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cool wind evident!}' kept the insects in hiding-, as only in very 

 sheltered places did they resort to flowers. Bugs (Hejniptera) 

 were strangely absent, though several immature forms were 

 noticed. The grasshoppers were still very small and undeveloped. 



At Gainsborough, on the day preceding, the larvae of the 

 Mullein Shark Moth (Cuculh'a verbasci) were found feeding not 

 only on Verbascum, but also on Scrophularia aquatica. 



Lepidoptera. — The only butterflies seen were the Common 

 Blue {Lycana icarus), the Small Heath (Ccenonympha pamphilns), 

 the Meadow Brown {Epinephele janira), and the Common 

 Skipper [Hesperia sylvanus). In addition, the following moths 

 were picked up : — 



Zygaena filipendulse. Common. 

 Euchelia jacobeas. Larvae. 

 Nemeophila plantaginis. A worn % . 

 Plusia gamma. 

 Plusia chrysitis. 



Hydrelia uncula. Several on the 



heath, climbing- up the stems of 



grass. 

 Agrotis seg-etum. 

 Leucania lithargyria. 

 Dicranura furcula (?). Several young 



larvae, most probably of this 



species, feeding on Salix repens. 

 Bupalus piniarius. Flying freely in 



the pine-woods. 

 Panagra petraria. 

 Cabera exanthemata. Larvae. 

 Trachea piniperda. Larvae. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Cicindela campestris. 

 Pterostichus striola. 

 Harpalus rubripes. A small and 



singular variety. 

 Amara apricaria. 

 Agabus guttatus. 

 Agabus paludosus. 

 Hydroporus pubescens. 



A few immature Grasshoppers were 



Hydrobius fuscipes. 

 Telephorus bicolor. 

 Luperus niger. 

 Cyphon coarctatus. 

 Athous niger. 



Hymenoptera. 

 Gorytes mystaceus. 

 Crabro cribrarius. ? . 

 Crabro dimidiatus. 

 Odynerus spinipes. $ . 

 Halictus villosulus. 

 Selandria serva. 



Diptera. 

 Volucella bombylans. 

 Volucella pellucens. 

 Chilosia cestracea (illustrata 

 Syrphus ribesii. 

 Pollenia rudis. 

 Sarcophaga carnaria. 

 Dysmachus trigona. 

 Leptis scolopacea. 

 Thelaira leucozona. 

 Nemotelus uliginosus. 

 Chrysotoxum bicinctum. 

 Eristalis arbustorum. 

 Pachvrrhina maculata. 



taken, but 



it was 



impossible to determine the species from them ; and a single 

 specimen of Agrion puella, the common small blue Drag'on Fly. 



Mr. C. S. Carter reported finding two specimens of Pseudo- 

 Scorpions. One was afterwards unfortunately lost, the other 

 upon examination was found to be the common one, Chthonius 

 rayii ; they were both taken from under stone on the railway 

 embankment. 



Naturalist. 



