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megaera was fully out on July i22nd, and in the second week of September a 

 fairly slronp third emergence was observed, all the specimens being of full size 

 and very rich deep colouring. On September 8th I noticed a freshly emerged 

 $ Celastrinn argivlus in my garden, and of Epinephele ianira, which was taken 

 in tine condition on September 26th, a not entirely worn-out specimen was seen 

 as lately as yesterday, October 17th. On the 8th of the present month, Gonep- 

 teryx rhamni, Pieris rapae, Pararge megaera, Coenonympha pamphilus, Pyrameis 

 atalanta, Polygonla c-album, Puttncia phlaeas, and Pleheiiis icartis were still on 

 the wing at Tubney Wood in more or less goud condition. Specimens were 

 noted at large of HemeropJiila ahruptaria, Sejitember 1st ; Parasetnia jykai- 

 taginis and Phtbalajyteryx tersata, September 6th ; and Acidalia incaiiaria, 

 common throughout September up to the end of the month. My friend 

 Mr. E. G, R. Waters has kindly supplied me v^ith the following notes of extra 

 emergences in this district : — Augtades syhanus, a very fresh 2 specimen at 

 Cothill, September 25th ; Lithosia griseola, one, quite fresh, on ivy-bloom, 

 October 4th ; Uropteryx sambucaria, ou a ga?-lamp, October 9tli (^Ir. J. Collins 

 also took one under similar circumstances on the 3rd) ; Acidalia aversata, 

 September 9th ; Hypenodes costaestrigalis, one, rather worn, at Cothill, 

 October 4th ; Ithodophaea cotisociel/a, Bagley Wood, in good order, September 

 19th, and somewhat worn, October 1st. He also notes the capture of a 2 

 Zizera minima in fresh condition at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent, on August 17th. 

 — James J. Walker, Aorangi, Lonsdale Road, Summertown, Oxford : 

 October iSth, 1921. 



Sapyga clavicornis Linn, ami Nomada guttulata Schenck at Hnstiiigs. — 

 While on a visit to Hastings during the latter part of May and early June last, I 

 was surprised to see in several places (SV^Jj/^rto/or/cor/zi-s which excavated in, and 

 frequented, some wooden palings alongside the footpath leading from Holliiig- 

 ton to the picturesque Church-in-the-Wood. Both sexes could be readily 

 distinguished in the field from females of Sapyga o-pvnctata by the rich yellow 

 spots on the abdomen and by other characters. I captured half-a-dozen speci- 

 mens of 5. clavicornis, but this does not by any means represent the number of 

 examples seen ou or about the palings for a distance of half a mile or so. In- 

 deed, in the particular s,Ueic\\, clavicornis was the commoner of the two species 

 during my observations, but the palings are in places fastened together by 

 means of barbed wire which prevented the free use of a net. Dr. R. 0. L- 

 Perkins is of the opinion that S. clavicornis is less of a northern species than is 

 generally supposed. I am not aware that it has been captured in Yorkshire 

 since Frederick Smith's time. I myself have not failed to keep a sharp look-out 

 for it. On a sunny bank separating the wooden paling fence from the pathway 

 near Ilollington Church-in-the-Wood, I noticed a colony of Atidrena cingulata 

 Fab., and determined to search for its inquiline, Nomada guttulata. I was 

 successful in tinding examples of both sexes, though the insect was evidently 

 rare.— RuESK Buitkkfiki.d, The Museum, Keij^hley : October 1921. 



Further note on Bhadinoceraea micuns King. — Dr. Scott's paper in Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. vol. Ivii, p. 229, shows me that } had not recorded my observations on the 

 egg-laying of this species, as I somehow supposed that 1 had. There is only 

 one point I noted that is now perhaps worth adding to his record. The eggs 



