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In the hot Departments of the Midi sibylla apparently does not 

 exist : at all events it is not included in my published lists for the 

 Alpes Maritimes (Riviera), Var. Pyrenees-Oricntales, &c. But it is 

 common in the plains of the Basses-Pyrenees, where a partial second 

 brood might be expected even in normal summers. L. Camilla is, 

 of course, invariably double-brooded in the south of France, but 

 towards its northern limits, it seems, there is only one emergence. 

 For example, M. Charles Oberthiir reports (Lepid. Comparee, fasc. iii. 

 p. 185) on the forest of Eennes, Ille-et-Vilaine : " With us we find 

 it there from the beginning of June on into August," and at 

 Blois M. Chevillon mentions one brood only (Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. 

 Loir-et-Cher, 1884). — H. Eowland-Beown ; Harrow- Weald, October 

 7th, 1911. 



PhEYXUS (DEILEPHiriA) LIVORNICA IN THE NeW FoREST. — On AugUSt 



28th I was shown a very fine specimen of P. [D.) Uvornica which had 

 been found at rest on a garden fence in Brockenhurst on the 23rd. 

 The lateness of the date and the perfect condition of the insect point 

 to its having been bred in the neighbourhood. — G. T. Lyle. 



Phryxus LIVORNICA IN SuRREY. — I captured a specimen of P. 

 Uvornica flying over a head of Phlox in my garden here on August 

 3rd last. — E, C. Joy ; Eversley, Dale Road, Purley. 



Papilio machaon IN Herts. — A single specimen of P. machaon 

 was caught in June this year at Bishop's Stortford, more than thirty 

 miles from Wicken. It is, of course, not at all unusual to see them 

 in Norfolk villages a mile or two from their food-plant, but this year 

 they evidently wandered to a most unusual extent. — C. Mellows ; 

 Bootham School, York. 



Papilio machaon in Middlesex. — On August 17th my wife 

 captured a very large female specimen of P. machaon in the garden 

 here. It came down to a bed of geraniums. I cannot trace anyone 

 having let one out in this neighbourhood. — H. M. Edelsten ; Forty 

 Hill, Enfield. 



Papilio machaon and Sphinx convolvuli in Essex. — In view 

 of Mr. Harwood's record of P. machaon in Colchester, I am induced 

 to mention that two specimens of this insect were seen during the 

 summer in this village, which is ten miles from Colchester. I had 

 hesitated to place these on record, as I fancied they must have been 

 " escapes," but it now seems probable there was a partial migration 

 of the insect. At any rate, I know of no collector nearer here than 

 Mr. Harwood himself. I may also record the capture of three S. 

 convolvuli in my garden here in August. — Percy C. Reid ; Feering 

 Bury, Kelvedon. 



Third brood of Notodonta ziczac. — It may be of interest to 

 record a third brood of N. ziczac. The first images emerged during 

 tlic last week in April, the second brood during the first week in 

 July, and of two dozen pupie obtained from the second brood two 

 perfect insects emerged on August 26th and 30th respectively. The 

 young larva} from the second brood were kindly sent to me by Miss 

 Edwards of East Grinstcad. — R. T. Baumann ; Glendale, Chingford, 

 Essex, October 25th, 1911. 



