246 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Pachetra LEUCOPHiEA IN Kent. — Whilst on a visit to Wye, Kent, I 

 had the good fortune to capture five specimens of Pachetra leucophaa, one 

 on the wing on the evening of June 3rd, and four at sugar on June 7th ; 

 three of these latter were very much worn. One of them, a female, I kept 

 alive, and she has since laid about fifty or sixty eggs. Had the evenings 

 been warmer and more suitable for sugaring, I should doubtless have taken 

 many more specimens, but though I sugared regularly for eight nights, 

 June 7th was the only one on which anything put in an appearance. I also 

 took a good series of that very local insect. Scoria dealbata. My best 

 thanks are due to Mr. G. Parry, of Canterbury, whose note on P. leucophcBa 

 (Entom. xxvi. 295) induced me to spend most of my holidays at Wye, and 

 who very kindly met me on June 3rd, and showed me the localities for 

 both P. leucophaa and S. dealbata, at the former of which (The Kneading 

 Trough) a nephew of his who accompanied us caught a fine specimen of 

 P. leucophcea at rest on a blade of grass. — Geo. Richardson ; 19, Avondale 

 Road, Peckham, S.E., June 21st, 1894. 



Plusia moneta in Kent and Surrey. — I picked up a specimen of 

 Plusia moneta on the staircase this morning wlien descending from my 

 bedroom; it must have flown in to light during or between thunder rains. 

 —Sidney Webb; Maidstone House, Dover, July 7th, 1894. On July 3rd 

 I caught a specimen of P. moneta in the garden here. — D. P. Turner; 

 Tonbridge. On the night of July 23rd, J 891, I took with the net a 

 specimen of P. moneta in my garden. 1892 and 1893 passed without 

 my taking another. But on June 30th this year I took a very fine speci- 

 men in my garden, and another on the night of July 3rd.— (Rev.) W. B. 

 Money ; Vigo House, Weybridge. This recent addition to the British 

 Plusiidae seems to have estabhshed itself in West Surrey. It has been 

 recorded in the ' Entomologist' as captured at Albury and Dorking, 1893, 

 with a further record for 1894. It has been taken at Weybridge in 1893 

 (one specimen), and in 1894, one at least ; these have not been recorded. 

 On July 20th a male was taken at Merrow, near Guildford, on white 

 campion (Lychnis vespertina) at early dusk. It was sluggish on the wing, 

 and easily captured. — (Rev.) L. Robert Flood ; Merrow Rectory, Guild- 

 ford, July 21st, 1894. 



P^DISCA RUBIGINOSA AND BuTALIS CICADELLA IN LANCASHIRE. — The 



former species has occurred on the high moors among Scotch fir ; the speci- 

 mens are larger than those from Scotland. I took a very fine example of 

 B. cicadella near Fleetwood on June 15th ; this species had previously only 

 been taken by Messrs. Dunning and S. Stevens. The latter gentleman 

 caught five specimens at Southend about forty years ago ; one of them he 

 sent to me, and it has enabled me to identify my recent capture, which I 

 might otherwise have had some trouble in naming. — J. B. Hodgkinson ; 

 Preston, June 27th, 1894. 



Sphinx pinastri in East Anglia. — It may interest some of your 

 readers to know that three larvae of Sphinx pinastri were taken by me last 

 August and September in this neighbourhood. The larvae were all found 

 on the ground, just preparatory to going to earth, the time being shortly 

 after midday in each case. The first was found Aug. 25th, a second on 

 Aug. 27th, and a third on Sept. (5th. Two perfect specimens have emerged 

 this year, one pupa not surviving the winter. The food-plant upon exami- 

 nation proved to be Cedrus libani and C. deodara, not Pinus sylvestns, 



