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record of the species for this country. — S. J. Bell, St. Aubins, 

 Sternhold Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W. October Ath, 1901. 



Catocala fraxini at Norwood. — It may be interesting to record 

 the capture of a specimen of Catocala fraxini at light, at Norwood, on 

 September 10th, 1901. It was captured by Dr. J. C. Bates.— A. M. 

 SwMN, 5, Kelvin Terrace, Sydenham, London, S.E. September 2drd, 

 1901. 



Cyaniris argiolus AND Plusia moneta IN MIDDLESEX. — I am glad 

 to say that the little colony of C. aniioliin, which appeared in the 

 garden here last year, has thriven, and, in the spring months, both 

 males and females were commonly to be seen flying over the flowers 

 of the holly, and sunning themselves upon a neighbouring ilex. 

 FAigonia polijchloros has also occurred again on Grims Dyke, where I 

 had not seen it for many years. But my most interesting visitor has 

 been Plusia moneta. In May I was informed that the gardener had 

 succeeded in destroying a number of caterpillars on a patch of monks- 

 hood, and my suspicions were at once aroused as to their identity. A 

 diligent search only yielded two, spun up in the flower-heads, so well 

 had the man done his work, but there was no mistaking them, and I 

 afterwards took another nearly full-fed on a delphinium a few yards 

 oft'. In captivity all appeared to eat either plant indiscriminately, and 

 the three eventually pupated and hatched out during my absence 

 abroad, in the cages of Mr. P. J. Burraud. I found traces also of the 

 larva at Simon Hill, and one minute specimen which unfortunately was 

 mislaid. Pi/raweis atalanta, which, with Chrysophann^ pldaeas, is still 

 flying in the garden, is also reported as being plentiful. It was already 

 out before I went away from England on July 12th. — -H. Rowland- 

 Brown, M.A., Oxhey Grove, Harrow Weald. September SOth, 1901. 



Lepidoptera in county Dublin. — The following lepidoptera were 

 taken in this neighbourhood at gas-lamps in September : Hydroecia 

 vticacea, common; Noctiia ylareosa, N. xanthoyrapha, AnchoceUs 

 pistacina, common; A. lunosa, various forms; MelUnia circcllaris, 

 Cirrhoedia xerampelina, two ; Ortholitha cervinata, Thera variata, 

 Acidalia promutata, Ennomos qnercinaria, some nice forms ; and E. 

 ■tiliaria. One Sphinx convolrnli was taken here at the flowers of 

 Nicotiana ajfinis, on September 14th, and another seen on September 

 18th. — T. Greer, 30, Waltham Terrace, Blackrock, County Dublin. 



Lepidoptera at Minehead. — I spent a few days at Minehead, in 

 Somersetshire, in September. In four days, at Nicotiana ajfinis, I took 

 14 Sphinx conrolruli, they were all captured between 6.15 and 7.0 o'clock 

 in the evening on the following dates: — September 24;th, 3 ; 25th, 5 

 and missed 1 ; 26th, 4 and missed 2; 27th, 2. All were in fairly good 

 condition. At sugar I also took the following insects : — Hadena protea, 

 Brotolomia meticulosa, Epimda nigra, E. lichenea, Citria cerayo, 

 Leura)iia pallens, Triphaena orbona, Amphipyra pyramidea, AnchoceUs 

 rufina, A. pistacina, A. litura, Orrhodia raccinii, Xylophada polyodon, 

 Peridro)na snffusa, P. sancia, Xoctiia ylareosa, X. xant/ioyrapha, and 

 MelUnia circellaris. — John Cotton, M.R.C.S., 126, Prescot Road, St. 

 Helens, Lanes. October 9th, 1901. 



Notes on collecting in the Isle of Man. — The entomological 

 season of 1901 has not been up to the average. The rarer species of 

 our insular Noctuids were scarce. Very few Dianthoecia caesia and 

 Polia xanthomista {niyrejcincta) were taken. Cirrhoedia xerampelina, 



