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between 1.40 and 2.0 p.m., in the ifroixnds of the University Mnsenm at Oxford. 

 Those fonnd at Woking- were captured between 9.0 and 10.30 a.m. — 

 G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : Mmj 4th, 1912. 



A new locality for Lomechusa strumosa, F. — Last Saturday (May 11th), while 

 walking across Blackheath, to the S.E. of Guildford, I noticed various specimens 

 of Formica sanguinea running across a sandy path. This at once reminded me 

 of Lomechusa, and on tracing the ants to their nest, two examples of the beetle 

 were soon secured. The Woking locality is separated from Blackheath by the 

 North Downs, and it is, perhaps, ten miles distant as the crow flies. It therefore 

 seems probable that Lomechusa will be found in other places in the southern 

 counties where the ant occurs. At present, at Woking, it seems to be restricted 

 to a very limited piece of groixnd. — G. C. Champion : May IMh, 1912. 



Deilephila livor7iica, Esp., at Coventry. — -I beg to record the capture of a 

 specimen of D. livornica last evening between 10 and 11 p.m., at light. I was 

 passing an electric arc standard near St. John's Church here, when I noticed a 

 Hawk-moth encircling it. I had no kind of a net with me, bvit after two or 

 three powerful soars round the lamp, the moth came within radius, and I 

 managed to bring it down with my umbrella. Unfortunately in doing so, I 

 knocked off one of its antennae, but otherwise it is in fair condition. You can 

 imagine my surprise when later, I found on reference, that I had secured D. livor- 

 nica, here in Coventry.— E. W. Sills, 34, Earl Street, Coventry : May 13th, 1912. 



Early appearance of Pyrameis cardui and Caradrina quadripunctata in 

 Cornwall. — Pyrayneis cardui was observed on the wing almost eveiy day during 

 the three weeks I spent at the Lizard this spring, the earliest date being 

 March 29th. All the specimens seen were in very good condition, and, as usual, 

 very active ; on one occasion three were seen together sunning themselves in a 

 sheltered spot on the cliffs. I suppose these must have been immigrants from 

 the Continent, and it would be of interest to know if they were observed by other 

 Lepidopterists. I also took a rather rubbed, but apparently not very old, 

 specimen of Caradrina quadripunctata on April 7th, flying in the sunshine — 

 though it was probably disturbed by one of my companions. — H. Gr. Champion, 

 New College, Oxford: May, 1912. 



Abundance of Heliozela stanneella, F.R. — I shovild be glad to know if any of 

 your readers have noticed this little moth in unusual niunbers this month. 

 Here at Wanstead, and in this end of Epping Forest, they were, from the last 

 week in April till a day or two ago, literally in hundreds, thousands would hardly 

 be an exaggeration ! At any sunny spot, where holly or hornbeam bushes were 

 growing beneath oak, they were to be seen in little swarms buzzing round the 

 twigs ; it would have been an easy matter to have taken a dozen at one sweep 

 of the net. I have frequently seen the allied, and usually more common serici- 

 ella acting in the same way, but never in such large numbers. — A. Thurnall, 

 Wanstead, Essex : May llth, 1912. 



