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been a great pleasure to me to watch the moths hovering around the flowers late 
in the Midsummer evenings. About ten o'clock on the evening of the 25th of 
June several of these insects were fluttering about the Lychnis flowers, which were 
then smelling very sweetly ; yet no other Noctuce seemed to visit them. The moth 
first hovered over the flower, then settling on it, vibrated her wings rapidly whilst 
she inserted her long telescopic ovipositor into its very depths, and deposited a 
single egg upon the future capsule : in only one example that I saw was the egg 
laid upon the petal, and then upon its claw : in none did I see it laid upon the male 
flower. The next day I examined the Lychnis carefully, and found many eggs, 
and on some plants the young capsules were already tenanted, as shown by the 
small round hole which marked the entrance of the larva, in this its first stage of 
growth, white and maggot-like. From this time the larva might always be met 
with, coiled around the central placenta of the capsule, which seems as if formed 
for their comfort. Some very nearly at their full growth were found as early as 
the 5th of July. They began to bury under ground early in August, and the perfect 
insects from them appeared in the May and June of the following season, the first 
coming out on the 27th of May. The second year after planting the Lychnis, 
Emmelcsia decolorata also put in its appearance. Digitalis, in the same way, was 
followed by Eupithecia pulchellata ; and ivy planted around the house was tempta- 
tion enough to induce Ourapteryx smnhiocaria to come and take up its abode with 
me. I mention these facts to try and induce others to cultivate insects at home 
by naturalizing their food-plants in gardens. — Id. 
Captures of Coleoptera in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, — I have lately taken, at 
Studley-Eoyal, near Eipon, the following species : — 
Trechus ohtusus. This species is apparently more common here than T. mimitus. 
Oxypoda ruficomis. Homalota hepatica, five specimens ; two were found under 
stones, and the others among dead leaves. Leptinus testaceus, with two of 
Agathidiiim nigripenne, in moss at the root of an old holly-tree, in the dead wood 
of which I also met with several specimens of Xyloterus domestictis. Liodes 
orbicularis. Amphicyllis globus, one specimen only, of the uniformly red-brown 
variety, found in dead leaves. Atoma/ria ferruginea, one specimen, found under a 
stone. Atomaria sp. — ?, three specimens, taken when sweeping : I sent this insect 
to London for identification, and am informed that it is distinct from any of the 
recorded British species. It bears considerable resemblance to A. ferrugimea, but 
has three dilated joints to the club of the antenna? ; is rather larger, less thickly 
punctured (and consequently more glossy), and of a darker colour, inclining to 
chestnut. Triphyllus suturalis. Hoplia philanthus. Diacanthus metallicus. 
Helodes marginata, by sweeping at the margins of the river. Telephorus unicolor. 
Bhinosimus ruficollis and viridipennis. Choragus Sheppardi : I found ten specimens 
of this insect (with Sinodendron) in a much decayed part of an old ash-treo. I was 
surprised at the jumping of the insect, which, apparently, has no pecuhar structure 
fitting it for that habit. I kept a specimen ahve, in a pill-box with a glass top, for 
more than a week : when a gentle tap was given to the box, the insect would leap, 
but I could not discover how the leap was eS'ected. Barynotus obscurus. Sitophilus 
oryzce, in the Indian corn used for feeding the pheasants. Pogonocherus pilosus- 
