310 THE entomologist's record. 



CAtOCALA FRAXINI AND EuVANESSA ANTIOPA AT ABERDEEN. 1 heard 



from a member of the Aberdeen Working Men's Natural History 

 Society, that the above were recorded at one of their meetings as being 

 taken at Aberdeen. On making enquiry, I found that the specimen of 

 C. fra.vini was taken on September 14th, by one of the railway 

 servants, resting on a wagon at the railway station. It was taken to 

 Mr. George Sine, naturalist. King Street, and kindly presented by him 

 to me. Apart from the tip of the left fore-wing being slightly damaged, 

 it is otherwise in good condition. The K. antiopa was likewise cap- 

 tured on September 14th, flying at bramble blossom in Rubislaw 

 Quarry, It was taken by a boy to Mr. J. Johnston, who is employed 

 there, and does a little collecting. I have to thank Mr. Johnston for 

 kindly adding it to my collection. It is in pretty good condition and 

 well set. — Arthur Horne, 52, Irvine Place, Aberdeen, N.B. 



Butterflies in Norfolk. — This district is not particularly rich 

 in Rhopalocera, but Gonopterijx rhamni seem to have been more than 

 usually abundant here — the larv;e upon Rhamnus frangula being full- 

 fed about the end of June, at which time my search for them nearly 

 proved a failure, only one being found in a district, in which, judging 

 from appearances, they must have been common a few days earlier. 

 Vanessa io again appeared in numbers, where, last year, it was 

 scarcely to be seen. Pyrameis atalanta has also been plentiful, 

 freshly-emerged specimens being observed on July 20th. On the 

 contrary, Aglais urticae has been comparatively scarce. Last year it 

 was in evidence everywhere. Larvae of Notodonta zicznc, found 

 nearly full-grown on July 19th, produced imagines on August IGth 

 and 18th.— E. A. Atmore, F.E.S., King's Lynn, Norfolk. 



Captures during July and August near Cheltenham. — Sugar 

 paid pretty well during July and the beginning of August. I took 

 Noctua depuncta, Iladena ahjecta, H. dissimilis (suasa), Calymnid 

 nfl'mis, C. diffinis, Agrotis ohscnra (ravida), A. simulans [pijrophild)^ 

 A. ab. aquilina, Gossus ligniperda, etc. During the day-time I 

 captured Thecla w-alhum, Zephijrus quercus, Polygonia c-alhain, 

 Cyaniris nrgiolus, Pohjommatns hdlargus and P. «(/cs</s.— (Major) 

 R. B. Robertson, Wellington Court, Cheltenham. 



Tethea retusa in Wales. — I bred three specimens of T. retvxa 

 from three larvfe picked off a sallow in Carmarthenshire. — Ibid. 



CiRRHCEDiA xerampelina IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. — I captured, In the 

 beginning of September, four specimens of this species at rest. — Ibid. 



Re.mung Polia xanthomista var. nigrocincta. — My experience with 

 the " much-advertised eggs " of/', var. » (7 rortju'^a is precisely the same 

 as that of Mr. Christy {ante, p. 241), except that, out of fourteen ova 

 sent (for fifty-six perfect imagines) only five hatched. The remainder 

 are at the disposal of anyone who wishes for them.--H. Tunaley, 

 F.E.S., 30, Fairmont Road, Brixton Hill, S.W. 



ScoLYTus IN Warwickshire, — A storm which passed over a part of 

 Warwickshire, in the early part of 1895, uprooted a very large number 

 of elm trees. The market was overstocked, and the timber was almost 

 unsaleable at the time ; consequently, an enormous quantity of trees 

 remained where they fell, and still lay there when, in August last, I 

 visited the neighbourhood of Kenilworth. One result of this has 

 been, that Sroh/tus destructor has had a high old time. I examined 

 some scores of trunks, and found the bark in every case riddled with 



