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for good, I watched it for some time, and nearly an hour later found 

 it still there. — J. F. Bird, The Nurtons, Tintern, Monmouth. June 

 20th, 1907. 



Fixed position of moth extending over several days.- — On May 

 19th, I found, or rather re-found, an example of Triaena psi, on the 

 trunk of an apple-tree. I had noticed it there in the same spot several 

 days before, 1 think either on the 15th or 16th, and there it remained, 

 without moving, until the night of the 22nd, when it rained in torrents. 

 The next morning it was gone, probably washed away, for the tree- 

 trunk was soaking w r et. It was in perfect condition, and, as we wish 

 to obtain T. tridens, we have been looking out for females of the 

 " daggers " so as to obtain ova ; I, therefore, when I first noticed this 

 particular specimen, lifted one of the wings with the blade of my pen- 

 knife to ascertain its sex, and I felt so sure that it was a male that I 

 left it. I also remember for certain that an example of Hemerophila 

 abruptaria I saw on successive days resting in one spot on a Avail in 

 our garden at Hammersmith was a male. The weather was very 

 cold for May all the time. Once before I remember having seen 

 a moth stay in one spot for several days previous to bad weather. 

 This was at Fairlight, near Hastings, when I noticed a specimen 

 of Atupliidasys betvlaria remain for some days on the edge of a 

 thatched roof until it disappeared during a violent thunderstorm. 

 I have several times observed moths, Geometrids only, I think, 

 resting, without moving for days at a stretch, in the London district, 

 but do not remember if stormy weather always followed. — Ibid. [It 

 would always be well to observe the condition and sex of these 

 "fixtures." In our experience, they are usually females that have laid 

 all their eggs, and, having nothing left to do, remain in one spot 

 and do it. — Ed.] 



Erastria fuscula in Monmouthshire. — On July 1st, I beat an 

 example of Erastria fuscula at Llandogo. Monmouthshire is not 

 given by Barrett as a locality for this insect, although the neighbour- 

 ing counties of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, and Glamorganshire 

 are mentioned. — Ibid. 



Oviposition of Polyommatus Icarus.— On June 16th, I noticed a 

 female Polyommatus icarus ovipositing on a lawn. One egg I saw laid 

 in the interstices of a budding flower-head of Trifolium repens. — Ibid. 



Strymon pruni in the Dept. du Nord. — I captured, on June 20th, 

 some examples of Strymon pruni in the woods of Bourlou, near 

 Cambrai. This species has not before been recorded for the Dept. du 

 Nord, and I trust that this will be sufficiently interesting to indicate 

 it as a new locality in The Natural History of the British Butterflies.- — ■ 

 E. Brabant, F.E.S., Morenchies, near Cambrai, Nord, France. June 

 22iui, 1907. [It is unfortunate that the part of ISrit. Jlutts., containing 

 the "Localities" and "Distribution " of Strymon pruni, was passed for 

 press, and printed, about a week before the capture was made, so we 

 publish the fact here. Subscribers can carry it over into their copies 

 as a marginal note. — Ed.] 



Wheeleria migadactyla (spilodactyla) in the Dept. du Nord. — 

 I also wish to record the fact that I am taking, at the present time, 

 Wheeleria migadactyla, in my garden on some plants of Marrubium 

 vulyare. — Ibid. 



Lepidoptera on the Kentish chalkhills. — -While wandering to- 



