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somewhat the appearance of Hadena adusta—W. G. CLUTTEN ; 
132, Coalclough Lane, Burnley. 
EvUVANESSA ANTIOPA AT CuHicHESTER.—A specimen of Huvanessa 
antiopa was taken at Hunston, a village about two miles from this 
city, on September 30th last, by Master Laurence W. Horton. It is 
in very fair condition. The borders are ochreous, not white or pale. 
The butterfly is now in my collection—JosEPH ANDERSON. 
HyBERNIA LEUCOPHHARIA.—On January 30th last the Spring 
Usher, Hybernia leucophearia, was out commonly on the oak-fence 
separating Esher Common from Claremont Park, Surrey. As we 
passed along we counted forty examples at rest. How many we 
missed I cannot say, as the speckled forms and the very dark ones 
were often quite difficult to detect. The strongly banded specimens 
were usually conspicuous. Probably most of the specimens were on 
the dark side of the normal, a few being quite melanic. Some had 
a ruddy appearance. All were in good condition; and apparently had 
but recently emerged.—L. C. E. Bancoms ; Kingston-on-Thames. 
GEOTRUPES STERCORARIUs.—On January 19th my brother while 
walking from Rottingdean picked up this coleopteron from the road. 
The prothorax is shining coppery, and the elytra, abdomen, and legs 
are metallic green, but much brighter than usual.—G. B. Ryte; 
15, Madeira Place, Brighton. 
MIcRopHYsA ELEGANTULA IN SurrouK.—As Mr. Morley’s Cata- 
logue (published in 1903) contains very few records for this species, 
I think it worth noting that last June the females were very plentiful 
on the trunks of beeches at Exning, in the Newmarket district, but 
males, of course, were few and far between.—Oscar WHITTAKER, 
F.E.S.; ‘ Ormidale,’ Ashton-upon-Mersey, January 24th, 1916. 
PYRAMEIS ATALANTA IN JANUARY.—In ‘ The Field’ for February 
5th Mr. Charles C. Dallas records the occurrence of Pyramets atalanta 
near Lyndhurst Road Station, New Forest, on January 24th last. 
Mr. Dallas has since written kindly informing me he was quite close 
to the butterfly when he saw it on the wing. It flew up over a holly 
bush ; the sun was shining brightly at the time. The appearance of 
this species in midwinter is of sufficiently rare occurrence to place on 
record.— F’. W. Frowawk. 
Harty APPEARANCE OF ANISOPTERYX #SCULARIA.—Influenced by 
the mild weather of the first six weeks of the year, I found specimens 
of both Anisopteryx escularia and Phigalia pilosaria on February 
14th at rest on palings at Chipstead, Surrey.—F. W. FrowAwk. 
PyG#RA ANACHORETA IN Kent.—It may be of interest to your 
readers to record that in the spring of 1913 I bred two specimens 
of Pygera anachoreta from wild larve taken the preceding September 
in the neighbourhood of Deal. The moths emerged on April 29th 
and May 25th, 1913, respectively —G. B. Browne; “ Thorndene,” 
South Benfleet, Essex. 
ACRONYCTA STRIGOSA AT WicKEN.—Another good capture was 
that of a fine specimen of Acronycta strigosa, taken on the trunk of 
