214 THE EXTOMOLO(;ISt's RKroRl). 



pfiea, which it somewhat resembles on the wing. Li)ne)n'tis ramUla was 

 just emerging when 1 returned home, and my bag was only four speci- 

 mens, all taken ni as many minutes. Thanks to Mr. Powell 1 brought 

 away larvcP of Mclanarr/ia si/llins. J\pivi'/f/it'lr pasiphac, and Sat>/nis 

 henniniie, from which 1 have bred some nice specimens during the past 

 few weeks. — W. G. Sheldon, Youlgreave. South Crovdon. Junr 

 20t/i, 1904. 



Pyra^[eis cardui in Kent. -On June 2()th 1 saw an example of 

 F^i/rcnneis roirliii at Cuxton, and a few more specimens to-day, poor. — 

 J. OvENDEN, Frindsbury Road, Strood, Rochester. Jnm- 24th, 1904. 



AciPTiLiA TETRADACTYLA IN JuNE. — To-day (Juue 24th) I took an 

 example of Aciptilia tetrad acUjla, the earliest 1 have seen for many a 

 year. I know the species occurs occasionally in April in south France, 

 but has anyone an earlier date for the imago in England. — Ibid. 



Stenoptilia pterodactyla in October ! — In the county history of 

 Worcestershire, p. 117, there is a statement that Marasnianha (!) 

 iimiinilarti/la is "common " in the county; whilst directly after is the 

 record : '' SteiioptiUn pti'rodarti/la, Trench Woods, October 26th, 1894 ; 

 generally distributed (W. H. Edwards)." I do not know whether Mr. 

 Edwards is responsible for the date, but I should like to know for my 

 own information, whether Stoxiptilia ptei-ddactijla has ever occurred to 

 any British entomologist in October at any time, anywhere. — J.W. Tutt. 



URRENT NOTES. 



All Plume material collected for description — eggs. etc. — in July 

 and Angust should be forwarded to Mr. A. W. Bacot, 114, Lower 

 Clapton Road, London, N.E., as Dr. Chapman, Mr. Sich, and Mr. 

 Tutt all expect to be on the Continent during the greater part of these 

 months. 



It is with great pleasure that we notice that Professor T. D. A. 

 Cockerell is in England tor a short visit. For the information of those 

 who would like to con-espond with him, his address until the end of 

 August, will be Erie Cottage, London Road. EAvell, Surrey. 



Mr. Joseph F. Missir, Smyrna, Turkey-in-Asia, a keen collector of 

 coleoptera, is anxious to exchange with collectors in any part of the 

 world. 



We are indebted to Mr. Lull' for the enclosed, taken from a local 

 paper: — " On Wednesday morning, June 8th, the beach and harbour 

 approach around Braye were noticed to be strewn with thousands of 

 dead specimens of the hard, brown- winged, silvery-tipped May-bug or 

 beetle, commonly known as the cockchafer (Fr. hanncton). Myi-iadsmore 

 floated on the incoming tide. It is supposed these must have swarmed 

 on the adjoining Cotentin mainland the day previous, have been swept 

 out to sea, and drowned m the tremendous thunderstorm of that day, 

 already reported in these columns." Mr. Luti" states that the reports 

 in the London papers do not appear to be quite accurate, as he l:)elieves 

 the chafers cast up on the beach at Alderney were all dead specimens, 

 and he has not heard of the reported complaints of the Alderney 

 people. 



" Synonymy is of the devil." \\'e still maintain this as an indis- 

 putable fact. The American lepidopterists are m the thick of a 

 discussion on nomenclature. In 1902, Dyar published his catalogue. 



