neolithic flints between Frodingham and Appleby on 28th July I was 

 surprised to find the above-named moth. I have always looked upon it as 

 a purely maritime species, but the conditions of soil and vegetation in the 

 district where it was seen are very similar to those of seaside sandhills. — 

 H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 10th August 1901. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Leeds. —My gardener, Mr. F. Bywell, brought 

 me this afternoon a fine example of this moth alive, which he had just 

 taken on paling-s in Brudenell Road, Hyde Park, Leeds. It is now in 

 Mr. John Waddington's collection. — Wm. Denison Roebuck, Leeds, 17th 

 August 1 90 1. 



Sphinx convolvuli near Boston, North Lincolnshire.— I received 

 lately a> fine specimen of this rare moth, captured by Mrs. Disbrowe, of 

 Benington Rectory, Boston, Div. 12, on 24th July. Through the generosity 

 of this lady the example is now in my collection. — Alfred Thornley, 

 South Leverton Vicarage, Lincoln, 16th August 1901. 



Sphinx convolvuli near Boston, Lines. —Late in July one hot 



evening - a fine specimen of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth flew into the 

 Rectory. It was found little .injured .the next morning, and lived long 

 enough to show its magnificent eyes. Perhaps it may not be a scarce 

 insect this summer. It is the first known to have appeared in this neigh- 

 bourhood. — Mrs. Disbrowe, Benington Rectory, Boston, Lincolnshire, 

 1 2th August 1 901. 



NOTE on SPIDERS. 

 Northumbrian Spiders in 1900. — Although the wet and cold 



weather which prevailed last August rendered collecting- anything- but 

 pleasant or profitable, a short time spent, in beating the dripping vegetation 

 at Staward, over a limited space of ground, produced some spiders which, 

 owing to their rarity in Northumberland, are worthy of note for that 

 county. On the highroad crossed on the way to the Peel a mature female 

 Epeira cucurbitina Clk. — this making its third known habitat in Northumber- 

 land (see Nat., December 1897) — was beaten from broom. In the valley 

 immature Tibellus oblongus Walck. , before recorded for Cold Martin Moss, 

 was obtained in the same way from grass overhanging the cartroad. I next 

 found immature Zora spinimana Sund., a spider new 7 to the county. Adult 

 examples of both sexes of Neriene rubella Bl. , on record for Bardon Mill, 

 and of Hasarius falcatus Cb., on record for Wooler ; and immature speci- 

 mens of Dicyphus bituberculatus Wid., on record for Wooler and Cold 

 Martin Moss, were also secured. Ocyale mirabilis Clk., male and female, 

 in this its only known Northumbrian station (see Nat., October 1896), were 

 plentiful, roaming over the grass, and immature specimens were beaten 

 from herbage. This list may fitly be closed by two species of great 

 interest. One is determined by the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, to whom 

 it was submitted for identification, to be Clubiona trivialis L.Koch ( $ ), 

 a rare English spider, but taken before in the county by Mr. Hardy at 

 Wooler (a mature male), twenty-six years ago. The other is a Lycosid, 

 intermediate between Lycosa herbigrada Bl. and L. palustris L. , known to 

 some as a variety of L. herbigrada, and to others as a variety, of L. palustris. 

 — William Falconer, Bank Field, Slaithwaite, nth July 190T. 



Naturalist, 



7 SER 1901 



