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near Hackness, in August, 1897 or 1898. The insect had been run 

 over in the dust, but was almost perfect nevertheless." — W. J. Lucas. 



Essex Dkagonflies. — As no records for dragonflies at Romford 

 exist, it cannot be out of place to mention that Eev. W. Claxton took 

 the two common species, Libellula depressa, male (May 22nd), and 

 Agrion puella, female (June 8th), in his garden at Navestock Vicarage, 

 in 1901.— W. J. Lucas. 



Lepidopera Heterocera of Paris. — The following is a list of 

 Lepidoptera Heterocera obtained in the suburbs and environs of Paris 

 in June and July, 1901 : — Smerinthus tilicc, Eue des Dames Augustins ; 

 one specimen freshly emerged. Sphinx liijustri, two specimens ob- 

 tained from the lads of the racing stables, Maison Lafitte. Macro- 

 f/lossa stellatarum, Courbevoie, Forest of St. Germain, Pare Maison 

 Lafitte ; here, as elsewhere, on viper's bugloss. Saturnia pavonia 

 major, one specimen (given me at Hotel de la Gare, Fontainebleau). 

 Lasiocanipa riibi, ditto. Odoncstis potatoria, two specimens obtained 

 from the lads of the racing stables, Maison Lafitte. Enchelia jacobcecp, 

 one specimen taken. Pare Maison Lafitte. Liparis salicis, L. auriftua, 

 and L. chri/sorrhcea, one specimen, Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly. Arctia 

 villica, one specimen, Chantilly. Pluda gamma, a few seen, lucerne 

 field, Courbevoie. Venilia macalata, two captured, Forest of Fontaine- 

 bleau. Camptogramma hilineata, common, Pare Maison Lafitte and 

 Forest of St. Germain. In September, 1901 : — Macroglossa stella- 

 tarum, seen, Courbevoie. Saturnia pavonia major, seven specimens 

 obtained from the tram conductor, Port Marly. Smerinthus pnpuJi, 

 Sphinx ligustri, and Acherontia atropus, all in possession of tram con- 

 ductor, but in indifferent condition. Port Marly. — (Rev.) F. A. 

 Walker ; Dun Mallard, Cricklewood. 



Notes from the Chester District. — On July 19th I took a larva 

 of Notodonta dictaa, and one of Acronycta abii, o& some red willows 

 near Shotwick. The first-mentioned emerged as a perfect insect on 

 August 18th — a representative of a second brood. The larva of A. 

 alni spun up on August 5th. On August 26th a friend sent me a 

 full-grown larva of Cossm lignipcrda in an ordinary chip match-box. 

 Fortunately it arrived safely, but it had so enveloped itself in a cocoon 

 that I left it as it was. About a month afterwards it bit its way out 

 into the cage, and then surrounded itself with another web. This, I 

 expect, from previous experience, to be its last performance before 

 appearing as a moth in June. Larvae of Smerinthus ocellatus were 

 common, here and there, on willows and sallows. From a single bush 

 near Saughall a friend and I gathered over a dozen on August 24th ; 

 but it was the only favoured shrub among six or eight. From sedges 

 by a pond side I got four pup^e of Plusia festucce in their long cocoons 

 of white silk on August 81st. The moths emerged between Sept. 2nd 

 and Sept. 13th, and I am inclined to look upon them as a third brood 

 (see Entom. xxxiv. 257). In a particular spot of Delamere Forest, 

 where branches of the Scotch firs are well within reach, I went to 

 beat for larvae of Macaria Uturata on Sept. 13th. The sooty melanic 

 form occurs with the type, and has been given the varietal name 

 nigrofulvata by Mr. J. Collins, of Warrington (Entom. xxxiv. 364). 

 Thunberg's name for the species was M. fuscata, and this sets one 



