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NOTE on LINCOLNSHIRE HEPATICS. 



Lincolnshire Hepatics : a Correction."— Loplwcolea yideritata is a 

 mistake, I find ; a misprint for ' L. bidentata Nees.'— S. C. Stow, Court Lews* 

 Brandon, Grantham, ,8th, February 1902. 



NOTES on YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA . 



Hummingbird Hawkmoth at Wilton, Yorkshire.— On 10th October 

 igo\ the Stationmaster at Wilton, Yorkshire, sent me a living- specimen of 

 Macroglossa stellatarmn, which had taken refug-e in his office. I kept it 

 it alive until the 25th October. William Hewett, York, 18th Jan. 1902. i 



Sphinx convolvuli at York. — On nth October 1901 a fine specimen 

 of the Convolvulus Hawkmoth was captured whilst at rest on the top of the 

 North Eastern Railway Goods Warehouse, York, and brought to me. Its 

 proboscis, which I extended, measured n> l A inches from base to tip.— - 

 William Hewett, York, 18th January 1902. 



Ennomos erosaria in Cleveland.— I have to record the occurrence 

 of this species in our district. A fine male was found at Ingleby Greenhow 

 on 25th August 1901, on the grass slopes of one of the neighbouring 

 'banks.' The species is a new one to our local list. — Frank ElgeE, 

 23, Kensington Road, Middlesbrough, 21st March 1902. 



Vanessa antiopa and V. to at Middlesbrough. — Many years ago 

 I took a perfect specimen of the Camberwell Beauty {Vanessa antiopa) off 

 the Pottery wall, which is about 500 or 600 yards away in a direct line from 

 St. Hilda's Church, and often captured specimens of the Peacock ( Vanessa 

 id) upon the Dock Hill, but have not seen any since the enlarg-ement of the 

 Dock water area took place. — R. G. Clavton, 67, Douglas Terrace, 

 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, 25th February 1902. 



Sallow Season at Bishops Wood in 1001. — I got during seven 



visits to the Sallows 71 male Tceniocampa leucographa and 13 females. 

 T. populeti was not common on any night, and most seen were as usual 

 more or less worn. Both T. gracilis and T. inunda were much commoner 

 than usual, especially T. nmnda. Sallows were at their best on i6ih April, 

 and by the 22nd had lost all their attraction. On several of these visits 

 I was accompanied by Mr. John Waddington, of Leeds ; once by Mr. R. T. 

 Cassal, of Ashby (now residing at Laxey, Isle of Man) ; and on the last 

 visit by Mr. J. W. Boult, of Hull. W t illiam Hewett, York, 24th Feb. 19OT. 



Hibernation of Vanessa urticae at Middlesbrough. — On 17th March 

 1895 I took a living - specimen of a common Tortoiseshell Butterfly [Vanessa 

 urticce) from off the window next to the vestry in St. Hilda's Church, Middles- 

 brough, and, excepting one winter since then, there has always been one of 

 these insects in the same place. In November last I noticed, suspended from 

 the stone-work, an apparently defunct fully-developed imago, but, on the 23rd 

 instant, during service, it descended to the bottom of the window and was 

 very lively. Of course records of the appearance of a Tortoiseshell Butterfly 

 during winter are extremely numerous, but what is most peculiar in the 

 present instance is that only upon one window, and that one of those most 

 exposed in the church, should there have been a succession of the insects 

 over so many years. The church stands in the Market Place, in the middle 

 of the town, and is in the midst of a very smoky district, and the side which 

 the insects have affected is due north. There is a small hole for the 

 drainage of moisture at the bottom of the window, and they have probably 

 made an entrance there. — R. G. CLAYTON, 67, Douglas Terrace, Borough 

 Road, Middlesbrough, 25th February 1902. ' 



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