merate the captures that I have thus made; I will therefore only add that they were chiefly in Curculionidae, and include specimens of NotarisScirpi, Sphaerula Lythvi, and great numbers of different species of Dory tomus.—Vernon Wollaston; Jesus College, Cambridge, May 1, 1843.
Note on the occurrence of rare Insects at Teignmouth.
| Œdemera Podagrariæ viridissima Elater cupreus Clytus mysticus Pterostoma palpina Agrotis radia Caradrina neglecta bilinea Orthosia lunosa Glaea spadicea satellitia |
Xylina semibrunnea Rhizolitha adusta Miselia conspersa Ennomos lunaria Eupithecia nanata venosata Chrysis bidentata Nemoura pallida Anomala Frischii Otiorhynchus ater Cneorhinus exaratus |
Blatta Panzeri Agrotis valligera Agrion elegans Lucanus Cervus Oiceoptoma rugosa Apoderus Avellanæ Leptura 4-fasciata Pachyta 8-maculata Libellula 4-maculata Agrion rubellum Ornithomyia viridis |
— W.R. Hall Jordan; Teignmouth, May 1, 1843.
Note on the seasons of appearance of Polyommatus Argiolus. Like the Argiolus of the Rev. W.T. Bree, in Warwickshire, ours too only appears about the latter end of April, affording an instance of a singular difference in habits from the same species in the South of England. It would seem probable that there was some error, or confusion of names and seasons concerning this butterfly, were not the fact supported by the most respectable testimony. At any rate, it requires more than a passing notice, for it must be the influence of powerful local circumstances, rather than that of climate, which causes so obvious a variation in the appearance of this insect. The history of our commoner native butterflies should not, in any one point, be suffered to remain in obscurity. In reference to this subject I may mention that Melitæa Euphrosyne and Selene only appear with us once in the season, the former in the middle of May, the latter towards the end of the same month. Artemis occurred last year in the beginning of June, and the three species were seen together, for a short time, flitting over the same meads. Again, Vanessa C-album occurs with us rarely in June and September, but is always common in two or three localities in early spring; the specimens then being so freshly coloured as to encourage a scepticism of the commonly received opinion of their hybernation in the state of maturity. On the other hand, Vanessa Polychloros we see perfectly plumed in August, dull in September and the succeeding March, and ragged in April.- Henry Walter Bates; Leicester, May 8, 1843.
Note on the capture of Stauropus Fagi. On the evening of the 7th instant I found a male on the inside of a gas lamp on Clapham-common. I was not a little surprised and pleased to take a veritable "lobster"—the ne plus ultra of the old collectors, and the cause of many a wishful walk to Birch Wood, within five miles of London bridge.—J.W. Douglas; 6, Grenville Terrace, Coburg Road, Kent Road, May 9, 1843.
Note on the capture of Stauropus Fagi. A fine female has just been captured at Mr. Low's nursery, Upper Clapton. It was taken in one of the out-buildings, wherein was a quantity of moss lately brought from a wood near Hertford; in all probability therefore it had been brought thither in the pupa state with the moss. It is now in the collection of Mr. H. Low, jun.—Edward Doubleday; Brit. Mus. May 10, 1843.
Note on the capture of the Emperor moth, by means of a captive female. A few of my friends having expressed a desire to see the capture of the male of this beautiful