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that I received nothing worse than 
a good shaking, and a few thorns in 
my extremities, which I felt obliged 
to carry home with me. — Abraham 
Edmunds, The Ty thing, Worcester, 
October 12, 1863. 
General captures. — The showery 
weather during the autumn seems 
to have rendered Lepidoptera rather 
scarce. Even some butterflies that 
are usually very common, have this 
season only been seen now and then ; 
I speak of course of this locality. I 
do not think I have seen half a dozen 
of either V. atalanta or Jo, though I 
must say that L. oegeria , II. Janira, 
and Tithonus have been in their usual 
abundance. As to the Noctuce, 
sugaring did not attract many ; but 
I found it profitable to open win- 
dows at night with the gas lighted. 
I obtained Bryopliila perla, Cosmia 
difinis, and Ennomos tiliaria in that 
way. The ivy is now in flower, and 
there is promise of good success 
from the beginnings, but I shall 
defer my captures here till a future 
period. 
In Coleoptera I may mention the 
capture of many species of llaltica, 
on walls and also by sweeping, one 
or two species of Engis and others 
in Boleii, Bern, femoratum, and arti- 
culatum, running on mud. Salpin- 
gus planirostris, many species of 
Staph ylinus, &c., on fungi, which 
seem to be very productive at this 
time of the year. 
Acherontia atropos. — A fine speci- 
men of this moth was taken a few 
days ago at Warwick. I am un- 
aquaiuted with the particulars of its 
capture. — W. Tyrer, Manor House, 
Leamington. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — In my last 
communication respecting the cap- 
ture of a specimen of the above 
insect, I was unable to point out the 
precise locality in which it had been 
caught. I am now enabled to state 
that it was obtained here. A woman 
was hanging out linen to dry about 
the middle of the day, when the 
creature which had doubtless, owing 
to some disturbance, been driven 
from its retreat at that unreasonable 
hour, dashed into her face and then 
settled upon a sheet she had just 
hung upon the line, when it was 
radely seized and placed under a 
tumbler, or common drinking glass, 
from which it was transferred to a 
coffin-like box and sent to me. — S. 
Stone, Wolton, Aylesbury, October, 
1 2th, 1863. 
Further Captures in 1863. — Since 
my last communication, I have 
taken, near London, the following? 
besides many commoner species : — 
G. Bhamni. 
A. Galathea, 
A. Paphia. 
A. Adippe. 
T. Quercus. 
P, A rgiolus. 2nd brood. 
P. Linca. 
