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THE NATURALISTS’ JOURNAL. 
Notes on Insects of 1893.—My insect capture, and observations 
during 1893, although far from unique, may be of some interest 
to the readers of the N.J. On March 5th, I took Othin fulvi- 
pennis among some debris near the roots of a tree in Highgate 
Woods. On the 8th, whilst strolling through Ivensal Green, I 
took a specimen of Hypera punctata off a wooden post. Had I 
not been on insect hunting intent, I should not have detected it, 
so much did it assimilate with the post. Musca chloris was be- 
gining to make its_appearance. Coleoptera of the Hydrade^haga 
group were plentiful enough at Willesden, but I was not prepared 
for the occasion. I first met the brindled beauty moth on the 
15th in Pentonviile Road, London ; Biston hirtaria was very com¬ 
mon in London throughout the season, and the females were to 
be seen for two or three days in the same position on the tree 
trunks. I took Tceniocampa gothica at Theydon Bois on the 24th. 
On April 8th I visited West Drayton and met with Andrenafulva 
in plenty, also a few lieris brassicce and Vanessa urticoe —hyber- 
nated. On May 13th, I again visited West Drayton and saw sev¬ 
eral of the following : P. brassicce, L. icarus, E. cardamines, Bombus 
terrestris, and Selandria serva. I had a specimen of that pretty 
beetle, Clytus arietis, given me by a friend who lound it in the 
G. W. R. Stores Yard, Paddington, on the 15th. On Whit- 
Monday, at Henley-on-Thames, I took the spotted muslin-moth 
{D. mendica)\ also Platetrum depressum. At Epping Forest, near 
Chingford, I met with Pyrrhosoma minium commonly, ditto 
Enallagma cyathigerum , on June 4th. P r depressum was very com¬ 
mon ; in attempting to secure a female I knocked her into the 
water ; I managed, however, to induce her to clutch the net 
which I extended and transferred her from a watery grave to a 
dry reed, which she readily clasped, and left her. At Abingdon, 
Berks, on the 10th, I met with one C. pamphilus. a few L. icarus 
and P. brassicce, also V. urticoe , commonly. P. Phleeas, was 
plentiful at Epping Forest, near Theydon Bois, on August 7th. 
On October 1st. I met with V atalanta in plenty at St. Ives, 
Cornwall, also a few P. rupee , very much battered. On the 2nd I 
saw one P. phleeas and took Phlogophora meticulosa, Pararge egeria 
and P. megoera on the road from St. Ives to Penzance. P. phl- 
ceas was very scarce, I having only met with two individuals 
during my short stay in Cornwall. This insect was very com¬ 
mon at Weymouth about a week later last year. On the 5th I 
met with wasps ( Vespa vulgaris ) plentifully, also V atalanta, P. 
egeria, and P . megoera on the road which leads to Land’s End and 
the Logan Rock from Penzance. I might mention that on this 
road I came across the “adder’s tongue” fern ( Ophioglossum 
vulgatum ) quite commonly. — J. F. Cordon. 
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