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mentions this butterfly as occurring in Warwickshire. — D. T. Garrett ; 

 School House, Rugby, June 26th, 1901. 



ACRONYCTA ALNI TAKEN AT ReST. Ou JuUC 8th, 1901, I tOok a 



specimen of Acronycta alni at rest on some nettles. I have never 

 heard of one being taken at rest before. — R. A. McLeod ; The Myrtles, 

 Great Malvern. 



Vanessa urtic^e attracted by Light. — On July 11th two F. iirtlca; 

 came to light through a window between 10 and 11.30 p.m. — 

 R. A. McLeod. 



(Enistis (Gnophria) quadra in Dublin. — To-night (July 18th) I 

 had the pleasure of taking a female specimen of (Kniatis quadra on the 

 pavement under one of the electric lights in this road. As I see in 

 Barrett's ' Lepidoptera ' that only one specimen appears to have been 

 recorded from Ireland previously, I think you may consider the fact 

 worthy of record, especially, perhaps, considering the locality, as it is 

 scarcely an insect I should have looked for in a large town. — William 

 C. E.Wheeler; St. Helen's School, 28 and 25, Pembroke Road, 

 Dublin. [For other Irish localities, see Entom. xxxiii. 331. — Ed.] 



OxYGASTRA cuRTisii TAKEN IN Hants. — Odonatists, if I may use the 

 term, will be pleased to hear that the extremely scarce dragonfly, 

 Oxygastra curtisii, is still with us. I have received a nice male taken 

 by Major Robertson early in July last in its old locality in Hants. 

 Another specimen was seen, but was not secured. The last recorded 

 capture was in 1882, on July lltli, when Mr. Goss took four males. 

 <). curtisii, once thought to be peculiar to Britain, has a limited distri- 

 bution in Western Europe. It somewhat resembles Conlulia a;nea, 

 but may be known by the middorsal line of orange-yellow spots. — 

 W. J. Lucas ; Kingston-on-Thames. 



Deiopeia pulchella IN THE LoNDON DisTRicT. — On July 1st last, 

 I had the pleasure of taking a specimen of Deiopeia pidcJiella on a piece 

 of waste ground in the London district. It was unfortunately slightly 

 damaged. I believe this a rather rare occurrence. — E. A. Warne ; 

 4, Spanish Road, East Hill, Wandsworth, S.W., July 7th, 1901. 



[An example of this species was captured in a North London 

 locality on June 31st, 1892 : vide Entom. xxv. 154, 166. — Ed.] 



Sphinx convolvuli in 1901. — Mr. H. Pestell, of Elstow, near Bed- 

 ford, recently captured four specimens of S. convolvuli at honeysuckle. 

 Three females were taken on June 30th, July 2nd, and 10th, and a 

 male on July 11th. The females were slightly worn, but Mr. Pestell 

 tells me the male is fresh, and he thinks only recently out of the pupa. 

 It seems impossible that these specimens are from larvae fed this year. 

 They are therefore hybernated specimens, or from pupae which failed 

 to emerge last autumn. I once captured a specimen on August 11th, 

 which was the earliest occurrence I have previously heard of. — W. 

 GiFFORD Nash ; Bedford. 



On July 16th a specimen of S. convolvuli was brought in by a lad, 

 who found it in his garden at Wandsworth. I took an example on 

 West Hill, Wandsworth, August 13th, 1900. — J. Miller ; 44, Long- 

 field Street, Wandsworth, S.W. 



