204 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Pohjgonia c-album and Catocala nupta. It was quite a daily 

 occurrence in September to see three or four specimens of the 

 former in my garden. On the afternoon of the 24th I was an 

 interested spectator of the evolutions of a " comma " which was 

 feasting on a half-eaten pear left by the starlings hanging on a 

 neighbour's tree. The butterfly walked up and down the sound 

 side of the pear, gently waving its wings in the sunshine whilst 

 imbibing the juice of the fruit. C. nupta was so common in the 

 city and district that one of my daughters boxed seven specimens 

 in one day. November 22nd was so mild that a specimen of 

 Aglaia urticce fluttered out of a lime tree on to a footpath at 

 mid-day as I was walking home from the office. 



A larva of Manduca atropos whs brought to me on Sep- 

 tember 10th, having been found feeding on kidney beans. The 

 puna was unfortunately attacked by mould. 



On December 13th, by digging ai poplar trees, my wife and 

 I found four pupfe of Pali.mpsestis octogesima [ocularis), two of 

 which have produced splendid imagos. 



On the 26th, whilst digging at oak, I turned up three lizards 

 evidently hybernating just below the surface. 



The foregoing, I think, constitutes a fair season's work for a 

 busy professional man, much of whose spare time was occupied 

 by volunteer and police duties. 



In conclusion, my thanks are due to Mr. Meyrick for kindly 

 identifying some doubtful specimens, to Mr. Motley for naming 

 the Dipteion, and to Mr. Gervase F. Mathew, who kindly told 

 me of the locality in North Devon where 1 have enjoyed a good 

 series of entomological and botanical holidavs. 



THE NOCTUID^ OF GREAT BRITAIN AS ARRANGED 

 IN THE GENERAL COLLECTION AT THE NATURAL 

 HISTORY MUSEUM. 



By Richard South. 



(Continued from p. 175.) 



Suhfam. ACRONYCTIN^. [Vol. vii (1918).]* 



2756. Amphipyra pyramidea, L. 



Amphipyrapy.ramidea,'Ei.^.'h.,^.Q\ M.,p. 114; T.,iv, p. 37; 

 M.B.I., i, p. 323. 



2766. AmphipYra traqopoginis, L. 



Amphip7jra tragopogonis, E.S.L., p. 8 ; M., p. 114; T., iv, 

 p. 39- M.B.L, i, p. 324. 



* I have recently noted that some of the names of genera in this subfamily, 

 now used in the Museum Collection, do not quite agree with those in the ' Cata- 

 logue.' All such changes will be indicated in an appendix to the present list. — R. S. 



