266 THE entomologist's RECOKb. 



Abundance of lakwe of Pykameis atalanta. — It may be well to 

 put on record the great abundance of the larvae of Pyvavieis atalanta 

 at the present time in the Strood district. They appear to be every- 

 where, and I have found several crawling up telegraph posts, &c., for 

 pupation. — J. Ovendex, Frindsbury Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent. 

 Sejjtemher 2iul, 1903. 



AgEOTIS AGATHIXA, AcTEBIA PR.5;C0X, AND AgKOTIS VESTIGIALIS IN 



Worcestershire. — On September 19th my friend, Mr. G. D. 

 Hancock, and myself when searching heather for larva' of Anarta 

 iinjitilli were fortunate enough to capture examples of the above 

 species on a sandy, heather-covered common in Worcestershire. 

 Aijrotis ai/atliina Avas somewhat worn, but still good enough for identi- 

 fication. Only one specimen of Actrbia jiraecox was taken on this 

 occasion, but another one was captured in July, 1901, at the same 

 spot, by Mr. .J. Peed. The appearance of such coast insects as A. 

 ccstiijiaHs and A. jiraccox so far inland as Worcestershire, as Avell 

 as A. ai/athina, which is neW' to our county list, seems worthy of 

 recording. — William H. Edwards, Hastings Museum, Victoria Institute, 

 Worcester. September 2-lf/(, 1903. 



Leuca\l\ extranea, L. loreyi, and L. vitellina in South Devon. 

 — During a short holiday of twelve days in South Devon, in the early 

 part of September I had the good fortune to capture one each of the 

 above-mentioned rare British species which I think is worthy of 

 placing on record. L. lureiji was taken on September 6th flying wildly 

 over rough herbage at dusk, and L. extranea came to sugared tiower- 

 heads on the night of September 8th. I also took at sugar one L. 

 vitellina on September 9th and one //. peltii/era on September 14th. 

 All were taken on the coast, and, with these exceptions, no other good 

 things turned up, though, in spite of cold rough winds, some of the 

 common species, such as I'eridrouia mff'ma, Aurotis se<ietuiii, Xnrtua 

 v-ni'iriitn, and Phlixjuijhora meticnlosa appeared in abundance. The 

 latter was simply a pest at sugar. — William H. Edwards, Hastings 

 Museum, Victoria Institute, Worcester. September 'lith, 1903. [Since 

 this and the preceding note have been in type, they have already 

 appeared elsewhere. We have before asked correspondents not to 

 send us notes of captures that they are publishing elsewhere. There 

 is always so much outstanding matter that duplication is much to be 

 deprecated. — Ed.] 



Length of life of imagines of Xylina semibrunnea. — It may 

 interest you to hear that this year I obtained ova from a large quantity 

 of XijlirM semibrunnea, which hatched well, but somehow or other the 

 larvie disappeared. I kept them on small ash-trees growing in pots 

 and covered by a glass cylinder, so I do not know how they get out. 

 I have tried for some years now to get ova, but have never succeeded 

 before. I kept two imagines which I got on sugar in November, and 

 added three more which I took on sugar in February. I think two of 

 these were females. I never saw them in cop. Three of the five 

 insects died about three weeks ago. The remaining two were alive 

 when I left home on June 23rd, but were dead when I returned on 

 the 27th. They seem to have a long term of life in the imaginal 

 stage. — E. H. Thornhill, Boxworth, Cambridge. >J(ine '■ZdtJi, 1903. 



Cossus cossus at sugar. — In the July number of the KntomnUxjist's 

 Record, p. 215, mention is made of two examples of Cossus cossus 



