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mountains. I mIso saw a great many dragonflies. — (Miss) M. Wilson ; 

 The Vicarage, Guilden Morden, Royston, Carabs., Oct. 31st, 1894:. 



Chcerocampa celerio in South Hants. — I have a good specimen of 

 Chccrocampa celerio, which was taken here (Porchester) on Sept. 30th. I 

 thought it worth recording, as I believe this insect is rare. — (Miss) M. J. 

 Stares ; Porchester, Hants. 



CiicEaocAMPA CELERIO IN Kent. — C. celevio was taken on the South 

 Foreland Ligiithouse on August 12th of this year, by the lighthouse- 

 keeper. — H. S. Fkemlin'. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN SuRREY. — I captured a fine male C. editsa m a lane 

 near x\shtead, on August 29t.h. — W. J. Kaye ; Worcester Park, Surrey, 

 Nov. 13th, 1894. 



Plusia ni bred from Portland. — In July last Mrs. Ptichardson was 

 so fortunate as to find, at Portland, two larvae which so much resembled 

 Plusia gamma that I suggested that they were only that abundant species, 

 and might as well be turned out into the garden ; however, she was wiser, 

 and kept them till they turned to pupae enclosed in cocoons which were 

 smaller and much neater than those of P. i/amma. On Sept. 0th a 

 beautiful specimen of P. »i emerged, and a second one on Sept. 10th. This 

 is not the first occurrence of this species at Portland, as Colonel Partridge 

 took a specimen there at light in Sept., 1888 (E.M. M. xxv. 1(30). It 

 looks as if it had established itself in the locality, and I hope that it may 

 turn up again next year. I do not think that any one could easily mistake 

 the imago for gamma; it is more like interrogalioais. — Nelson M. 

 Richardson; Montevideo, near Weymouth, Nov. 9th, 1894. 



Dragonflies at the Black Pond, Eshkk. — During the latter part 

 of the season of 189 4 this neighbouthood yielded some fairly good insects 

 belonging to the exceedingly handsome, though much maligned but uo less 

 harmless, group of the Odonata. Early in August we discovered the 

 presence there of Anax for moms (the imperial dragonfly), and on the lOth 

 three were secured, in addition to those already recorded {ante, 271). 

 Extremely difficult is it to get within striking distance of these splendid 

 insects, not only because they seem particularly suspicious of any person 

 in possession of a net, l)ut also from the habit they have of keeping well out 

 over tlie pond, and hawking round the edges of the reed-beds: moreover, 

 their flight is often intermittent, for the disappearance of the sun behind a 

 cloud is the signal for the cessation of their restless movements to and fro, 

 which are resumed however on his reappearance. The number of insects 

 they destroy must be enormous, but, as with other large dragonflies, they 

 do not take them haphazard, for I have often noticed them approach a 

 large insect (possibly a bee), and when within a foot or so of it retire, as 

 if disappointed. Other dragonflies on the wing on the 10th were vEschna 

 grandis, Libellula quadrimacuUita, L. scotica [Sgm.petrum scoticum], Agrion- 

 puella, and A. [L'yrrhosoma] tenellum. While absent from ihe neighbour- 

 hood for a time, at the end of August, the companion of most of my 

 dragonfly expeditions sent me two male specimens of jTl^chaa juilcea, one 

 male ^-E. cyanea, and one male jE. grandis, all of which he took at the 

 Pond on Aug. 3 1st, an ideal dragonfly day. On Sept. lOth we again paid 

 a visit to Esher, and found that A. formosus was over, its place being 

 taken by ^.juncea and /E, grandis. Two of the latter were secured, and 



