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cafirulcM'cnx, Platetrmn dcjircssiiiii, t'alojitoi/.c vii'(jn, and PijrrhosniDa 

 vj/uiphida were also noticed in considerable numbers. Stag beetles 

 {L}(canus cerviis) were very plentiful, H.ying about during tbe evenings, 

 and one or tAVO came to sugar. Other noticeable visitors to sugar, 

 although not welcome, were hornets, which, like a good many New 

 Forest insects were of exceedingly large size. — T. Ashton Lofthouse, 

 The Croft, Linthorpe, Middlesborough. September IQth, 1902. 



Early emergence of Cosmotriche potatoria. — ^When I was in the 

 Broads June 21st-25th last, I was surprised to see several Cosmotriche 

 potatoria on the wing, both c? s and $ s. There were numbers of larvae 

 feeding at the same time. On the 2Brd I took a 2 which laid 82 ova, 

 these hatched on July 17th-19th, and the larvae are now growing fast. 

 I have never taken imagines of C. potatoria till the last week in July 

 before. I am interested to see if the larvie will feed up or hybernate. — 

 H. M. Edelsten, F.E.S., Forty Hill, Enfield. 



AciDALiA DEGENERATA, Hb., AT Sandown. — I was Very much sur- 

 prised, when sugaring at my favourite locality, on September 5th, to 

 see a specimen of Acidalia deijenerata among the crowds of visitors. 

 The specimen is a male, the right pair of wings in perfect condition, 

 the left ones (especially the forewing) badly torn. So far as I am 

 aware, this species has never been recorded from any other British 

 locality than the Isle of Portland, and as it is too conspicuous a species 

 to be easily overlooked, I am inclined to regard it as an accidental im- 

 portation to Sandown ; it was taken quite close to the sea. The late- 

 ness of the date is interesting, but is in keeping with many others in 

 this extraordinarily backward season. — Louis B. Prout, 246, Rich- 

 mond Road, N.E. September 2'lnd, 1902. 



EuTRicHA quercifolia IN SuRREY. — I fouiid this iusect both in the 

 larval and imago state at Farnham, Surrey, this year. — C. W. Colthrup, 

 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E. September 20tJi, 1902. 



Lepidoptera at Esher in 1902. — The season of 1902 has been 

 very cold and wet, and the appearances of lepidoptera peculiar ; all old 

 diary dates and records have been upset, yet the year, as a whole, has 

 not been a bad one. The following are among my more interesting 

 captures : — May 31st, a pair of Xotodonta trepida, the J laid a few ova 

 which began to hatch on June 12th, and the larvae to pupate on July 

 19th ; larvae of Thecla w-albioii and A(/rotis ar/athina also captured. 

 June 15th, Nola criatnlalis. June 22nd, Callophrijs rubi on the wing. 

 July 12th, Lithosia vomplana. July 20th, larvae of Hemaris titi/na. 

 July 26th, Sarrothripa reeai/ana, the third specimen I have captured 

 here. August 11th, Aijrotis a(/athina began to emerge. August 26th, 

 Sphinx convolndi captured in the garden, the fifth specimen I have 

 taken in this locality; one each in October, 1899, September 22nd, 25th, 

 October 5th, 1901, and the one just recorded. August 28th, a larva 

 of Jocheaera aliii on the path to Westend ; there was not much life in 

 it, so I preserved and mounted it. — Harry Fleet, 7, Park Road, 

 Esher, Surrey. Sejitember 21st, 1902. 



Lophopteryx carmelita in Sutherland. — It may be of interest to 

 record that I took the larva of L. carmelita in Sutherland last month, 

 and that Xoctiia dahlii appeared at sugar. All Scotch insects appeared 

 to be extraordinarily late this year, — Neville Chamberlain, F.E.S., 

 Highbury, Moor Green, Birmingham. September 21st, 1902. 



Lewdoptera at Folkestone and Dover. — August, 1902, proved 



