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was about that time taken by Mr. W. R. Newstead at Great Witcomb. 

 V. R. Perkins; Wotton-under-Edge, August 13tb, 1906. 



Larv^ of certain Species of Lepidoptera abundant. — Has anybody 

 noticed the large numbers of larvte there are this year ? Smerinthus 

 ocellatus, S. populi, Saturnia carpini, Enchelia jacobccce, Orrjyia antiqua, 

 Dlcranura vinula, Cerura fiircula, C. bifida, Notodonta ziczac, Phalera 

 bucephala, and Clostera leclusa are a few from the many we have taken 

 in the vicinity of the Long Valley and Racecourse. — G. Hobbs ; 

 37, Alexandra Road, Aldershot, August, 1906. 



SiREx GiGAs. — On August 21st a very fine female specimen of Sirex 

 ffigas was caught by Mr. Stephen Reynolds on the summit of Mis Tor, 

 Dartmoor. — H. McArthur ; 35, Averill Street, Fulham Palace Road, 

 London, W., August 24th, 1906. 



Prionus ogriarius in Essex. — I captured a female Priomis coriarms 

 flying at dusk in my garden here on July 27th. This is the first time 

 I have met with this conspicuous beetle, though, on referring to the 

 ' Entomologist,' I find that it has been taken not uncommonly in 

 Eppiug Forest, and Fowler records it from Loughton and Colchester. 

 W. S. GiLLEs; The Cottage, Boching, Braintree, Essex, July 28th, 1906. 



Plusia ni and Laphygma exigua at Tenby. — Whilst collecting with 

 Mr. Spottiswoode Graves at Tenby on June 9th, we secured a worn 

 Flusia ni, which laid a few eggs in the collecting-box, and which I 

 succeeded in rearing ; the second brood emerging from 24th to 30tli 

 July. The larvfe fed freely on broccoli and lettuce. I have also taken 

 at Tenby during August four L. exigua at sugar. I believe both 

 species are a new record for Tenby. — J. A. Finzi ; 63, Hamilton 

 Terrace, N.W., August 22nd, 1906. 



Phibalapteryx polygrammata : a Correction. — Owing to the kind- 

 ness of Mr. E. R. Bankes, of Corfe Castle, I find that the P. poly- 

 grammata I reported {ante, p. 190) as taken at Strensall is only 

 P. lignata after all. The mistake arose through my having compared 

 the moth with the figure in Newman's ' British Moths.' I was not 

 aware that the figures on pages 174-175 should be transposed. — 

 (Captain) B. Tullooh; Broom Villa, Strensall, York, August 16th. 



Laphygma exigua in Surrey. — On August 27th, 1906, I boxed an 

 example of Laphygma exigua, which was at rest on a fence near an 

 electric lamp at Kingston Hill, Surrey. The specimen was eventually 

 found to be a female, and has deposited about a dozen ova. — Ernest 

 Warne ; The Mount, Liverpool Road, Kingston Hill, Surrey, August 

 28th 1906. 



[In addition to the above record Mr. Percy Richards reports three 

 specimens from Kingston Hill in August, and one from Oxshott, 

 August 23rd.— Ed.] 



Laphygma exigua in Kent. — I have to report the capture of a grand 

 male (in bred condition) of L. exigua here last night. I boxed it while 

 it was fluttering in the grass. Mr. V. E. Shaw was a witness of the 

 capture. — L. W. Newman ; Bexley, Kent, August 27th, 1906. 



