l^f) NOTES— ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. 



We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. W. C. Waller, M.A., 

 F.S.A., for a translation of the Latin : — 



Charges in respect of a whale per the Sheriff of Essex. — To John 

 de la Lee, Sheriff of Essex and Herts, for moneys paid by him to 

 divers persons in charge of a certain whale caught off the island of 

 Merseve [Mersea] ; for one empty cask bought to put the whale in ; 

 for salt bought to salt the same ; for the carriage of the same from the 

 island aforesaid to Staunford 2 to the court ; together with the 

 expenses of one man with a team conducting the said whale there in 

 the month of May £o 14 8 



INSECTS. 

 Plusia moneta at Buckhurst Hill. — I had the pleasure 

 of netting two specimens of this moth in our garden last 

 summer — one on the 7th of July and the other on the nth of 

 the same month. I saw another a few evenings later, but did 

 not catch it. The moths were hovering over the flowers of the 

 Rose-bay, Epilobium angustifolium, of which we have a great store 

 in the garden. This adds another to the three or four records 

 of this moth in Essex. It was first recognised as British in 

 1890. — B. G. Cole, Buckhurst Hill. 



Prodenia littoralis, Boisd., a New British Moth. — At 

 the meeting of the Club on January 27th, 1906, Prof. R. 

 Meldola, F.R.S., exhibited, on behalf of Major Robertson, 

 a specimen of this scarce European moth, which had appeared 

 in his breeding cage in July last. All the Major's larvae in this 

 cage had been collected in the Bournemouth district, Hampshire. 

 Prodenia littoralis has a wide distribution in S.E. Europe, Asia, 

 India, &c, and it is to be hoped that this handsome Noctua, like 

 Plusia moneta, has "come to stay." The coming summer may 

 bring further news of it as an immigrant in Britain. — B.G.C. 



2 ? Staunford--sc. Stanford-le-Hope, near the Thames, and about 30 miles from Mersea. 

 It is not apparent what court is meant : Morant sheds no light on it.— W.C W 



