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of feet of each other, which provided me with nine moths, I was 
quite unable to dislodge a single further example; I found larve of 
Bedellia somnulenella in a convolvulus leaf at Great Wakering on 
October Ist, and a visit to Laindon on the 5th yielded plenty of 
larvee of Hpiblema trigeminana and a few larvee of Huxanthis eneana 
in root stocks of ragwort. Larvee of Laspeyresia roseticolana occurred 
near Benfleet in hips. October 14th: Sunny, with Tortrix pronu- 
bana dashing about, suggesting Orgyia antiqua, although, quite 
apart from the matter of size, its flight is much less erratic than that 
of the latter. October 15th: By beating at Hastwood, Acalla spon- 
sana and Hypermenia cherophylella were put up. October 22nd: 
Large numbers of grit-studded cases of Coleophora laripennella on 
fences at Southchurch. October 23rd: Gracilaria elongella and 
Lyonetia clerkella on fences at Westcliff. Cerwra bifida is so scarce 
here that the discovery of a pupa on poplar on October 30th was 
regarded as quite a satisfactory find with which to wind up the 
collecting season of 1915.—F. G. Wuirrie; 7, Marine Avenue, 
Southend-on-Sea, November 17th, 1915. 
CucULLIA VERBASCI.—Larve of this species were in abundance 
in this district last year. I had a number of plants of Verbascum 
thapsus growing in the garden, and these supported numerous 
larvee all the summer. Almost every wild specimen of the food 
plant I noted was covered with the larve. Except very rarely 
thapsus is the only species of Verbascwm found in the district. When 
full grown these larve prefer the unripe seed vessels and stems, 
making long tunnels in the latter. I also found a few larve on 
Scrophularia aquatica—Ronaup D. Goon; 48, High West Street, 
Dorchester. 
SPHINX CONVOLVULI AT CANTERBURY IN 1915.—Two specimens of 
S. convolvuls were found at rest here on September 29th, one on a 
paling, the other on the road. A specimen had been seen on 
September 26th hovering over Nicotiana affinis—W. R. Taytor; 
St. Edmund’s School, Canterbury. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN Dorset, 1915.—Towards the end of 
August, 1915, two full-grown larve of A. atropos were found on a 
bush of jessamine in the summer-house here. Considering that the 
garden is but a very small one, and that the summer-house was in 
constant use, I think that the occurrence of these larve was rather 
remarkable-—Ronatp D. Goon; 48, High West Street, Dorchester. 
SIREX GIGAS IN DorsET.—TIwo specimens of S. gigas were 
captured here a year or so ago. One was found on the window of 
the house—Ronaup D. Goop; 48, High West Street, Dorchester. 
OBITUARY. 
RapHaEL MELpo.a. 
R. Metpora was born in Islington on July 19th, 1849, and was 
the only son of the late Samuel Meldola, who belonged to an ancient 
