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THE SUBSTITUTE. 
rea. I should feel truly obliged 
by your inserting this statement 
in your next ‘ Substitute.’ — 
George Smith, 9, King Street, 
North Street, Brighton ; October 
27,1856. 
Capttire of Leucania Vitellina 
in England. — August last was 
quite an interesting month to me. 
Ever since the middle of February 
Lad I been diligently searching, 
day and night, for Lepidoptera, 
but not one single species could I 
get hold of that was new to my 
collection ; true I caught some 
few good insects, but nothing for 
my own cabinet. This state of 
affairs continued until towards the 
end of August, and certainly was 
sufficiently discouraging, when all 
at once things took such a change 
tliat within the short space of a 
week 1 took Musculosa, E.vigua, 
and a species new to our list ! 
Fancy having three such prizes on 
one’s setting'board at one and the 
same time. It certainly was very 
jolly, and abundantly compensated 
for “ no end ” of the blanks and dis- 
appointments I had previously ex- 
perienced. My “ stranger” proves 
to be Leucania Vitellina, a species 
that appears in the south and 
centre of France in August and 
September, but is nowhere com- 
mon. The locality in which I 
obtained this species w^as certainly 
rather a strange one ; it was in my 
own little garden in the centre of 
this town. I saw the insect on 
the wing, and, without suspecting 
it was anything uncommon, made 
more than one attempt to catch it 
with my net, but failed ; it went 
into a dense plant of Epilobium, 
and I could not drive it out. In 
accordance with my nightly cus- 
tom I placed honey on such posts 
and flower-sticks as were available, 
and in a few minutes I saw the 
moth reappear, and after hovering 
about for a short time it went 
straight to the nearest honey-bait 
and settled quietly. I then saw it 
was a stranger, and lost no time 
in boxing it: a little chloroform 
finished the business, and the in- 
sect is now in my cabinet, and 
numbered amongst mv treasures. 
— H. C ooKE, 8, Pelham Terrace, 
Brighton ; October 26, 1856. 
Captures at Alarlow. — Last 
evening a specimen of Dasycampa 
rubiginea was taken here at sugar. 
It was evidently fresh out, but in- 
dulged in a flutter when in the 
pill-box, which has lessened its 
beauty. A fresh Leucania crassi- 
cornis was also taken the other 
day, with a few Lota, Macilenta, 
and Libatrix, and other common 
Noctua) of the season. Defoliaria 
is just making its appearance, to 
be followed by Cassinea, Plumi- 
gera, and Borcaria . — Hev. Beu- 
NAiiD Smith, Marlow; October 
25, 1856. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
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A Beginner's List of Butterflies, 
^•c., at Bisterne. 
L. Rubi . — June 20. Bred. It 
is quite one of the entomological 
characteristics of this immeiliate 
neighbourhood, that the larva; of 
this insect appear in marvellous 
numbers, cotnpletely strewing the 
ground: imleed a person walking 
across a heathy i>lace here calleil 
the “Warren” must bo cautious 
lest he tread ttpon them. 
L. Querens . — July 21. 1 dare 
say that this is more abundant 
