294 THE entomologist's record. 



Essex. 

 IJford, very common, during last three weeks, mostly along the roads and gardens. 

 Leyton, fairly common, during last three weeks, mostly along the roads and 



gardens. 

 Hackney ]\Iarshes, five seen, during last three weeks, flying across fields. 

 Leyton Marshes, four seen, during last three weeks, flying across fields. 

 Tottenham Marshes, three seen, during last three weeks, flying across fields. 

 East Ham, two seen, September l2;-5rd (one), September 30th (1), flying along 



Barking lload. 



SUKKEY. 



Eaynes Park, five seen, October 3rd (two), October 10th (three), flying along road 



and two sunning themselves on a wall. 

 Wimbledon, two seen, October 3rd, flying along road (very worn). 



S.W. 



Earlsfield, one seen, October fith, flying along road (very worn). 



Wandsworth, two seen, October fith, flying along road (very worn). 



Finsbury Circus (heart of City), one seen (very worn), October loth, settled on the 



stone pillar of The London Institute, curiously enough, the meeting-place of the 



City of London Entomological Society. 



I have confined these notes simply to London, but the peneval 

 statements no doubt would apply equally to various other places on 

 our south and east coast, c.//., Worthing and Brighton, in Sussex, have 

 had their share, as well as Bexley, Strood, and Chislehurst (in Kent), 

 Reigate and many other places in Surrey, whilst Milburn records 

 them as far north as Durham. No doubt you will receive many more 

 notes from various contributors to your pages. When these have been 

 properly arranged with dates, no doubt some general conclusions as to 

 the direction and extent of the flight may be formulated. It would be 

 most interesting if the many lepidopterists who make their observations 

 in France, Switzerland, &c., would record if anything special has 

 occurred with regard to this species in their various districts, — C, P. 

 Pickett, F.E.S., Leyton. October 18th, 1903. 



Abt;nda\ce of larv.e of Spilosoma t.ubricipeda. — The garden has 

 been quite overrun with larvjc of Spilosoina labriHjieda, which have 

 stripped nearly everything in the garden, especially an elder-tree, of 

 which the stems have been left quite bare. — C, P, Pickett. Octohrr 

 ith, 1908. 



Ennojios AUTTJiiNARiA (alniaria) AT Chichester. — I have again 

 taken this fine " thorn " here at light this autumn, the first on 

 September 21st, and another on September 2r)th. Both insects 

 males, — Joseph Anderson, Dctohcr 8th, 1903, 



Agrius convolvuli .\t Chichester, — A specimen of A<in'iis 

 concolndi was captured here on September 9th, the only record 

 that I have seen of this insect in the locality for the present season, — 



IlilD. 



Lateness of the season. — As marking the lateness of the season, 

 1 have to record that f'ljraiiu'is atalanta larvaj were in plenty at 

 Farnham on September 2nd, and imagines of lhyn])hila jwrla in good 

 condition at Alton, on September 4th, struck me as being very late, — 

 C. W, CoLTHRTTp. Ortober lAth, 1903. 



Plusia g.\m.aia at sugar, — Eeferring, again, to Mr. Bankes' note 

 {antca, p. 188) in reply to mine {antea, p. 157) re the above, I observe 

 that he has had a similar experience to mine. I believe, however, 

 that the Plusiids, as a family, are not usually associated with sugar, and, 

 taking into account that I had seen this species in hundreds in 

 lucerne fields on the day in question close by where I sugared, I 



