3'2'2 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



atalanta. Of the latter, I may mention that on September 16th 1 

 obtained imagines, larvae in all stages, and pupae. — L. W. Newman. 



Cerura fuecula in August. — Small larvee of C. furcula, picked 

 up at the beginning of July, attained the imago state in early August. 



NoTODONTA DROMEDARius IN LATE JuLY. — Larvae of this species, 

 obtained at the same time as the C. furcula mentioned above, pro- 

 duced imagines at the end of July. 



Hygrochroa (Pericallia) syringaria in September. — I ob- 

 tained ova from a female H. syringaria at the end of June last. Tlie 

 larvae from these were sleeved on privet, and about a score fed up 

 rapidly, pupated, and produced exceptionally fine imagines during 

 the second week of September. The rest of the larvae renaain small, 

 . and evidently intend to hybernate in the usual course.- — L. F. Burt ; 

 Aryke, Shifnal, Salop. 



[All three of the species referred to by Mr. Burt are known to be 

 partially double-brooded in favourable years. — Ed.] 



ACRONYCTA ALNI AND AbRAXAS GROSSULARIATA ab. LACTICOLOR IN 



Warwick. — On August 24th I took in my garden here a specimen of 

 Abraxas grossulariata ab. lacticolor. On the following day a larva of 

 Acronycta alni, taken from a hazel-bush in a garden in this town, was 

 brought to me, and within a few hours pupated in a piece of cork. — 

 Lloyd Chadwick ; 7, Northgate Street, Warwick. 



Macaria liturata var. nigrofulvata in Warwickshire. — Ke- 

 ferring to Mr. J. Arkle's note in the September number of the 

 ' Entomologist,' I should like to record having taken within the last 

 five years two specimens of this variety (one at sugar) in Oakley 

 Wood, near Warwick. The record of one of these captures, already 

 given in 'Moths of the British Isles,' was taken from the 'Proceed- 

 ings' of the Birmingham Natural History Society, in wdiich unfortu- 

 nately the locality of the wood was omitted. — Lloyd Chadwick. 



Plusia moneta in Balham. — I captured on June 21st, 1911, a 

 specimen of Plusia moneta in my garden, hovering over a plant of 

 Delphinium. — E. Sharpe ; 28, Balham Park Road, S.W. 



CoLiAs hyale in Bucks. — On September 2nd I had the good 

 fortune to capture two specimens of Colias hyale in a lucerne field in 

 the Hugenden district ; one was in good condition, but the other 

 somewhat w^orn. I visited the same field next day, but no more of 

 these butterflies were to be seen. — W. Gandy ; " Eavenscroft," 

 Priory Avenue, High Wycombe, Bucks, September 12th, 1911. 



CoLiAS hyale in Essex. — On September 1st, at Ashingdon, 

 Essex, I met with a solitary male C. hyale flying over lucerne. 

 Although I visited some large lucerne fields in full bloom, I saw no 

 others. — F. W. Feohawk ; September, 1911. 



CoLiAs hyale in Kent. — On August 29th I saw, but did not 

 have an opportunity of securing, a specimen of C. hyale in a lucerne 

 field near here. On August 30th I saw two hyale and caught one ; 



