62 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



Sphinx convolvuli. — Very rare: two in the autumn of 1846. 

 Sphinx ligustri. — July and August: common some years. 

 Smerinthus occellatus. — July; orchards. 

 Smerinthus tiliae. — June: occasional. 



Macroghssa stellatarum. — August: not uncommon in flower-gardens during 

 the day-time. 



Biston betularius. — July; orchards: rare. 



A crony da megaceplmla. — July; woody places. 



Alcis robararia. — July; woody places. 



Aids rhomboidarice. — July; among willows: occasional. 



Hemerophila abruptaria. — May and June; hedges. 



Cerura furcula. — July and August: rare. 



Notodonta ziczae. — July and August; wooded districts: occasional. 



Lophopterix camelina. — July and August; wooded districts: occasional. 



Clisiocampa neustria. — Of frequent occurrence some years. 



Gastropacha quercifolia. — June. 



Cmullia umbratica. — Sheltered hedges. 



Cucullia verbasci. — Sheltered hedges. 



Mamestra persicaria? — At intervals throughout the summer. 



Triphena fimbria. — July: rare. 



Harpalyce fulvata. — Frequenting hedge-rows. 



Lynn Road, Wisbeach. 



Beggar Woman's Dog. — "It happened on a time that a beggar woman's 

 little dog, which she had lost, was presented to Lady More, and she 

 had kept it some sen'night very carefully; but at last the beggar had 

 noticed where her dog was, and presently she came to complain to Sir 

 Thomas, as he was sitting in his hall, that his lady withheld her dog from 

 her. Presently my lady was sent for. and the dog brought with her, 

 which Sir Thomas taking in his hands, caused his wife, because she was 

 the worthier person, to stand at the upper end of the hall, and the 

 beggar at the lower end; which, when they did. the dog went presently 

 to the beggar, forsaking my lady. When he saw this, he bade my lady 

 be contented for it was none of hers, yet she repining at the sentence 

 of the Lord Chancellor, agreed with the beggar, and gave her a peice of 

 gold, which would well have bought three dogs; and so all parties were 

 agreed, every one smiling to see Sir Thomas's manner of inquiring out the 

 truth." 



The Common Tern. — In your "History of British Birds," vol. vi, page 

 97, you state that a "young" one was caught in Monmouthshire on the 



