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B. nitidulum, A few, I never found 
this a common insect. 
B. flammulatum, on damp ground 
various localities. 
B. articulahom, one or two speci- 
mens in Epping Forest, apparently 
very scarce there. 
B. 4- guttatum , one in Epping- 
Forest. 
B . punctulatum, One s taken by Mr. 
J. B. Blackburn. 
T. Blackburn, The Yeivs, Wood- 
ford, N., July 14, 1863. 
(To be continued.) 
Lepidoptera. 
Eupithecia Centaureata. — On the 
24th ultimo I bred one Eupithecia 
centaureata from a larva taken last 
September on Angelica sylvestris. I 
believe it is the first either bred or 
taken in this neighbourhood. I have 
also bred a number of E. trisignata, 
taken from the same plant, and shall 
be glad to supply any one in want of 
them. They must write first. — Rev. 
Geo. Rudston Read, Sutton on Der- 
i went, York. 
Diptera. 
Captures near Oxford. — I have met 
with the following Diptera in the 
aabove district. 
Bibio marci. 
Erioptera Crassipes Ochracea'Wedk 
Limnobia nubeculosa, Bagley 
Wood 
Tipula ochracea, do. 
T. cornicina, do. 
Beris chalybeaia, do. 
Chrysomyia polita, do. 
Sargus indatus, do. 
S. cuprarius, Summertown. 
Leptis scolopacea, everywhere. 
Chrysopila holosericeata, do. 
Bombylius major, Bagley Wood. 
Einpis tessellata, common. 
E. livida. 
E. opaca. 
E. lutea, Whiteham Wood. 
Syritta pipiens, abundant. 
Xylota sylvarum, Bagley Wood. 
X. segnis, do. 
Volucella bombylans, do. 
V. mystacea, do. 
Chrysogaster fumipennis. 
Bhingia rostrata, abundant. 
Cheilosia variabilis. 
Calobata cibaria. 
Platy stoma seminationis, White- 
ham Wood. 
Bsila fimetaria. 
Tachina fera, Bagley Wood. 
Musca Ccesar, very common. 
E. M. Geldart, Bose Hill, Bow- 
don, June 30, 1863. 
EXCHANGE. 
Clostera curtula. — I shall shortly 
have some good series of curtula, 
and, probably, eggs also, to part with, 
which I shall be happy to send to 
any one who can help me to any of 
the following in good condition : — ■ 
Those numbered in the “Manual,” 
115, 117, 120, 122, 124, 132,143, 
156, 192, 202, 203, 292, 314, 404, 
408, 482, 493, 510, 534. I should 
