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evening since, with no further suecess.—Epwin P. SHarp; 1, Bedford 
Well Road,*Eastbourne, October 26th, 1909. 
L. FAvICoLOR IN SussEx.-—During the summer of 1908 I took a 
specimen of this insect in East Sussex (exact locality suppressed for 
obvious reasons). It was not till a recent meeting of the South 
London Entomological Society that the specimen was identified as 
the species named, although I personally had no doubt of its identity. 
The specimen (almost var. lutea) is now in the collection of Mr. A. E. 
Gibbs, St. Albans, who kindly got it identified for me.—W. JaRvIs ; 
73, Murchison Road, Leyton, N.E., October 26th, 1909. 
Note on THE Pupa oF NONAGRIA GEMINIPUNCTA. — I notice 
(antea, p. 260) that Mr. Vinall mentions finding nine pup of 
N. geminipuncta in one reed. It may be interesting to note that, 
in Kent, I once found five pup between two nodes of one reed- 
stem.— H. M. Epensten; Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, October 
26th, 1909. 
Larv# oF HApENA pIst oN Boa-MyrtiEe.—Referring to Prof. 
Meldola’s note (antea, p. 284), I may say that the larve of this 
species are also common on bog-myrtle in the New Forest, especially 
on the open bogs near the railway line at Holmsley, and I have also 
found them in the vicinity on bracken occasionally. The species 
occurs in this district, and I found one larva feeding on gooseberry 
leaves in my garden, but it does not appear to be common here- 
abouts.—C. Nicnonson; 35, The Avenue, Hale End, Chingford. 
Vanessa Io ann GonEePpTERYX Raamyi.—Mr. F. W. Frohawk 
calls attention to the great abundance of the former species in 8. H. 
Hssex. I have been astonished at the abundance in this district, as 
for years [have not seen many. G.rhamni has been unusually plenti- 
ful here.—H. Everett; Letchworth. 
ABUNDANCE OF Larva&.—Larve of Triphena pronuba are in enor- 
mous numbers in the garden here this autumn, feeding on almost 
everything. I have never seen them so abundant. Perhaps other 
entomologists may have noticed the same thing.—H. M. EpEnstrsn. 
Lyc&NA CORYDON IN DeEvonsHIRE.—With regard to my former 
note (antea, p. 211) on the occurrence of Lycena corydon in Devon, 
this further information may be of interest. On August 13th last I 
visited the same spot where I took one male corydon last year, and 
caught three males, though I only stayed about half an hour; 
all appeared quite fresh. I had no time to search for females, and 
was unfortunately prevented from paying another visit to the place. 
However, I think it safe to assume that those three males were not 
stragglers, but that there is a colony of the species in that locality 
(which is on the slopes above the sea, about two and a half miles 
west of Bear Head). I may add that on the bank where I took the 
specimens referred to, the horseshoe vetch (H. comosd), which I 
believe is one of the food-plants, grows abundantly, and this plant also 
supports there a flourishing colony of the beautiful L. adonis.—F. L. 
Buatuwayt; 1, Stonefield Avenue, Lincoln, August 26th, 1909. 
