CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 983 
ENNOMOS AUTUMNARIA AT RAamsGATE.—Seeing that this insect is 
far from common in a wild state in Britain, I thought it would be 
interesting to note that ten specimens have been taken at light 
between September 23rd and October 2nd. —N. C. E. Minurr; 66, 
Ellington Road, Ramsgate. 
ACRONYCTA ALNI AND CIRRH@DIA XERAMPELINA NEAR SHREWS- 
BuRY.—I have to record the occurrence, in the middle of August last, 
of two larvee of Acronycta alni, one found by myself in my garden at 
Meole Brace, the other by Mr. H. EH. Forrest at Bayston Hill, about 
a mile distant, in both instances feeding on roses. Also at light, on 
the evening of September 5th, a fine but rather pale variety of C. 
xerampelina. Both species are mentioned in Mr. Newnham’s Cata- 
logue of Church Stretton Lepidoptera, but, so far as I can gather, 
neither have been yet noticed so near the town of Shrewsbury. I 
may add that both larve of A. alnz pupated healthily a few days after 
they were found.—J. Cosmo Mrtvinn; Meole Brace Hall, Shrews- 
bury, October 15th, 1909. 
ABRAXAS GROSSULARIATA ab. LACTICOLOR.—A female specimen of 
this insect was taken on July 30th of this year by S. Carlier in 
Gladstone Road, Dorridge, being the third specimen recorded for 
Warwickshire in 1909.—E. Wack Cartier. 
PuRYXUS (DEILEPHILA) LIVORNICA AT BLAcKPooL.—A very fine 
specimen of Deilephila livornica was brought me yesterday by a 
friend of mine; it was taken by a man who was playing bowls at the 
No. 3 Hotel, Blackpool, who picked it up on the green there, and it 
was alive when it reached me in a tumbler tied over with paper.— 
T. H. SHEPHERD; 17, Slope View, Carr Lane, Shipley, Yorks, Oct. 19th. 
Sucar A Faure, JuNE AND Juty.— My experience has been 
somewhat similar to that of Mr. Jones (antea, p. 259), with perhaps 
the exception of June. In that month, up to the 21st, I found moths 
came freely to sugar. At the same time some of the oak and ash 
trees were absolutely bare of leaves. The first half of July I spent at 
Sidmouth, but neither on the hills nor in the woodg a few miles 
inland would sugar attract. On my return home the same fate befell 
me, and it was not until August 27th that I took any moths at sugar ; 
even then they were quite common sorts and few in numbers, although 
on August 10th moths were attracted to light in profusion, and a 
large quantity were boxed off the window fronts. Since the middle 
of September the weather has been so bad that collecting had to be 
abandoned. I do not think the reason suggested is the correct one, 
inasmuch as the flowers at Sidmouth and Swindon have not been so 
abundant as in other years, when better luck attended one’s efforts. 
I may mention, too, that at Harpford Woods, where in 1908 Argynnis 
paphia, Melanargia galatea, Epinephele vanira, E. tithonus, Aphan- 
topus hyperanthus, Adopea linea, and Augiades comma swarmed, I 
only saw during this summer one Pararge egeria and a few H. ianira. 
—A.H. G. Nernercor; Woodland Leigh, Spring Gardens, Swindon, 
October 15th, 1909. 
Notes From INVERNESS-SHIRE, 1909.— During the month of 
August collecting was carried on at Onich in the above county, and 
