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apart. — John W. B. Bell; Pyrfcon Vicarage, Watlington, Oxon, 

 August 11th, 190G. 



Deilephila (Phryxus) livornica in North Somerset. — A fairly 

 perfect specimeu of the striped hawk moth, which had been taken at 

 rest inside a room, was brouglit to me on the 3rd inst. — Bernard B. 

 Gough; Compton Martin, near Bristol, August 6th, 1906. 



Deilephila (Phryxus) livornica in Kent. — Mr. Sydney Webb, of 

 Dover, informs me that a living specimen was brought to him on 

 August 20th last. — Richard South. 



Deilephila (Phryxus) livornica in South Devon. — We understand 

 that quite a number of this species were taken at Paignton and Tor- 

 quay in June and July last. 



Heliothis peltiger at Lewes. — I, to-day, captured a fine male 

 specimen of this insect Hying in the sunshine on a slope of the South 

 Downs. — Philip H. Vinall ; 220, High Street, Lewes, August 24th, 

 1906. 



On July 18th last I found a larva near Lewes, feeding on Ononis, 

 which I could not determine to my satisfaction. On the 15th inst. 

 the question was settled by the emergence of a fine specimen of 

 Heliothis peltiqer. — Hugh J. Vinall ; 3, Priory Terrace, Lewes, 

 August 24th, 1906. 



Heliothis peltiger in South Devon. — During May this species 

 was frequently taken at flowers of valerian ; and larvte were very 

 plentiful during June and July feeding on rest-harrow. An example 

 of the second brood was captured at bramble-blossom on August lltli. 

 Ova were obtained from two females, but the larvfe from these died 

 off before attaining full growth. The smaller larva) collected from 

 rest-harrow also failed to mature, and it was found that only those 

 larvae that were nearly full grown when taken reached the pupal stage. 

 J. Walker; 3, Goodwin Terrace, Carlton Road, Torquay. 



Argvnnis,paphia var. valesina in Gloucestershire. — On Saturday, 

 August 11th, I spent an hour on the hills above the town of Wotton- 

 under-Edge in order to obtain some fresh specimens of Vanessa cardui, 

 which is now in perfection and very abundant. I was taking these 

 along a hedgerow on the flowers of Enpatorium cannabinnvi, and whilst 

 in the act of securing one of them, I saw close to me a specimen of 

 P. valesina feasting on the flowers of the same plant. I had my net 

 over it in a minute, and it is now on my setting-board. Within twenty 

 yards I saw a second specimeu, but in my anxiety to net it I missed, 

 and it went sailing up over the tops of the beech-trees growing on the 

 other side of the road, and was lost to sight. I wandered a little way 

 on to the verge of Westridge Wood, and here A. paphia was in greater 

 abundance than I liad ever seen it before, males and females in all 

 directions, r. io was everywhere, and I netted one V. atalanta, which 

 insect is certainly getting much scarcer — I might almost say very 

 scarce — about here. The chalk hill blues were greatly in evidence on 

 the hillsides. It is now, according to my notes, some twenty odd 

 years since P. valesina was captured in Gloucestershire before. It 



