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across thp I'oad. When I was some five yards distant, a sparrow flew 

 at It, )3ecked it, picked it up and dropped it a foot or so further on, flew 

 back, pecked it aj:;ain, and then flew through the fence with it in its 

 beak, the legs of the beetle moving rapidly the while. 1 did not for a 

 moment think that the bird would succeed in taking it away, especially 

 with me rapidly closing up lo it, and 1 was somewhat disappointed 

 that 1 was not able to determine the species. — Ibid. 



Phkyxus livornica near Bournemouth. — To-day 1 had brought to 

 me in good condition a 2 Phnj.vns lirnniii-a, unfortunately killed. This 

 may be of interest to the readers of your esteemed magazine.- -W. G. 

 Hooker, Old Christ Church Road, Bournemouth. Men/ 11th, 1904. 



Phryxtjs livornica near Burnley. — A living specimen of the above 

 insect was brought to me on May 28rd, 1904. It was taken on IMay 

 21st in a stone quarry at Hupton, about three miles from here. It is 

 in fair condition, but the dulness of the colours and the state of the 

 wing-fringes show it to have been on the wing some time. It is inter- 

 esting to note that several have been observed in the Isle of Man at 

 this time of year. In addition to the above, a second /'. Urtnidca has 

 been brought me to-day, to kill and set for a friend, this one was taken 

 at Mereclough, on the other side of Burnley from the previous one, it 

 is in a very similar condition. -W. G. Clutten, 124, Coal Clough 

 Lane, Burnley. Man 26?/;, 1904. [It may be well to refer to the fact 

 that nineteen-twentieths of the specimens taken in this country are 

 immigrants captured in the spring. Such records as these want adding 

 to those already published in the Natural IliHturi/ nf the British f.epi- 

 doptera, iv., pp. 162-165, where are some four pages of dates of recorded 

 captures (with localities), from which it will be seen that autumnal 

 emergences (the progeny of spring immigrants) are, in this country, 

 exceedingly rare. The details on pp. 161-162, giving all the known 

 facts relating to the immigration habits of this species will also now 

 have an exceptional interest. — Ed.^ 



Additions to the Burnley Lepidoptera. — In addition to I'h.ri/.nis 

 liv.iniiira the following species have been added to our local list, */:., 

 two Pharctra rnniicis on the trunk of an alder, on June 13th, 1903, and 

 one ( 'aradrina uiorphcKs at sugar, in -luly. On the next tree to the 

 Pkarrtra riimicis was a ttne specimen of Viiniuia meni/anthiilis, rather 

 suffused, but very dark, and in the same district two Hahrostnla 

 triplasia drying their wings on a wall just above a bed of nettles. — 

 Ibid, 



Plusia gamma in the Strood district. — I hear that I'lunia (/ainDia 

 put in an appearance in Essex in numbers, about May 20th ; they 

 appeared in this district about the same time, but not in what I should 

 call abnormal numbers. Did any other entomologist notice the 

 immigrants ? — J. Ovenden, Frindsbury Road, Strood, Kent. Ma;/ 

 31. sf, 1904. 



Plusia moneta at Strood. — Strood is not a new locality for /'. 

 iiioiieta, for I remember that one of the ftrst recorded British specimens 

 was from the vicarage grounds here. Still, it may be worth while 

 noting that I have taken a larva on a head of delphinium, the flrst 1 

 have seen in the district, although I hope it will not be the last.— Ibid. 



Hybernation ok Epunda lichenea. — Some larva^ of E/nnula lirhenra 

 kept during last winter, fed more or less throughout the whole of 

 the winter months, and by March 11th were about three-parts grown. 



