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ZizERA MINIMA IN AuGUST. — I notice that a second bi'ood of 

 Zizera minima is recorded as occurring on the Salisbury downs 

 {antea, p. 222). I may say that a partial second brood has also 

 occurred in this district in August for the past two years. These 

 August specimens were nearly all males, and for the most were much 

 larger and finer than the specimens occurring in May-June. — A. T. 

 PosTANS ; 55, Eaglan Street, Portsmouth, September 13th, 1915. 



EuEOis OCCULTA IN DuEHAM. — Two Specimens of Eurois occulta 

 were taken from a tree-trunk at Castle Eden, county Durham, on 

 August 21st.— W. E. Taylor; 86, The Avenue, West Ealing, W., 

 September 8th, 1915. 



NoTODONTA DODONEA FEEDING ON Beech. — On September 1st, 



1914, I met with a full-grown larva of the above species feeding on 

 beech in a wood near Watlington. The moth emerged on May 24th, 



1915, and was a fine female specimen. About twenty-four years ago 

 I also met with two larvae on beech trees, and the late Eev. Bernard 

 Smith, of Marlow, told me he had met with a similar occurrence 

 himself. — A. J. Spiller ; Chinnor, Oxon. 



CoLiAs EDUSA AT Eastbourne. — I first noticed Golias edusa in 

 this neighbourhood on September 5th, when one was seen flying on 

 the downs near the sea, and another on the flowery banks of the 

 parades in front of the town. In this last named position I have 

 also seen one on 13th, two on 17th, and four on 18th, and on 19th 

 one in my garden ; they all appeared to be males, and none of them 

 in very fresh condition. My chances of observation have not been 

 frequent, but from the foregoing I should conclude that the species 

 has been by no means rare in this immediate neighbourhood this 

 autumn. — Egbert Adkin ; " Hodeslea," Eastbourne, September 

 22nd, 1915. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN EssEX. — On September 3rd I saw a specimen 

 on the wing making comparatively slow headway against a strong 

 westerly wind at Thorpe Bay, Essex. As it was some distance from 

 me I could not determine the sex with certainty, but I believe it was 

 a female. This is the only specimen I met with in Essex this year 

 where this species generally occurs. — E. W. Erohawk ; September, 

 1915. 



CoLiAs EDUSA AT BRIGHTON. — On August 25th a very fine freshly 

 emerged female was netted by F. Jay Arnott in the Devil's Dyke 

 Valley, Poynings, near Brighton. On September 8th a recently 

 emerged male \vas caught by Mr. E. G. S. Bramw-ell on the downs 

 close to Stanmer Park, near Brighton. On September 13th a male 

 was observed flying rapidly in the Devil's Dyke Valley by Messrs. 

 E. G. S. Bramwell and E. J. Arnott. — E. Jay Arnott ; Springfield 

 Eoad, Brighton. 



Aberration of Vanessa io. — A specimen of Va7iessa io, which 

 flew into the bedroom of our neighbour, Mrs. Humphry, and which 

 was captured by Miss Ehoda Stubbs, w^as found to be a fine variety ; 

 the eye-spots on the fore wings being replaced with a white suffusion. 

 The spots on the hind wings are as in the type. — Joseph Anderson ; 

 Chichester. 



