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mentioned Surrey as a county in which it has been taken, so I thought 

 you would be interested to know that one has been captured in that 

 county this year. My mother, Mrs. II. A. Perkins, of Old Bank House, 

 East Grinstead, who is an enthusiastic entomologist, while in Dor- 

 mans Park, on tiie borders of Surrey near East Grinstead, caught a 

 splendid specimen of a male of this species on September 11th, 190G. 

 Personally I consider this a good catch, as for over twelve years I have 

 collected, and in that time not once have I seen it on the wing south 

 of London. — Alec W. Perkins; 17, Lime Hill Eoad, Tunbridge 

 Wells, September 13th, 1906. 



CucuLLiA GNAPHALii AT LiGHT. — On Juue 27tli last I took a fine 

 specimen of C. tjnaphalii, Hb., at the electric light over my porch. I 

 should be glad to know of any recent records of this moth. — John 

 Comber; High Steep, Jarvis Brook, Sussex, September 14th, 1906. 



LiMENiTis SIBYLLA IN EppiNG FoREST. — Oil July 22nd last we saw 

 resting on a bush, but failed to take, the only L. sibylla ever noticed 

 by us in Epping Forest. — F. W. and H. Campion ; 33, Maude Terrace, 

 Walthamstow, September 10th, 1906. 



DiANTHCECIA IRREGULARIS, Hufn., = ECmi, Bork., IN NoRTH LIN- 

 COLNSHIRE. — Mr. A. Eeynolds, of Owston Ferry, has recently presented 

 to the Lincoln Museum a bred specimen of this local insect. He 

 states that he took the larva about ten years ago on viper's bugloss 

 {Echium vuhjare) in the neighbourhood of East Ferry. — G. W. Mason; 

 Barton-on-Humber. 



Chrysophanus phl^as, var. — On the 8tli inst. I caught a remark- 

 ably beautiful variety of this species, combining both the eleus and 

 schmidtii forms. The spots are greatly enlarged and much clouded, 

 whilst the ground colour is a lovely creamy silver. — Martin J. 

 Harding ; Church Stretton, Salop, September 19th, 1906. 



SiREX juvENcus IN Nairnshire. — A Specimen of this hymenopteron 

 was captured on grass at Nairn, on September 15th last, by Mrs. 

 Grant, Drumnadrochit, and sent to me. I find that the last previous 

 capture in the north was at Hopeman, on September 18th, 1899. — 

 Henry H. Brown ; Cupar-Fife. 



NocTu^ AT Sugar in Daylight. — During a visit to the New Forest 

 in the early part of July, I one afternoon happened to be passing some 

 trees which had been sugared the previous evening, and on one of the 

 patches was surprised to see a specimen of Noctua brunnea. On looking 

 at my watch, I found it was exactly four o'clock ; the sun was shining 

 brilliantly, and there was a cloudless sky. One is familiar with the 

 visits of Catocala sponsa and C. promissa to sugar while it is yet day- 

 light ; but I have never come across before a case of such an early 

 appearance as that mentioned above. — (Rev.) J. E. Tarbat; Fare- 

 ham, Hants. 



Laphygma exioua and Agrotis agathina in Dorsetshire. — I have 

 pleasure in stating that on the 14th inst. I secured, at Branksome 

 (Dorset), two male specimens of LapJu/gma exigua at light. I also took 



