THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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CAPTUEES. 
Lepidopteba. 
Deilephila Galii. — Three specimens of 
D Galii were captured at Worthing in 
October last ; two were very fine, but the 
third was much worn. — W. Rickman, 
18 ,BucJcing/iam Place, Brighton ; Dec. 1. 
Oporabia approximaria. — On the 1 Oth 
of November I went, with Mr. Greening, 
to Delamere Forest, our object being to 
take O. approximaria and borearia. We 
succeeded: the night was cold and wet, 
but I required no fire to warm me, as at 
7 p. m. I saw the first O . approximaria I 
have seen alive for some years sitting on 
a birch tree. There are those who say 
this species is identical with O. filigram- 
maria, but if they had ever seen the 
species alive in November, or dead at 
any other time I think they would not 
be quite so certain. I hope to open this 
question again at the next meeting of 
the Northern Entomological Society. — 
C. S. Gregson ; December 1. 
Depressaria Douglasetla. — When at 
Conway, with Mr. Hague, in August 
last, among other things, we smoked out 
two fine D. Douglasella ; they were hid 
amongst old dead sticks and leaves on 
the wall which leads up to the town 
mountain. — Ibid. 
Exapate Gelatella. — On the 25th inst. 
I had the pleasure of taking four speci- 
mens of this insect at rest on palings 
in this neighbourhood. — C. J. Cribb, 
8 c, Westbourne Grove, W. ; Nov. 27. 
A Dag in Coombe Wood in June, 1860. 
— At the latter end of June, I, accom- 
panied by two entomological friends, 
went to try the fabled Elysium of Lepi- 
dopterists, and the favourite hunting- 
ground of the late Mr. Stephens — i. e. 
Coombe Wood. Arriving at Wimbledon 
Common, we beat about to the windmill, 
and thence (without any other permis- 
sion than that which we could give our- 
selves) to Coombe Wood. On our way 
we found a likely copse, and mounting a 
fence were soon engaged in exploring its 
contents: it produced, however, only the 
following valuable species E. verticalis, 
E. urticalis, C. bilineala, A. Degeerella 
and T. viridana. Having satisfied our- 
selves of its contents we were once more 
on the road to the wood. At length we 
arrived, and commenced beating : for 
some time S. sticticana seemed the only 
insect to gladden our eyes, and a smart 
shower almost determined us to fold up 
our nets; this, however, clearing up we 
took a few more A. Degeerella, and also 
a single specimen of A. Robertella fell to 
my share. Applying the beating-stick 
with vigour, we turned out a couple of 
C. subtrislata, and, the sun beginning to 
shine, we secured a pair of S. Alveolus, 
a couple of H. Sylvanus, with a few 
C. Pampliilus ; also a single specimen of 
V. maculata found its way into my net. 
A thorough beating disturbed C. pusaria 
and C. exanlhemaria ; a further search 
produced a dozen F. atomaria, with a 
solitary C. russata We had by this time 
reached the road, and, again taking to 
the wood, we turned up a pair of L. mar- 
ginata and two or three S. Sticticana. 
We then adjourned to dinner, and sat 
over it till nearly dusk, and then again 
betook ourselves to the wood, and sugared 
a few trees : unfortunately we were com- 
pelled to leave too early to give it fair 
trial, and took nothing whatever on it. 
Whatever Coombe Wood may contain 
within its “ strictly preserved ” precincts, 
I am inclined to think that it requires 
thorough working to make it yield up its 
hidden treasures. An occasional visitor 
may certainly turn up a good thing, and 
it is not impossible that Iris and Sibylla 
may occasionally be seen there, though 
if Mr. J. F. Stephens were to rise from 
his grave it is most probable he would 
transfer his attentions to some other 
locality further from London, and which 
would give him better insects than 
Coombe W ood in J une, 1860. — J. Lovell 
Keays; October 24. 
