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centage to the imago stage. — C. G. Nurse ; Timwortli Hall, Bury 

 St. Edmunds, April 9th, 1911. 



Plusia moneta. — Very few reports of this species seem to have 

 beeu published recently, but, although the novelty of its appearance 

 in this country has, no doubt, worn off, it seems a pity tliat reports 

 of actual captures in more and more distant localities from its original 

 place of landing (Kent) are not published. So far as I can trace, the 

 extent of its spread from that county is indicated by reports from 

 Monmouth (Ent. xxxvii. 214), Cheshire (Ent. xxxix. 291), and North 

 Lincolnshire (Ent. xlii. 236). Has it not been found further north 

 or west yet '? And has it been taken in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or 

 the Isle of Man ? I, for one, should be glad of the earliest records 

 for these countries and for subsequent ones showing how the insect 

 spreads, and I think it would be as well if these reports appeared in 

 the ' Entomologist,' so that they would be permanently on record for 

 future use. — C. Nicholson ; 35, The Avenue, Hale End, Chingford, 

 April 3rd, 1911. 



Pykameis atalanta and Vanessa io in Middlesex in 1910. — In 

 a recent note Mr. L. W. Newman [antea, p. 99) remarks on the general 

 scarcity of P. atalanta last autumn. In the London parks, however, 

 this butterfly was by no means uncommon ; and on a sunny Sunday 

 at the beginning of October I noticed several fine examples on the 

 flower beds on the north side of Hyde Park. In Middlesex hereabouts 

 atalanta was late, but not markedly scarce ; Vanessa io also turning 

 up in some force — a rather remarkable fact, in view of the wretched, 

 sunless summer and the almost total absence of the species from the 

 district for so many previous years. Early in March of this year 

 single hybernators of the latter butterfly were flying during the brief 

 spell of warmth which preceded the severe storms and cold of early 

 April ; and latterly I have seen quite a number of [females about, 

 in excellent condition, giving promise of a plentiful summer emer- 

 gence, both here and on the southern approaches of the Chiltern 

 Hills from Great Missenden. — H. Eowland-Beown ; Oxhey Grove, 

 Harrow- Weald, April 24th, 1911. 



Senta maritima. — I would like to record having taken var. 

 combinata (Capper) of this species in the Isle of Wight last August ; 

 it is the second taken by me in the same locality, the other one being 

 captured in August, 1909. The specimen just recorded is in the 

 possession of Mr. Percy Bright, of Bournemouth. — Charles Capper ; 

 " Glyndale," Glebe Eoad, Barnes, S.W. 



Vanessa antiopa in England. — If a very hazy note may be 

 permitted on Mr. Frohawk's remarks on p. 155, I remember reading 

 in some book or periodical many years ago a statement by H. T. 

 Stainton that, being in Scotland, he observed a larva of V. antiojJa 

 feeding wild on willow, and that he left it i7i situ,'''' fearing that he 

 would not be able to rear it. Perhaps this vague recollection may 

 enable someone to turn up the reference and so supply the needed 

 "authentic instance." — Kev. W. Claxton ; Navestock Vicarage, 

 Eomford. 



* E. M. M. vii. 109.— Ed. 



