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stragglers from a colony which I found on August 5th, 1918, and 

 which was about 300 yards distant. At the new spot during the 

 first half of August hundreds could have been taken. Having found 

 this spot I kept a sharp lookout for the insect. Wherever I went 

 I found it along the roadside in many directions. In the north 

 I found it as far as Kimbolton, in the east as far as Biggleswade, 

 and in the south-east beyond Shefford and at Royston. It is 

 evident that in this district it is common and widely distributed. — 

 W. GiFFORD Nash ; Clavering House, De Parys Avenue, Bedford. 



Unusual Pupation of Zyg.ena filipendul^. — It is quite true, 

 as Mr. Ford says, that the more general place for this Zygsenid to 

 pupate is the stems of grass or rushes or some vegetation of erect 

 growth, but it is by no means always so. I have found the insect 

 (the chrysalid) on stone walls in Cornwall and the Isle of Wight, 

 whilst this summer in the Welsh hills I observed more chrysalids 

 on rocks and large or small boulders than on plants, and they were 

 quite abundant. — G. F. Bethune-Barker ; 19, Clarendon Road, 

 Edgbaston, August 26th, 1918. 



Stauropus fagi on Sallow. — When beating some sallow 

 yesterday I got a S. fagi. As none of my books give sallow as a 

 food-plant of this larva I think the record interesting to other 

 entomologists. — Reginald J. Ford ; Manor House, Stoke Canon, 

 August 23rd, 1918. 



Cucullia verbasci in Co. Durham. — I was very pleased to see a 

 small brood of about a dozen half-grown larvae of this species feeding 

 in the middle of July upon a large plant of Verbascum growing in 

 my garden — ^how many more the sparrows (which swarm about 

 the house) had accounted for I cannot say, but am very suspicious 

 that they had reduced them, for I have several times seen them 

 with caterpillars of some species or other in their mouths feeding 

 their young. This is an interesting addition to our Northumberland 

 and Durham list. The species appears to be extending its range 

 northward, as I understand that my friend, Mr. T. A. Lofthouse, 

 of Middlesbro', also found the larviB in his garden a few years ago. 

 My plant of Verbascum is now close upon 10 ft. high ! — J. Gardener ; 

 Laurel Lodge, Hart. 



Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria at Chichester. — During July of 

 last year L. vesicatoria was somewiiat abundant in this locality, as 

 recorded by me in the ' Entomologist,' vol. 1, pp. 188, 210. I know 

 of only one specimen noticed this season, which was captured and 

 brought to me on July 11th last. — Joseph Anderson ; Chichester. 



[Mrs. South picked up a specimen of this beetle at Higlicliffe on 

 June 19th last.. It was lying on its back on the sand quite close to 

 the receding tide. The agitated movement of the legs attracted 

 attention, otherwise the insect might have been passed unnoticed. - 

 R. S.] 



Hylophila bicolorana at Chichester. — A specimen of H. hi- 

 colorana was taken here in bred condition on June 30th. This is the 



