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another farther off. There I found it 
in tolerable plenty, but I fear I cap- 
tured too many, for, neither during 
last autumn, or the present, have I 
been able to detect a single specimen. 
It will he difficult to persuade me 
that, in these three cases, their tem- 
porary disappearance, if not their 
extirpation, is not due to my unhappy 
hand. I shall say no more at present 
on this subject, bnt I hope my friend 
Mr. Birchall will reply to me in the 
pages of the “ Entomologist,” and, if 
the discussion should embrace the 
experience and opinion of others, I 
doubt not that we shall have many 
interesting facts and observations 
brought forward. Before I close 
however, I must direct the attention 
of the Editor of the “ Entomologist” 
to a communication contained in the 
last Number, page 60, It is headed, 
“ A decapitated moth.” It is impos- 
sible for me, or, I believe any other 
person, to believe such a story with- 
out further confirmation. Is it a 
“canard?” — Bev. Joseph Greene, 
Cubley Rectory, Doveridge, Derby. 
Oct. 4, 1862. 
[We beg to say that we believe the 
statement of Mr. Seays’ with respect 
to the “ Decapitated Moth ” most 
implicitly. This notice is simply a 
plain statement of a fact that has come 
under his own observation, and there 
can be no mistake about it. It is 
certainly a very extraordinary fact, 
and, if we did not know Mr. Keays 
we should doubt its truth ourselves.] 
DIPTEEA. 
I have done more in Diptera this 
year because they are more plentiful 
than the other orders, and I met with 
one or two species here for the first 
time, and also last year one or two 
more. 
Limnobia thoradca Steph : Cat : 
I met with this insect here last year 
(1861) before going to the Lake dis- 
trict : there I met with one or two 
more, and also at Dovedale in 
Derbyshire. This year again in toler- 
able profusion here. Also Limnobia 
fuscata Pauz ? (or a new species ? ) 
I could not find it in the British 
Museum till I presented a pair to the 
Collection. I had however a pair 
which I took here many years ago, 
and I find Mr. B. Cooke has a single 
specimen taken near Manchester. 
Limnobia oscillans, Curtis' Guide. 
I took this here on Ivy, many years 
ago. Also at Charmouth and latterly 
at the Slate Quarries at Rydal, and 
also at Scarborough : and Mr. Haliday 
found it in plenty on the ascent of 
Sleib Donard’ (Co. Down) in Ireland, 
as early as May 1st, and as late as 
Sep., 28th. Tho British Museum 
had none till I gave a pair, and Mr. 
Curtis had one female only which 
probably came from Mr Haliday. 
But the grandest capture of all is 
Ctenopho a ornata, male, figured by 
Curtis in his 1st No. 
I took it from an Oak near Lynd- 
hurst, in the New Forest, July, 1821, 
