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which was further an^nieiited hy I'lialna hiircphala at light, and 

 h_y X;ih>jiltasia lit/Ki.iylca at rest on July '24th. On July 1st was 

 captured a line example of Sjiilnstmia incvt/iastri ah. odiratra, on a wall. 

 Kitpitht'cia nunata and K. pulchellata were observed on July 19th, also 

 J.arentia caeniata and Mclanippe iiuintanata, while Tanaijra atrata were 

 abundant. Hepialns rdleda on the 24th, Hadena devtiiia on the 26th, 

 and Pliisia chn/sitis emerging on the 31st, completed the month. 

 August was very bad, one Venvsia rauihricri on the 1st. and Cidan'a 

 jii/roUota on the 16th, only being noted. In September, on the moors, 

 the following occurred : Laientia (lith/mata, plentiful, 18th to 20th ; 

 Polia clii, Ibth to 27th, scarce; (idaria /Kijiidata and ('. trstata, fairJy 

 good, IBth to 27th ; Cliararas i/ramiiu's, $ s, fine, on the 20th, also 

 two Loientia caesiata, one in good condition ; Cclaoia /laiidrt/iii, 20th 

 to 27th, worn, and (fiKirahia filinKninnario on the 20th to 27th 

 complete a very poor list. — W. G. Clutten, 124, Coal-Clough Lane, 

 Burnley. Ortnbrr 28)y/, 1902. 



On the dates of capture of some lepidoptkrous larv.^e in 1902. 

 — The following particulars as to dates of capture of the larvse of a 

 few species of lepidoptera taken on the southern end of Lazonby Fell 

 may prove interesting : October 5th, Aworpha popidi, L., full-fed, also 

 pups ; Leiticaw/ia dictaea, L. dictaatidei^, Notodonta ziczac, and A'. 

 dromedarii(s, from half-grown to full-fed ; Acnuu/cta vicniimitliidin., full- 

 fed ; Anarta ini/rtilli, half-grown. October 11th, Amorpha popvli, full- 

 fed ; Leiiicitinpa dirtaeoides, Xotodnnta zjczac, and A", drooiedariiis, full- 

 fed ; Ih-epana falrataria, half-grown. October 16th, Awnrpha popitli, 

 crawling on the pavement in Penrith. — H. Britten, Prospect House, 

 Salkeld Dykes, Penrith, (ktohe}- 20t/i, 1902. 



Plusia muneta in Middlesex. — I am glad to say that the wet 

 spring seeuis to have had no eti'ect on my colony of P. vxmeta. The 

 plants of aconite which yielded a few larvas last year, provided me 

 with a dozen in May, which were spun up at the end of June, and 

 duly emerged the following month. I may add that I noticed no larvffi 

 this year on DeLpliinimn, while those taken were confined entirely to a 

 row of rather stunted plants, away from a considerably more flourishing 

 l)ed elsewhere. — H. Rowland- Brown, M.A.., F.E.S., Oxhey Grove, 

 Harrow- Weald. ()rti>hcr, 1902. 



Lepidoptera at Marlow in 1902. — This has been a most disap- 

 pointing season. Not a single specimen was seen of Pob/nnnnatns 

 hrllari/iis, Melaiidif/ia (/alatca, Pri/as pajdiia, or Hajita himacidata, the 

 Kphyrids and Pyraustids were very scarce, and even such common 

 things as I'.nudia hiiperauthiis and Vararije ef/cria were seldom met with. 

 On the other hand, Voncstio to appeared in something like its former 

 abundance, and l'i/ra)neis cardiii was far from rare. Of species new to 

 the district, Thera rariata was taken at the end of June, and again 

 early in September, Plnbalapteryx termta on June 28th, Sroto.v'a vetii- 

 lata n;i July 6th, Zephjirus hetulae on September 21st, Polia ftavicincta 

 on S 'ptinubar 28tb, and the larva of Armnyrta leporina on the same 

 day. A. H. Clarke, F.E.S., 109, Warwick Road, Earl's Court, S.W. 



(irURRENT NOTES. 



Wo liave alrecidy drawn attention to the remarkable larva of Loplm- 

 xtetliu^ dnmoUnii [Brit, Lfp., iii., p. 862), and even gone so far as to 

 assert that the description of this larva suggests that the species is not 

 Sphinjiil at all ; but Dvar has been fortunate enough to obtain an 



