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September, culminating with a very fine perfect specimen bred to-day, 

 September 23rd. This seems to me worthy of record, as the progeny 

 of such late specimens would assuredly perish, as even by the time 

 when the ova hatched the flowers of the sea aster and the alternative 

 food-plant Solidai/o virgaurea would be unobtainable. — (Rev.) Gilbert 

 H. Eaynor; Hazeleigh Eectory, Maldon, Essex, Sept. 23rd, 1902. 



Mesotype virgata (lineolata) in BERKsmRE. — I am very pleased to 

 add this species to the list of Lepidoptera occurring in the county of 

 Berks. I took one example on August 4th last, on one of the chalk 

 hills near Streatley. — W. E. Butler ; Hayling House, Reading, Oct. 

 4th, 1902. 



Agrotis obelisca : a Correction. — The species recorded by me as 

 Aijrotis obelisca [ante, p. 269) has been wrongly determined, and I now 

 find that it is A. tritici. I much regret having been led into this error 

 of identification. — G. B. Browne. 



Agkilus sinuatus in Hampshire. — During the second week in 

 August this year, I had the fortuue to take eleven specimens of A. 

 sinuatus. Two were sunning themselves on some sallow leaves, the 

 rest I obtained off one hawthorn bush by beating. This was in Hurst 

 Wood, near Lyndhurst, New Forest. I beat a good many shrubs and 

 trees, but came upon no more of this species. I should like to know 

 upon what the larvffi feed. I and my companion also beat three 

 Acronycta ahii larvffi in their final skin, and two Stauropus fac/i in 

 their second skin. — F.N. Hitchcock; Ben Omar, South Road, Clapham 

 Park, S.W. 



Three Weeks in South Dorset. — Early in July, Dr. H. M. 

 Stewart and I started off for a holiday in South Dorset, determined 

 to spend a large portion of our time in entomological pursuits. The 

 subjoined list of one hundred and forty-two species of Lepidoptera 

 show that there is a large variety of insects to be met with there, and 

 had the weather been kinder there is no doubt that the list would have 

 been largely augmented. 



Of the butterflies, Hesperia actceou was exceedingly plentiful in its 

 restricted localities, while Mcianan/ia >ialatea and Satijras semele 

 swarmed on the clifi'-sides. Limenitis sibylla was seen in sheltered 

 situations near the woods, and Picris 7iapi was coming out in numbers 

 as we left. EucheUa jaeobaw was very common in the lanes, while the 

 woods gave us plenty of Lithosia deplana and L. lurideola. Sugaring, 

 sadly interfered with by stormy winds, yielded Agrotis luniyera, 

 Thyatira derasa, and the commonest insects at it being Dipteryyia sca- 

 briuscula, Ayrotis exclamationis, and Xylophasia monoylypha {^pohjodon). 

 Fences and trunks produced Hccatera serena and Hadena dentina in 

 considerable numbers, also Cucullia umbratica and numerous Geo- 

 metrid moths. The heaths swarmed with Plnsia gamma, while both 

 Anarta myrtilll and Ileliothis dipsacea were in some numbers. June 

 would, I believe, be a very good month there in a normal season, and 

 we hope to test it another year. 



Rhopalocera : — Pieris brassica, P. rapcB, P. napi, Argynnis euphro- 

 syne, A. aglaia, A. adippe, Vanessa urtica', V. atalanta, V. cardui, 

 Limenitis sibylla, Melanargia galatea, Satyrus semele, Epinephele ianira, 



