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SO closely resembled the petals of the flower as almost to escape 

 detection. — Joseph Anderson ; Chichester. 



Late Occurrence of Spilosoma mendica. — Last night Mr. H. J. 

 Baker, a brother entomologist and colleague of mine, captured a 

 specimen of this moth, in beautiful condition, on the window of his 

 room, which had evidently been attracted by the light. I think this 

 is rather an exceptional occurrence, is it not ? It must, of course, be 

 due to the very warm autumn we have had. — W. A. Bogue ; Wood- 

 spring, London Road, Salisbury, November 4th, 1906. 



LiTHosiA cANioLA AT BOURNEMOUTH. — On August 22nd I took at 

 light a freshly- emerged specimen of L. caniola of yellowish colour. 

 The local collectors do not seem familiar with it so far east. — (Rev.) 

 Archibald Day ; Malvern Link. 



Laphygma exigua IN Surrey. — I have been fortunate in rearing 

 two examples of this rare British NoctuirTe from ova obtained from a 

 female captured on August 27th last {ante, p. 212). The larvae fed up 

 very rapidly on dock and plantain, and pupated on September 24th 

 and 27th, forming a slight earthen cocoon, attached to the side of the 

 breeding-cage, about half an inch below the surface of the soil. The 

 pupfe were kept in a warm room, and the imagines emerged on 

 October 26th and 27th. — Ernest Warne ; "Mount," Liverpool Road, 

 Kingston Hill, November 3rd, 1906. 



Laphygma exigua in Wiltshire. — I was fortunate enough to 

 capture a very good specimen of Laphyr/ma exigua on the inside of 

 a street gas-lamp on the night of October 21st last. — W. A. Bogue ; 

 Salisbury. 



Heliothis pkltigera in South Devon. — Whilst at Sidmouth, South 

 Devon, in August last, I took about thirty larv« of H. pelticiera feeding 

 on Ononis. From these I obtained eighteen pupae, four of which dried 

 up at once. I placed the remaining fourteen pup© in a flower-pot on 

 the kitchen mantel- shelf. Imagines emerged at dates varying from 

 September 18th to October 10th, a dozen fine specimens and two 

 cripples. — B. H. Crabtree ; Cringle Lodge, Levenshulme, Manchester, 

 October 25th, 1906. 



Heliothis peltigera in Dorsetshire. — On August 10th last I took 

 a fresh example of this species, on heather bloom, near Wimborne. — 

 Gervase F. Mathew; Dovercourt, November 7th, 1906. 



Leucania vitellina in West Cornwall. — When forwarding my 

 list of captures, dated 23rd inst., I had a moth which I could not 

 identify. It has since been authenticated as L. vitellina, and is a 

 grand specimen in perfect condition, undoubtedly freshly emerged from 

 the pupa. I took it last month on the coast at sugar about 8.30 p.m. 

 Is not this a record for the county ? — W. A. Rollason ; Lamorna, 

 Truro, Cornwall, October 27th, 1906. 



Pieris daplidice in Devon and Cornwall. — This year, on August 

 10th, in Newton Abbott, South Devon, I captured Pieris dajjlidice, and 

 also a very battered specimen at the Lizard on September 13th. — 



