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laid about three dozen, and about six dozen on the 17th; tlie two 

 following days being sunless she has not moved. — F. W. Feohawk 

 August 19th, 1908. 



GoLiAS EDUSA IN SuEREY. — I captured a fine male specimen at 

 Box Hill on August 8th last. — E. South. 



CoLiAs EDUSA, &c., AT SwANAGE. — At Kingston (four miles from 

 here) Golias eclusa seems fairly plentiful this year ; after fifteen 

 minutes' sprinting, two weeks back, I secured a splendid specimen, 

 but the others evaded me, and I find that if you miss once, they 

 don't give one a chance for a second shot. Took two specimens of 

 Smerintlius lyopuli, which came to light ; this is the first time I have 

 seen this insect here. Pyrameis cardui is in abundance here this 

 year, as also are Vanessa atalanta and Argynnis aglaia. — Leonaed' 

 Tatchell ; Karenza, King's Eoad, Swanage, August 27th, 1908. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN SussEX. — As this iusoct has not been common 

 in this neiglibourhood for some years, I thought it might be interest- 

 ing to record that about twenty specimens have been taken by myself 

 and friends this season, of which the first was obtained on July 15th 

 last. Surely rather an unusual date for this species ? — Guy E. H. 

 Peskett ; Simla, Preston, Brighton, August 25th, 1608. 



I noticed on Monday, August 3rd, on the Willingdon Golf Links, 

 near Eastbourne, a male Golias cdusa. It was flying low, and seemed 

 to be in perfect condition. — Harold Hodge; Chapel Place Mansion, 

 322, Oxford Street, W., August 20th, 1908. 



This has not been what might be termed a " Golias year," but I 

 found Golias eclusa more plentiful this year on the Sussex Downs 

 than either last year or the year before. August 16th and 17th were 

 brilliant days, and the collecting-ground chosen was a sheltered hill- 

 side facing south, where the full heat of the sun could be felt, and 

 with a clover field in immediate proximity. On August 16th I netted 

 six specimens between 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m., and on August 17th I 

 added four more specimens, taken between 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. 

 Of the ten specimens, eight were males and two females, and they 

 appear all to be newly emerged, but three are slightly chipped. 

 Perhaps other readers will be good enough to relate their this year's 

 experience with Golias eclusa. — E. T. Baumann ; " Normanhurst," 

 Chingford, Essex, August 27th, 1908. 



Golias edusa near Norwich. — To-day, whilst out collecting, I 

 saw a specimen of G. eclusa flying along a field which had just been 

 cleared of wheat. — E. Laddiman ; 25, Drayton Eoad, Norwich, 

 August 26th, 1908. 



AcHERONTiA ATEOPOS IN NoEFOLK. — Whilst at Eanwortli on the 

 20th of this month I had the good fortune to obtain a larva of 

 A. atropos, which had been dug up in a potato field. This changed 

 to a fine pupa on the 26th. — ^E. Laddiman. 



AcHEEONTiA ATEOPOS IN Kent.^I havc heard of several larvae of 

 this species in the Isle of Sheppy, and an imago was taken last week 

 on board the battleship ' Magnificent ' off Margate. — J. J. Jacobs ; 

 Gillingham, Kent, August loth, 1908. 



