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recognised fact. — Philip de la Garde; H.M.S. 'Ealeigh,' Cape of 

 Good Hope, Aug. 28tb, 1894. 



A Correction. — I beg leave to point out an error in respect to a 

 locality mentioned in the 'Entomologist' for July [ante, p. 223). 

 Bagley Wood is not in Oxfordshii*e, but in Berkshire, though only 

 distant a few hundred yards from the river boundary, and •within three 

 miles direct south of the city of Oxford. This mistake occurs frequently 

 in Newman's 'Butterflies and Moths,' Canon Fowler's ' Coleoptera,' 

 and in various other works, and doubtless arises through the locality 

 being mentioned as "near Oxford," when it is naturally presumed 

 that it lies within that shire. — F. W. Lambert ; 70, St. Giles, Oxford. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 

 Ophiodes lunaris. — Will the writer of a note on this species, who 

 signs himself " Que of the Innocents at Home," be good enough to send us 

 his name and address, as we regret that we cannot publish his communi- 

 cation in its present form. 



Vanessa polychloros near Regent's Park. — I took a worn specimen 

 of Vanessa polychloros in the garden here on August '26th. — Claud E. L. 

 Ellis; 69, Mornington Road, Regent's Park, N.W., Aug. 30th, 1894. 



Deilephila livornica and Nola strigula in Devonshire. — A speci- 

 men of Deilephila livornica was brought me by my gardener's boy ou June 

 7th. Its identity has been confirmed by several entomologists. I have 

 taken Nola strigula here ; it does not seem to be known so far west by my 

 friends. — C. F. Benthall ; Cofton Vicarage, Starcross, Sept. 14th, 1894. 



Acherontia atropos in Devon. — On August 14th last a villager 

 brought me a splendid specimen of Acherontia atropos, taken in a potato 

 field here. — Chas. N. Bunn ; Fremington, North Devon. 



Tapinostola elymi in Scotland. — I have taken T. elymi at Montrose 

 this year, and I believe that this is the first record of the occurrence of the 

 species on the east coast of Scotland. — Montague Gunning ; The Mall, 

 Montrose, N.B., Sept. 13th, 1894. 



Early Occurrence of Hybernia defoltaria.- — On the 11th of this 

 month I took a fine specimen of this moth at light near Dulwich Wood. 

 Is not this unusual ? — G. S. Robertson ; St. Anne's, Thurlow Park Road, 

 West Dulwich, S.E., Sept. 14th. 



Query respecting Pieris brassice. — It is rather strange this season 

 that I cannot say certainly that I have seen a Pieris brassicce, and I have 

 been looking out for them, as I wanted some. I wonder if others have 

 experienced the same scarcity. — W. J. Lucas ; H, Gordon Road, Kingston- 

 on-Thames. 



Peronea variegana in North-East Cheshire. — This is one of the 

 few species of Lepidoptera that have not been really scarce this year around 

 Macclesfield. Three forms, i. e,, the type, var. asperana, and var. cirrana, 

 occurred in about equal numbers, and although all three were obtained from 

 some hawthorn hedges in the district, certain of the hedgerows yielded a large 

 proportion of asperana and cirrana, others of the type and cirrana, and 



