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megcera, P. egeria var. egerides,'^'- Coenonyvq^ha pamjjhilus, besides 

 several interesting specimens of Heterocera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. 

 I intend to revisit the same locality later in the year, in 1911, as I 

 regard it as an excellent ground to commence the study of the butter- 

 flies of Fontainebleau. A little farther on by the railway side 

 towards Paris go under the first railway-bridge, which leads you to 

 some excellent glades, where I expect the Nymphalidas will also be 

 flying gracefully in the height of summer. — E. B. Ashby ; 33, Park 

 Eoad, Whitton, Middlesex. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS TAKEN AT Sea. — It may be worth noting 

 that the Migration Committee of the British Ornithologists' Club 

 have twice had a specimen of the Death's-head moth sent to them, 

 which had been taken at the Kentish Knock Lighthouse, viz., one on 

 May 27th, 1905, and one on September 15th, 1909. This hght- 

 vessel is situated well out, off the mouth of the Thames, and is about 

 thirty-five miles from the nearest points of the Essex and Kent 

 coasts. Were these true over-sea migrants ? — The Migration 

 Committee op the B.O.C. 



Notes from South-west Cornwall. — The following summary 

 of a fortnight's collecting in South-west Cornwall, in July of this 

 year, may possibly be of interest. The locality mainly worked was a 

 small stretch of rocky coast to the east of Cadgwith Cove, about two 

 miles east of the Lizard Point. On leaving London on July 7th the 

 sky w^as overcast and the temperature low, but as the express carried 

 us westwards the weather improved, and when we reached Cornwall 

 we found blue skies and warm sunshine awaiting us. A visit to a 

 stretch of Silene maritima in the evening resulted in a few Diaii- 

 thcecia larvae, which are no doubt D. conspersa. M. galiata and 

 H. Serena were taken flying. The next day was cloudless and hot, so 

 I sought for S. musciformis along a sunny and sheltered path on the 

 top of the cliff. A short series of eight was obtained, though it was 

 not always easy to detect the clearwing amid the bewildering mass 

 of insect life that besieged the flowers, and having " spotted" him, 

 it was not always easy to bring off a capture. I hoped to secure a 

 number of this pretty little insect, but evidently I only came in for 

 the tail-end of the flight, as two were taken on the 9th and one on 

 the 10th, after that no more. Sugaring flower-heads in a gap in the 

 cliff on the 8th and 9th only resulted in one or two Agrotis lucernea 

 and A. lunigera, amongst a host of commoner insects. A dark 

 variety of Argynnis aglaia was taken on the 9th. On the 11th, 

 12th, and 14th, sugared flower-heads along the top of the cliff proved 

 fairly attractive. In addition to a few more A. lunigera, L.jMtrescens 

 was taken sparingly, and one H. umbra, which I failed to box. 

 Beyond doubt the commonest insect, except X. monoglypha, was 

 L. conigera, which was in fine condition. Acronycta rumicis, Agrotis 

 porphyrea, Hadena piisi on sugar, and Acidalia margincpunctata, 

 GnopJios ohscuraria, Acidalia imitaria taken flying, and D. conspersa, 

 seen but not captured, may perhaps be mentioned. About the 14th 

 the weather, which had been good, broke up, and sea-fog, known 



* Probably these would be examples of a second brood, as I found 

 egerides quite common in the forest on April 18th, of the by-no-means- 

 t'orward season of 1909. — H. R.-B. 



