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but that it was, as he seems to con- 
clude, a British-bred one, for I 
remember, some years ago, - picking 
up, on the same coast, at Barmston 
namely, near Bridlington Quay, under 
precisely similar circumstances, a 
specimen of the small Tortoiseshell 
Butterfly ( Vanessa Ut ticcej which 
was washed up and down with the 
foam of the ebbing and flowing waves 
on the sand. It was a' fine hot day, 
and, as the species was plentiful all 
about, I cannot but think that it 
must have fallen into the water in 
flying about from the land. “ It’s a 
long cry to Lochow,” and so is it a 
long way across the German Ocean. 
It was, as I said, a hot, sunny day, 
and I put the poor half drowned 
thing, for it was still alive, on a 
flower to dry, and revive itself, 
which in a short time, it did, and 
flew away in the most ungrateful 
manner possible. Rev. F. 0. Mokkis. 
JYunburnholme Rectory, Uayton, 
York. October 28 th. 1862. 
A list of Lepidoptera occurring in 
the neighbourhood of York, by Me* W. 
Peest. 
N. Dictcea. Not common. 
“ Dictceoides. The larva of this fine 
species was rather common in 1860, 
feeding on Birch. It is very difficult 
to rear, and much infested w r ith 
ichneumons. 
“ Bromedarius. Rare in the imago 
state. In 1860 the larva was very 
common on Bijph and Alder. This 
year I looked several times and found 
none. 
JY. Ziczae. Rather common. 
“ Trepida. Rare. 
“ Cliaonia . Rare. 
1). Cceruleocephala. Common. 
Nocttle, 
T. Berasa. Not common. 
“ Batis. Common, at sugar, from 
the beginning of June until August. 
C. Buplaris. Not common. 
“ Diluta. Common at Sutton. 
“ Flavicornis. Rot common. I 
beat the larva rather commonly, this 
year, from Birch, 
“ Ridens. Rare. One once found 
in a spider’s web. 
B. Perla. Yery common. 
A. Tridens. It is impossible to say 
with regard to this species and Psi, 
which is most common. AVe take 
them at sugar and at rest, but cannot 
separate them, Tridens seems to be 
the commonest larva this year. 
“ Psi. See Tridens. 
“ Leporina. Occasionally at sugar. 
The larva was rather common in 1860 
on Birch and Alder. I think that 
hollow sticks would be good things for 
the larva to make up in, — for several 
of mine escaped in 1860, and I found 
one made up in a setting board, and 
another in the hole of a cotton reel. 
“ Megacephala. Not common. 
“ Aim. Rare, of course. I have 
twice had the larva, but failed both 
times to rear it. It is a very restless 
larva in confinement. 
“ Ligustri. Taken almost every 
year at sugar. I took thirteen in 
1860. Most of.them the dark variety. 
“ Rim'cis. Yery abundant from 
May until late in August, some 
