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of my assertion, and -when I say that 
he compared his specimen with a bred 
one (kindly lent me by the Rev. J. 
Greene to color from) and told me he 
took it at the Hob Moor Brick ponds, 
not two miles from York some years 
ago, no one will doubt the fact that 
it teas taken at York before. 
With regard to T. J. Carrington’s 
own scrupulousness, he says, “I 
thought it might interest some of 
your Northern readers to know of its 
occurring in Yorkshire,” while it was 
told to them six months ago by my- 
self, and afterwards by Mr. Wilkin- 
son of Scarborough. He should also 
be careful how he writes his ? effu- 
sions, for I think no such word as 
January occurs in my notice. So 
much for unscrupulousness. 
Lastly presumption. I think my 
readers will see that T. J. Carrington 
makes out a capital case to himself, 
for he presumes to occupy the pages 
of a really useful work with a long 
rigmarole about nothing, and if the 
readers of the “^Entomologist ” are to 
be annoyed by beardless boys 
in their teens writing their ? rambling 
effusions, the sooner it is laid by the 
side of its ancestor the ‘ Intelligencer’ 
the better. 
In conclusion, if T. J. Carrington 
• was in happy ignorance of the insect 
occurring at York before, he must 
thank his own friends, for some of 
them, to my knowledge, knew of the 
fact. I may also state that I used 
the name Tripunctata because, hav- 
ing used the name last year, I thought 
it would cause less confusion, and 
was quite aware that Albipunctata 
was proper. — W. Peest, 6, Castle- 
gate, York. 
A List of Lepidoptera occurring in 
the neighbourhood of Plymouth, by 
J. H Dell, Esq. 
Pyealides. 
Hypena Proboscidalis. Common. 
JET. Rostralis. Not common. 
H. Crassalis. Not common. 
Pivula Sericealis. Yery frequent. 
Herminia Nemoralis. Frequent. 
Odontia Dentalis. Rare. 
Pyralis Farinalis. Common. 
Aglossa Pinguinalis. Common in 
houses. 
A. Cuprcealis. Rarely. 
Pyrausta punicealis and Purpuralis 
Rarely on the coast. 
Herbula Cespitalis and Ennychia Cin- 
gulalis. Common on the coast. 
Sterna Punctalis. Rarely on the coast. 
JPydrocampa Nymphceata. Frequent. 
IT. Stagnalis. Frequent. 
Botys Verticalis. Common. 
B. Urticahs. Common. 
B. Lancealis. Frequent at Plym- 
bridge. 
B. Asinalis. Rare. 
B. Fuscalis. Frequent. 
Ebulea Crocealis. Rare. 
E. Sambucalis. Common in gardens. 
Pionea Forficalis. Common. 
P. Margaritalis. Not common. 
Scopula olivalis. Common. 
S. Prunalis. Common. 
S. Ferrugalis. Frequent. 
