250 THR KNTOMOI.OOIST, 



Abraxas sylvata (ulmata). — The curiously blotched and irregu- 

 larly l)anded aberration of this species shown on Plate vii., fig. 2, 

 was taken by Mr. Arthur J. ScoUick in a wood near Chalfont, Bucks, 

 during the sunniier of 1907. I may mention that in July of the 

 present year, when collecting in the same wood, I picked up, among 

 other interesting forms, a specimen with lead-coloured hind wings, 

 but normal fore wings. — R. S. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



PoLiA CHI AT Torquay. — While bicycling along a road in the 

 neighbourhood of Torquay on August 27th I found several specimens 

 of Polia chi at rest on the tree-trunks. Is it usual to find this species 

 so far south ? — J. S. Carter ; Radley College, Abingdon. 



[Other Devonshire localities from wdiich this species have been 

 recorded are — Dartmouth (common), Plymouth, Dartmoor, and Avon- 

 wick. — Ed.] 



Polia chi in Berkshire. — Mr. W. H. Warner of Fyfield, Berk- 

 shire, recently sent me a moth that he thought must be a specimen 

 of P. chi. I was very pleased to confirm his identification. — Richard 

 South. 



Rhodometra (Sterrha) sacraria in Devonshire. — On Septem- 

 ber 12th last, I took a beautiful female specimen of liJiodomctra 

 sacraria sitting on a dock-stem in South Devon about 10 p.m. — 

 H. M. Edelsten ; Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, September 25th, 

 : 108. 



Prionus coriarius, Linn., at Sugar. — -Whilst "sugaring" in 

 .Ipj^ing Forest on July 23rd, I took a large female of this species 

 lipon the sugar patch. I know of two other specimens taken last 

 season in the same way. I should like to know if any other ento- 

 mologists have had this experience. — H. E. Hunt ; Walthamstow, 

 Essex, September 7th, 1908. 



Cerura bicuspis at Chester. — At midnight, May 29th, I found 

 a nice specimen of this rare moth at rest on the city wall just under 

 an electric lamp. This is the first record for Chester. Other records 

 for Cheshire are two larvaB by Mr. F. C. Woodforde at Wybunbury 

 Moss, and two fine imagines at the White Hall electric light, near 

 Tarporley, by Mr. J. H. Stock. — J. Arkle ; Chester. 



Pyg.iira anachoreta, &c., in Essex. — I have pleasure in record- 

 ing the capture on August 8th of a specimen of P. anaclioreta at 

 Clacton-on-Sea at electric light. This proved to be a female, and ova 

 were deposited on August 9th, 10th, and 11th to the number of one 

 hundred and sixty-three. They commenced hatching on August 20th, 

 and are now feeding up on poplar. This appears to be a new locality 

 for this species, the only records that I can find having previously 



