THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
95 
Captures near Weston-super-Mare . — I 
have the pleasure of forwarding you a 
list of our captures and doings of late; 
they may he poor in your eyes, hut they 
are what I did not expect to meet with 
in great measure: — 
Thecla Rubi. Common; hedges and 
woods. 
Polyommatus Alsus. Common ; on 
heaths, See. 
Argxjnnis Euphrosyne. Common-. 
Meliicea Artemis. Common, but local. 
Thymele Alveolus. Local; at the edges 
of woods. 
Tkanaos Tapes. Common in most 
places. 
Sphinx Ligustri. One from chry- 
salis. 
Procris Statices. Unusually common, 
but local. 
Anaitis Ptagiaria. I had the pleasure 
of adding this pretty moth to my collec- 
tion on the 28th of last month. — John 
D. Head, Siclcot School, Weston-super- 
Mare ; June 2, 1857. 
The Fund eor the Relief of 
Mrs. Hemmings. 
This subscription being now closed, 
the committee take the earliest oppor- 
tunity of acknowledging, on behalf of 
the widow and family, the great kind- 
ness with which their appeal has been 
responded to by entomologists as well as 
private friends. 
From the funds placed at their dis- 
posal, the committee have been enabled 
to provide all necessary utensils, and have 
started the widow in business as a laun- 
dress, and it is hoped the poor woman 
has now a fair prospect of being able to 
support herself and family. 
The following is the exact account of 
moneys received and expended: — 
Total amount of subscriptions 
received -£04 11 8 
Paid, postage, advertising and 
incidental expenses 2 18 6 
Paid from time to time to the 
widow 9 5 0 
Paid, for ironing-stove, copper, 
mangle, irons, and all neces- 
sary tackle, and the charges 
for fitting same 30 4 l 
Balance this day invested in 
the savings’ bank on behalf 
of the widow 22 4 1 
£64 11 8 
The committee have also caused the 
small collection, consisting of Coleoptcra 
and Micro-Lepidoptera, to be sold by 
auction, through Mr. Samuel Stevens, 
and the following is the result : — 
Gross amount realized by sale 
of insects £19 19 6 
Paid Mr. S. Stevens’ charges 
for lotting and commission 
on sale of insects 
4 
2 
0 
Charges for Post-Office orders 
0 
1 
9 
Expenses of transmission of in- 
sects to London 
0 
12 
6 
Balance 
15 
3 
3 
£19 19 6 
This balance of £ 1 5 3 s. 3d. has been 
added to the above balance of £22 4s. Id. 
and invested in the savings’ bank. 
The committee beg to thank the 
editors of the ‘Zoologist,’ ‘Substitute, 
and ‘ Intelligencer,’ for their kind assist- 
ance in devoting a portion of their space 
to the publication of this appeal. 
The widow is now carrying on business 
as a laundress at No. 5, Lennox Terrace, 
Brighton, and begs the committee to ex- 
press her heartfelt thanks to those who 
have so kindly assisted her in her distress. 
W. D. Savage ' 
T. Thorncroft Com- 
S. IIowse millee. 
H. Cooke 
Brighton, June 7, 1857. 
