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Colias Ednsa at Caterham, Sfc. — I was at Deal in the beginning of July and 

 observed a <J C Edusa there, and at Caterham in August and September the species 

 was common. I could have taken twenty without any trouble. There were about 

 twice as many <? as ? . — A. Lotell Keats, Caterham : September 2Zrd, 1895. 



Orapta c-album and Sphinx convolvuli near Dover. — Adjudicating to-day upon 

 the Natural History collections made by the pupils of Mr. Murray, of St. Clare, 

 Upper Walmer, I noticed a fine female example of Orapta c-album, caught in the 

 grounds last week. This is of peculiar interest, as apart from the isolated specimen 

 taken here by me last autumn, our latest records of this butterfly in the neighbour- 

 hood have all pointed to Walmer as the local head-quarters. Another collection 

 had in it a Sphinx ooniwlvuli, a species not uncommon with us this year, as I have 

 heard of upwards of a dozen specimens taken near Dover. The forerunner of these 

 was brouglit into Mr. Gray's shop by a fisherman of a deep sea trawler ; it flew 

 aboard the smack full sixty miles from the nearest land in the North Sea, towards 

 the end of August. — Sydney Webb, Maidstone House, Dover : October 2nd, 1895. 



Charocampa celerio at Dover : correction of an error. — It was owing to a slip 

 of the pen that the name Deilephila livornica was applied to the insect found at 

 Dover recorded at p. 241 ante. It should have been C. celerio. — Id. 



Protective odour in Cori/cia tami'nata. — In the early part of the past summer 

 my son captured at Caterham a Corycia taminata (?), which he boxed in the 

 ordinary way. On our arrival home and proceeding to examine our captures, we 

 were both struck by the filthy smell emitted by the insect, reminding us of an un- 

 usually " strong " Chryaopa in full blast. The chip box smelt for hours afterwards, 

 whilst the stench in the damp box in which it was temporarily placed made the box 

 intolerable until thoroughly aired. We are all in the habit of recognising in various 

 Orders of insects form and colour as evidences of protective mimicry. Is not the 

 above another illustration in the same direction ? It would, I think, have been a 

 particularly enterprising bat or nightjar that would have attempted to appropriate 

 a moth whilst emitting so disgusting an odour. — F. LoTELL Keays, 26, Charles 

 Street, St. Jaiues's, S.W. : October, 1895. 



[Has any other observer noticed this habit in C. taminata ? The specific name 

 is suggestive, but we think this is commonly supposed to refer to the black markings 

 on the otherwise spotless white fore-wings. — Eds.]. 



Mecostethus grossus in Norfolk. — My friend Mr. B. Gr. Rye, while collecting in 

 Norfolk in September last, came across this species in some numbers, and recognising 

 that* it was not one of our commoner species, kept two or three specimens for 

 reference ; one of them, a very fine $ , he has kindly added to my collection. The 

 specimens were taken by sweeping Myrica gale. 



Previous to the present year only throe specimens seem to have been recorded 

 from Great Britain during the past half century, one of them having been taken 

 some years since in Norfolk, as recorded by Mr. Eland Shaw (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 



