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The pupa remains attached after the emergence of the moth. I 

 have no definite notes on the pupal period, which is somewhere between 

 a fortnight and three weeks. I could not discover that one sex 

 emerged before the other, but my observations lack completeness.— 

 P. A. Buxton, (F.E.S.), Pairhill, Tonbridge. 



J^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



British Blattid.e. — The following records of cockroaches may be 

 of interest, as these insects are not much studied. July 5th, 1918, 

 Studland, Bwanage, Dorset. — Nymphs of Ectobia panzeri among 

 marram grass ; nymphs and adults of E. iivida, very abundant on sand 

 dunes and among bracken; also at sugar. June 17th, 1914. — K. 

 Iivida, one flying actively in hot sunshine on Wrotham Down, Kent. — 

 P. A. Buxton (F.E.S.), Fairhill, Tonbridge. 



CoLiAS EDusA IN Early July. — While walking over the Downs 

 near Ventnor to-day, I saw, but failed to capture, a female Colias edasa. 

 Is it not rather early ? — H. G. Gregory, Westleigh, Salisbury. Jiily 

 Qth. 



[The time of appearance is usually August and beginning of 

 September. The late C. G. Barrett records freshly emerged specimens 

 as early as June 4th in South Wales, in 1877. Whether these latter 

 were suspected as first or second brood specimens he does not say. — 

 H.J.T.] 



Pyrameis atalanta (hibernated?). — On May 27th (last month) a 

 specimen of Pyrameis atalanta settled on the lawn in my garden at 

 Ditchling, Sussex, on a sunny warm morning, within two feat of where 

 I was sitting. It was in very good condition though a little worn. I 

 can offer no opinion as to whether it was an example that had 

 hibernated in the locality or not. There were a good many of the 

 insects about the garden in September last year. — J. C. Dollman, 

 (F.E.S.), Hove House, Newton Grove, Bedford Park., W. 



An irregular pairing in nature. — While collecting at High 

 Wycombe on Saturday afternoon, June 27th, with Messrs. L. E. 

 Dunster and F. H. Stallman, I met with a 3- Anthrocera lUipejtdulae 

 paired with a 2 Ilipocrita jacobacae. This was about 3.80 p.m., and 

 at 11.45 they were still in cop., and Mr. Stallman took them to photo- 

 graph. Shortly afterwards the H. jacobaeae was found to be dead ; 

 apparently they were unable to separate. — B. S. Williams, E. Finchley, 

 N. 



Haemaris tityus (bombyliformis) in Eoss-shire. — I would like to 

 record in your magazine a moth that I have caught in this district the 

 last two seasons. It is the " Narrow- bordered Bee Hawk," Haemaris 

 tityus (bumbyliformis). I caught two specimens on June 18th, 1918, 

 on Bromhill, Fortrose, Ross-shire, and on May 27th of the present 

 year two more specimens in the same place. I believe that they are 

 fairly rare in this district, and would like to know if they have been 

 recorded before from this part of Scotland. — Allan G. Cameron, 

 Oakfield, Fortrose, Ross-shire. 



[In the account of this species by the late J. W. Tutt, British 

 Lepiduptera, vol. iii., pp. 587-8, H. tityus is said to be locally common 

 in some parts of Scotland, and has been recorded from the following 



