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and a few Cdlocanipa retrnta and Epnnda lutnlentn. — C. Fenn, Lee, Kent, 

 Oct. 5th, 1894. 



Sandown, I. of Wight. — After writing my note whicli appeared in 

 this month's Record (p. 224), I had the good fortune fully to realize 

 the hope there expressed ; and as records of the occurrence of Leucania 

 alhipuncta are not very frequent, the details may perhaps possess some 

 interest. After some days of wretched weather, sugaring began to 

 improve on Aug. 24th, when some fine forms of Aijrotis puta and Noctiia 

 c-nhjrum were attracted, but no unusual visitor except one Cosmia 

 affinis (common inland, but rare on the Downs, where of course 1 now 

 sugared as regularly as possible). On Axigust '-^oth and 26th I was in 

 London, but returned to Sandown on the 27th in time to sugar the 

 same evening. During that week, my success was very satisfactory — 

 August 27th, one good L. albipnnctd ; 28th, two fair ; oOth, one worn ; 

 31st, one good, one worn ; the latter completely sacrificed in the hope 

 of obtaining eggs ; another fairl}' good one followed on Sejitember 4th, 

 making a total of 8 for the season. AporophyJa australis has been 

 fairly common, considering that I seem to have had, as it were to make 

 the locality for it ; in 1891 and 1892 working all through the season, I 

 took respectively 5 and 6, in 1893 some two dozen, while this year it 

 came regularly almost every night, though generally in very small 

 numbers. I also take this opportunity of recording the capture 

 of a fine Caradrina aiiibi(jna and of a rather worn Triphacnn suhscqna, 

 (the latter new to Sandown) both on Sept. lUth. leather curiously, 

 though I took all our six species of Triphaena, yet four of them were 

 onl}' represented by one poor specimen each ; it is needless to add, the 

 exceptions Avere T. pronnba and T. orbona. Other species which made 

 their first appearance on my sugaring ground this season were Catocala 

 mipta, a fine specimen on August 29th, Nocttia glareo^a, one sijecimen 

 on September 20tli, Xdvthia fnlrago, two sj^ecimens, and Gonoptera 

 libatrix, two or three. The autumn brood of Larentia viridaria, the 

 occasional occurrence of which I have previously noticed (see En- 

 tomologist, vol. xxvii., p. 62), also appeared almost every night in 

 September ; I have never known this species come to sugar before. 

 Some fine forms of Luperina testacea were taken off unsugared fences 

 and grass stems, but HejridJits si/lranus, which usually accompanies it, was 

 much scarcer than usual, and Nenronia j^opidaris wan not observed at all. 

 Working for larvte proved a failure on the whole ; Bupithecia pim- 

 pinellafa and some of the common "pugs" were quite scarce, and so 

 were Emmelesia alchemtUata and E. nnifasciata, while Eupithecia 

 .succenturiata and E. siihfnlvdtd (obtained last j'ear) were not to be had 

 anywhere. On the other liand, I was pleased to find Chariclea iiuihra in 

 unwonted plenty on the Ononis ; in my experience, the larva feeds ex- 

 clusively on the flower, chiefly on the corolla ; I did not offer it knotgrass, 

 not recollecting Newman's statement that it " feeds greedily " thereon — 

 knowledge which would have been most welcome to me, as it was 

 difficult to keep up the supply of Ononis flowers, and the larvae were 

 much given to cannibalism Avhen reduced to short rations. — Louis B. 

 ruoiT, 12, Greenwood Eoad, Dalston, N.E. Se2>t. 24///, 1894. 



Ereshivater, Isle of Wight. — Upon my arrival at Freshwater on Sei)t. 

 17th I was glad to learn that Caradrina ainbigna had heen tnken on 

 several occasions within tlie past few days by Mr. and Mrs. Abl^ott of 

 Birmingham, and by Mr. Hodges. During the next ten days 1 captured 

 8 specimens (nearly all fine ones) in various localities within about a 



