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Phryxus (Deilephila) livornica at Dover. — I am pleased to 

 record the capture of P. livornica on May 17th, , 1912, on the 

 Admiralty Pier, Dover, by a Mr. E. King. It is now in my posses- 

 sion.— F. P. Abbott ; 8, Beaconsfield Road, Dover, May, 1912. 



Phryxus livornica, Manduca atropos, and Heliothis pelti- 

 GERA IN Cornwall. — I have to record, between May 9th and 17th, 

 the capture of fifteen P. livornica, one M. atropos (female) ; also one 

 H. peltigera, taken at hght in South Cornwall— B. Harold Smith ; 

 Edgehill, Warhngham, Surrey. 



Sphinx ligustri in May. — A specimen of S. ligustri was captured 

 on May 16th last at Hampton Wick.— E. A. C. Stowell. 



Cerura bifida in May.— At 5 p.m. on May 1st I found a newly 

 emerged specimen of G. bifida, near the foot of a poplar-tree. — 

 E. A. C. Stowell. 



PoLYPLOCA FLAvicoRNis IN FEBRUARY. — On February 25th, 

 between 11 and 12 a.m., I saw three specimens of P. fiavicornis at 

 Oxshott. They were drying their wings and sitting about a foot 

 from the ground. — E. A. C. Stowell. 



Tephrosia punctularia in March. — I can give an earlier date for 

 T.punckdaria than April ith, mentioned by Mr. Dolton {antea, p. 157), 

 as I found the species on palings at Esher on March 30th last. — 

 E. A. C. Stowell ; Kingston Grammar School, Kingston-on-Thames. 



Lepidoptera at Light in early May. — The following records 

 may be interesting as illustrating the abnormal early emergence of 

 some insects this spring. After the long period of continuous easterly 

 wind, a change took place on May 1st, and that evening the wind 

 blew gently from the westward. Thinking I might obtain a few 

 moths around the several street lamps in the neighbourhood, I went 

 to see ; not a specimen of any sort was about, although weather con- 

 ditions appeared suitable. However, on the 3rd inst. — only two 

 evenings later — around the same lamps I secured, in the course of 

 an hour, one Stauropus fagi, Notodonta trepida (6), Pheosia clicta- 

 oides (1), and Drymonia chaonia (1), as well as seeing plenty of 

 commoner species. During the following two nights I took several 

 N. trepida, and one or more specimens of P. dictcea, D. chaonia, 

 Demas coryli, Panolis piniperda, Eustroma silaceata, Selenia tetra- 

 lunaria, one Lobophora viretata, and one Anticlea nigrofasciaria. 

 The sudden emergence of Lepidoptera after the period of east winds 

 struck me as being rather remarkable. — Bertram E. Jupp; Lyn 

 Lodge, Camelsdale, Haslemere, May 8th, 1912. 



Early emergence of Lepidoptera. — It may be of interest to 

 record the following early emergences : — April 20th, Demas coryli ; 

 May 4th, Agrotis cinerea ; May 5th, Dianthoscia cucubali. The 

 above all came to light at Warlingham. This afternoon (May 11th) I 

 noticed Macroglossa stellatarmn flying round the blossoms of Iris 

 florentina. — ^B. Harold Smith ; Edgehill, Warhngham, Surrey. 



Dasycampa rubiginea at Christchurch. — On March 17th, when 

 searching sallow-bloom in the Christchurch district, I found a female 



