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Insects.

Phibalapteryx tersata. Several specimens beaten from the same hedge and at the same time as Anticlea rubidata.

Eupithecia variegata. One specimen from the trunk of an oak, near Lennage wood, in April, 1841.

Bapta punctata. Rather common both years, throughout the neighbourhood.

Ptychopoda incanata. One specimen at Lavenham, August 23rd, 1842.

Acidalia osseata. One specimen at Lavenham, June 13, 1842.

Drepana hamula. One specimen on some water about a mile from Lavenham, on the Cockfield road.

Paracolax nemoralis. One specimen in my garden, June 14, 1842.

Lozopera Baumanniana. A few specimens in a pasture near Lavenham church, May 27, 1842.

Alabonia Geoffroyella. One specimen at Great Waldingfield.

Yponomeuta plumbella. One specimen in a lane at Preston, in July, 1841.

Nomophila hybridalis. Lennage wood in August.

Chattochilus sequellus. Two specimens, one in Lennage wood, the other in my garden, in October.

I am, Sir, Yours truly,
W. Gaze.
 
To the Editor of 'The Zoologist.'



Note on Captures of Curculionidæ near Cambridge. The fine weather here has brought in a plentiful harvest, and insects of all descriptions are beginning to appear in abundance. My researches have been most successful, having never been out without an ample requital. Amongst the Curculionidae alone I may enumerate the following captures.
Gymnaetron Beccabungæ Hypera murina Orchestes calcar
Notaris acridulus punctata Otiorhynchus tenebricosus
Scirpi[1] Anthonomus pedicularius Sciaphilus muricatus
Dorytomus vorax Apion carbonarium Rhynchites nanus
Hypera Plantaginis Pomonæ

Were I to mention other Coleopterous insects I could enumerate many rarities, among which is a remarkably fine specimen of Dromius 4-signatus, and a great number of Mesosanubila and Odacantha melanura.—Vernon Wollaston; Jesus Coll., Cambridge, April 8, 1843.

Note on Smerinthus ocellatus and Sm. Populi. If the following brief notice should be found worthy of insertion, it might prove interesting to some of your readers, as I

  1. A single specimen of this insect was taken in a neighbouring fen. I did not capture it myself, but I understand it was brushed out of the sedge.