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Nyssia Hispidaria. — I took a male 
specimen of this insect, on the 9th inst., 
at Tborney, in this neighbourhood; it 
was floating on some water in a ditch at 
the road-side : considering its partial im- 
mersion it is a good specimen. — F. M. 
Burton, Gainsborough; March 20. 
Captui'es near Manchester. — The fol- 
lowing insects have been captured by 
myself and Mr. VV. Worthington this 
season : — 
C. Ligniperda (larvae). Abundant. 
C. Flavicornis. At rest on birch and 
in cop.; rather plentiful. 
H. Leueophearia. 
A. fEscularia. 
T. Hyetnana. 
— Joseph Chappell, 5, Pond Place, 
Hulme , Manchester ; March 18. 
Coleoptera. 
Captures near Manchester . — 
Typhaeus vulgaris. By digging them 
out of their burrows. 
Soronia grisea. In the burrows of 
C. Ligniperda. 
S. punctatissima. Do. 
Kkizophagus dispar. Do. 
Erirhinus vorax. Beneath the bark 
of Populus nigra. — Joseph Chappell, 
5, Pond Place, Hulme, Manchester ; 
March 18. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Cymatophora Flavicornis. — In March, 
1860, I got a few eggs of C. Flavicornis, 
which I was successful in rearing. They 
are magnificent larvae: they were nearly 
black, spotted with white; pale brown 
between the segments, and the head a 
bright brown. They conceal themselves 
between the leaves in the day-time, and 
come out to feed at night. The first 
imago appeared on the 9th of the present 
month, and on the 1 1th I and a friend 
captured four in the Storthes Hall Wood. 
— James Vaeley, Almondbury Bank, 
Huddersfield ; March 18. 
On the nnv Philonthus. — I find that 
the species of Philonthus ( scutatus ), of 
which I sent a notice to the last number 
of the ‘Intelligencer,’ had previously 
been recorded as British by Messrs. 
Hardy and Bold : furthermore, evidence 
has come to hand upon which I am 
bound to convict myself of a worse fault 
than the above oversight, — that is, of in- 
justice to Mr. Bold. I have discovered, 
for instance, that about the same time 
that Mr. Bold sent me the two Philonthi 
(which I ticketed as the P. lucens of 
Bold) he sent specimens of the same 
insect to my friend Dr. Power, correctly 
named as P. scutatus! I related these 
particulars last night at a meeting of the 
Entomological Club; they were received 
with much laughter, and a slight mixture 
of derision. It was thought that the 
label “ lucens ” attached to the insect was 
my mistake, and not Mr. Bold’s. I was 
universally condemned, and of course 
felt much humiliated. — G. R. Water- 
house, British Museum ; March 20. 
EXCHANGE. 
Nyssia Zonaria. — On the 17th instant 
I visited Hoy Lake after this species, 
thinking the severe winter and the regular 
February and March weather we have 
since had would have the effect of making 
them appear at their proper time (about 
the 12ih of March). I took many fine 
specimens, and can now give them to 
those whom I could not oblige last year, 
and to others who may want them : I have 
plenty of eggs to give away. For some 
years this species has not appeared until 
much after its proper time. — C. S. Greg- 
son, Spring Hill, Stanley, near Liverpool ; 
March 21. 
