166 THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
G. Libatrix. Common. 
A. Tragopogonis. Common. 
M. Typica, do. 
“ Maura. Not common. 
T. Pastinum. Taken commonly on 
the wing at dusk. They do not 
keep on the wing more than half 
an hour. I have always under- 
stood that this was a day-flying 
species, but it is not so with 
us, — for I never took but one in 
the day time, and that was 
disturbed. At dusk, if the 
weather is favorable, we can 
sometimes take about twenty 
in a very short time. 
E. Mi. Esther common. 
“ Glyphica. Not common 
P. AEnea. Abundant at Langwitli 
and Stockton 
Having come to an end with the 
Noctuce, I cannot pass by that impor- 
tant group without a few remarks. 
From mf list it will be seen that we 
take nearly two thirds of the whole 
group. I have enumerated about 
one hundfed and eighty species, — a 
very formidable number, some of 
them very rare species. As Entom- 
ology seems to be on the march, we 
may anticipate, as the result of our 
uuited labours, the addition of many 
species ( as yet undiscovered at York ) 
to our local fauna. We have sever- 
al fine old woods in the neighbourhood 
that have scarcely been worked, — 
more particularly at nights, — and un- 
til such woods as Cawood, Futton, 
Bed House, Overton and many others 
have been well worked for a few sea- 
sons, we cannot form anything like 
a correct list of the Hoctuas taken in 
this (I think I may safely say) rich 
locality. 
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CAPTURES. 
Neuroptera. 
Drepanepteryx phaleenoides. Dur- 
ing the past season I captured in 
Surrey a British specimen of Drep- 
anepteryx ( ITemerobius) phalanoides, 
which I expected would complete my 
species, but I find another ( II. 
ochraceus of Westw.) has been taken, 
so I still want one bur am led to 
expect it another year. — J. C. Dale. 
Gian. Wootton, Sherborne , Dorset. 
Lepidoptera . 
Gonepteryx Eharnni. A fine spec- 
imen ot this insect was seen here 
yesterday (Christmas day.) The day 
was exceedingly warm, and, I may 
say, about noon, quite hot. An old 
man of this place, nearly eighty years 
of age, tells me that he has not 
known one Christmas day, during his 
whole life, so mild and warm us 
yesterday. — A. J. Hay. Uchfieid, 
Sussex. Dec. 26. 1862. 
P. Pilosaria. As a proof of the 
extraordinary mildness of the weather 
this winter, I may state that I saw a 
specimen of P. Pilosaria on the trunk 
of a tree to-day (Dec, 29.) and that I 
have been informed that two spec- 
imens of Hibernia leucophearia, were 
observed on Christmas day. — J. B. 
Blackburn, Boudon, Cheshire. Dec. 
29. 1862. 
