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In May, two lovely specimens of H. contigua made their appearance, and C. 
reclusa came out freely. About the same time I bred D. capsincola, cucuhali, 
conspersa, and ca/rpophaga, the first-named in considerable numbers. About the 
middle of the month a large brood of E. fuscantaria crept from the shell, and three 
Kttle cannibal colonies are now established on a privet hedge in the garden. 
While staying at Oxford I took H. uncana and P. agestis, both freshly out ; and 
my friend Mr. Leigh met with H. harbalis, in as good condition as possible, at 
Bagley Wood. 
N. Lucina, whose time had just commenced, we unfortunately missed, a 
moment's view of one richly-coloured specimen being only sufiicient to assure us 
that the pretty little fritillary was out. On a lamp by the New Museum I found 
the darkest male of 0. pudihunda T have ever seen. 
At Coombe Wood, the other day, my brother fell in with P. ramana, and at the 
end of the month the first H. clienopodii emerged from the pupa.— J. B. Blackburn, 
Grassmeade, June, 1868. 
Notes on collecting in Burnt nnd Bishop's Woods, in Staffordshire. — I give some 
results of a week's collecting in June in the above-mentioned woods. 
In Trichoptera, I again found one Neuronia clathrata (beaten out of birch), and 
had the pleasure (if pleasure it can be called) of seeing another, but failed to 
captm-e it. Stenophylax alpestris was beaten rather freely in a marshy place, with 
neither streams nor ponds in the vicinity. Limnephilus auricula and L. vittatus 
were beaten from Scotch fii- in exceedingly dry situations.* L. luridus was found 
in the greenhouse at Willoughbridge. Most of the usual species of Coleoptera, were 
found ; but I did not see Calosoma inquisitor, which was abundant last season, 
running on the branches in search of Lepidopterous larvae, and falling to the ground 
with the larvae still in their jaws on the application of a blow from the beating-stick. 
In Lepidoptera, I had the pleasure of taking Sesia sphegiformis in both woods. The 
insect rests upon low plants in the neighbourhood of alder, and one specimen was 
found among birch, far from alder, hovering over a tuft of Calluna about 4 p.m. ; 
it is also upon the wing in the evening, flying rapidly and undulating like M. stella- 
tarum. Angerona prunaria was in profusion. Macaria notata rather sparingly; 
together with Evypithecia plumheolata, pulchellata, and lariciata. The larva of 
Traclicea piniperda was abundant ; the pupa is decidedly subterranean. Eymenoptera 
were plentiful. Diptera very abundant. I captured one Asilus forcipatus carrying 
Tenthredo livida in its mouth; also Chrysotoxum marginatum rather sparingly, 
hovering and flying in and out of the heather like some wasps. Tipula crocata was 
abundant on dusty roads ; all females but one, which was beaten from fir. — Joseph 
CHAPPtLL, 8, Richmond Eoad, Greenheys, Manchester, 12th J^me, 18fi8. 
Early and late appearances of Lepidoptera. — Satumia carpini occurred on Chat 
Moss from the 5th to the 12th April ; A. lepori/aa I found stretching on the 25th 
May ; and the same evening I saw T. gothica at rest on the trunk of an Alder ; 
one specimen each of T. populeti and rulricosa emerged from the pupa on the 18th 
and 20th of May. The latter pupae were dug during the winter, and had been 
kept in a warm room. — Chas. Campbell, 14, Blackburn Street, Upper Moss Lane, 
Hulme, Manchester, June 8th, 1868. 
* The species of Lunnepkilus seem to fly any distance to rest in Scotch-flr. No other tree offers 
such advantages to tlie collector of these insects.— U. McL. 
