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G. Barrett, though it had neither been taken by nor come from him. 

 — A CouNTKY Cousin. Aw/icst, 1896. 



Plusia rioneta at Winchestek. — I have to record the capture of 

 P. moneta at Winchester. I had a worn male brought to me on July 

 4th. — H. Wilde, Culverlea, Winchester. 



Plusia moneta at Bournemouth. — On June 22nd I called on my 

 friend Mrs. Jackson, in Bournemouth, and she showed me on her 

 boards the insects she had captured in the Public Gardens a night or 

 two previously. One she did not know, but I saw at once that it was 

 a specimen of P. moneta. — Vf. J. Cross, Ely. 



EuvANEssA ANTioPA SEEN IN OXFORDSHIRE. — During a Walk on the 

 Oxfordshire side of the Thames, on September 7th, I had the pleasure 

 of seeing a fine specimen of FAivanesm antiopa sail close by me, and 

 settle on the branch of a large elm tree, within two or three feet of 

 where I was. After watching it close and expand its lovely wings, I 

 failed to catch it in my hat, having no net with me. — W. Barnes, 7, 

 New Road, Reading. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS AT DuRHAM. — I beg to Tccord the capture at 

 rest of a fine specimen of this insect, at Framwellgate Moor, near 

 Durham, to-day. — T. Maddison, South Bailey, Durham. September 

 IGth, 1896. 



®^URRENT NOTES. 



Plusia moneta is recorded from Watford (June 19th), Leather- 

 head (four specimens), Sutton (Surrey, July 5th), Wallington (July 

 8th), Weybridge (nine specimens), Bromley (three bred, July 29th), 

 Ascot (long series, June 28th), Tring (eight, last Aveek in June and 

 1st week in July), Ashford and Wye (one each), Hastings, Folkestone, 

 Waltham Cross, Bournemouth, Winchester, &c. 



Mr. Thorpe records a curious experience. Last year many moths 

 of Folia xanthomuta var. nu/rocineta emerged in his absence, and 

 deposited ova. In November last he discovered ova, part of which 

 had emerged and presumably died, the remainder not hatching until 

 the sirring of this year. This will remind the old collectors of a dis- 

 cussion as to the hatching of eggs of this species, in which we believe 

 Mr. Gregson and Mr. Doubleday took part. 



The dark aberrations of Limcnitis sibijlla appear to have been 

 more than usually abundant in the New Forest. " Two " are recorded 

 by Mr. Nash, " several (about six) " by Mr. Blathwayt, " some num- 

 bers " by Mr. Auld, "one" by Mr. Broughton. We hear that 

 Gulliver caught six. We should be glad of as many records as 

 possible. 



The larva of Acherontia atmjxif; is recorded as being abundant in 

 Cambridgeshire this year. It is also recorded from Lincolnshire, 

 Herts, Essex, Shropshire, co. Waterford, &c., so that it would appear 

 to be generally abundant. 



Mr. Claude Morley has added the Dipteron, Xi/sta {Phasia) cana, to 

 the British list. It was taken on May 23rd while brushing for 

 Coleoptera. 



The editors of the E.M.M. announce that Prof. Brauer and 

 others have succeeded in rearing both sexes of CohhoUJia clcplia litis, an 

 (Estrid, the larva of which lives in the throat of the Indian elephant. 



