THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
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almost certain to see Venilia Macu- 
lata, though it is not so common as 
in many other woods. We have 
now arrived at the end of the downs, 
when we take a chalky path through 
the fields to Croydon, having the 
wooded and heathy Cvome Hurst a 
little to our left, offering a tempting 
bait to the lingering collector ; 
while,' far beyond, stretches a vast 
and productive range of breezy chalk 
downs, extending beyond Kenley, 
and far away, till they overlook the 
fertile weald above Reigate. But 
they are far too extensive a field to 
be worked now ; and, indeed, I am 
hardly able to give any directions 
which would be likely to be useful. 
He, however, who visits them will 
find them very productive, even if he 
goes in ignorance of their notabilities. 
It may not, however, be altogether 
out of place to suggest to the entire 
stranger the names of Purley, San- 
derstead, and Riddlesdown, as es- 
pecially good localities in this dis- 
trict of chalk downs. — Todd Fly- 
short. 
CAPTURES. 
Homoptera. 
Cercopis Sanguinolenta. — I have 
met with this pretty Homopteron to- 
day, near Bagley Wood. — E. M. 
Geldart, Balliol College , Oxford, May 
26 , 1863 . 
Captures in Salop. — As this 
county is comparatively little known 
as an entomological locality, some 
of your readers (e.g., your corres- 
pondent “ Orthosia ” ) may be glad 
to read my list of captures, such as 
they are. Their poverty in number 
I can only account for by the very 
dry weather with which this district 
has been visited, and the tenacity 
with which the wind has clung 1 to 
the north quarter ; even though we 
have had but little north-east. 
During this usually prolific month I 
have never taken more than five 
moths in an evening. I must, how- 
ever, confess that my search has 
been confined to our garden, orchard, 
and croft, an extent of possibly two 
acres. I have bred from pupa, dug 
early in February, T. Instabilis, the 
dark and variegated varieties; A. 
Putris and N. Plecta. I have taken 
on the wing S. Dubitaria and Cer- 
taria, and H. Sujf’umaria abundantly ; 
also some unusually smoky varieties 
of II. Immanaria. On sugar I have 
taken II. Thallasina, N. Bella, X. 
Burea, and L. Basilinea. 
This, with a few of those species 
which occur every where, is literally 
all that I have taken in the imago 
state. Of larvae I will say nothing 
until I see the results, but they seem 
to be far more numerous here than 
the imagos. This list is, perhaps, 
scarcely worth insertion, as only one 
species mentioned is at all decidedly 
local. But I thought I might as 
well respond to your appeal and that 
