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lucerne in bloom. I dare say I shall 
eatch a great many more, and shall be 
happy to supply any one in want of them 
shoitly. W. Slater, New Bexley , Kent , 
S.E.; August 23. 
Pieris Duplidice. — Another specimen 
el this insect has been taken near the 
spot where I took my first one on the 
18th ult. — H. J. Harding, “ Noah’s 
Ark, Deal , Kent ; August 12. 
Deilephila Galii. — I have taken six 
fine full-fed larvte of this species, and am 
on the look out for more. — I bid. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A fine specimen 
ol this insect was brought me alive the 
other evening, having been taken just 
previously close by. — R. W. Wright, 
4, Gloucester Terrace, Victoria Park Road, 
Hackney, N.E.; August 22. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — I have had a 
female specimen of this insect, and also 
a lull-led larva of Acherontiu Atropos, 
brought to me from Lancaster. The 
5. Convolvuli was taken at rest in a 
green-house. I am now rearing a second 
brood this year of C. Elpenor. — William 
H. Taylor, Tolson Street, Sunny Bank , 
Leeds; August 22. 
Cluanlha Solidaginis and Acentropus 
Niveus at York.— On Thursday, the Jlth 
inst., I took a fine specimen of C. Solida- 
ginis at sugar. A. Niveus fell rather 
curiously into my hands: I was settiuo-, 
by gaslight, some of my captures, when 
a little delicate insect came flouncing on 
its back on the table amongst my ento- 
mological paraphernalia, having singed 
itself in the gas flame. On examination 
I found it had sustained but little injury, 
and as it appeared to be a Lepidoptera 
quite new to me I of course pinned and 
set it at once, and find it to be A. Niveus. 
These both constitute, I believe, additions 
to our local Fauna.— J. Birrs, York; 
August 22. 
Cerura Bicuspis at York. — Mr. Allis 
and myself went, on the 10th inst., in 
search ol Alni and Bicuspis, when Mr. A. 
succeeded in finding one pupa of the 
latter. A diligent search produced no 
Alni. In the evening of the same day 
1 took a full-fed larva of Bifida crawling 
on the trunk of a poplar. — Ibid. 
A ne iv British Noclua ; Leucania pu- 
trescens. — Early in July I took, flying 
over bramble blossoms, three Noctiue 
which nobody here could make out. I 
sent one of them to Mr. Henry Double- 
day, who writes that “ it is certainly 
new to Britain, and extremely near to 
Leucania punctosa and L. putrescens.” — 
R. M. Stewart, 3, Park Place, Torquay ; 
August 13. 
Leucania Putrescens. — A specimen of 
this insect has been forwarded to me, to 
be named, by Dr. Battersby of Torquay ; 
it was taken at dusk, in the middle of 
July, hovering over the blossom of the 
blackberry, on the cliffs. I presume this 
is the insect taken by Mr. Stewart, and 
this is undoubtedly Putrescens. L. Punc- 
tosa is a redder insect, with a less dis- 
tinctly-marked black streak from the base 
of the wing. L. Putrescens is a native of 
the South and West of France. Herrich- 
Schaffer and Guenee both place it next 
to Obsoleta. — H. T. Stainton ; Aug. 20. 
Spilodes Sticticalis. — It may be in- 
teresting to some of the Lancashire ento- 
mologists to know that this insect has 
been taken so near home. I had the 
pleasure of capturing a specimen in the 
Botanical Garden, Moss Side, Ashton- 
under- Lyne. — M. Ward, St. Alary’s 
Street, Dukinfield ; August 15. 
Pterophorus Loewii. — It may interest 
some of your readers to know that this 
species is now out on the sand-hills; it 
copulates about 7 p. m., and consequently 
on the wing at that time; it frequents 
damp swampy patches. — C. S. Gregson, 
Stanley, Lancashire ; August 18. 
Captures near Uppingham. — During 
the past year we have taken the following 
species : — ■ 
Arge Galathea (abundant), 
Apatura Iris (two ^females and one 
male), 
