NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 99 



Hydrilla palustris. — In 1864 I had the pleasure of 

 exhibiting to the Entomological Society a specimen of 

 Hydrilla palustris, captured in 1862 by Mr. Scholfield, in 

 Quy Fen, Cambridgeshire. (See Proc. Ent. Soc, 1864, p. 20; 

 and Ent, Mo. Mag. vi. 218.) In the Supplement to Henry 

 Doubleday's ' Synonomic List of British Lepidoptera,' pub- 

 lished in 1865, the name was removed from the "Reputed 

 British Species," and took its place in the List. In 1869 Mr. 

 Barrett captured a male specimen near Norwich. (See Entom. 

 iii. 252; Ent. Ann., 1870, p. 124.) On recently perusing a 

 number of letters, written b}' the late Henry Doubleday, I 

 found the following, dated Epping, 7th August, 1870: — 

 "English's boy brought me a few Lepidoptera, which he 

 took near Cambridge, and among them is a fine male Hydrilla 

 palustris, a species of which I did not before possess a 

 British specimen." I cannot find that this capture was ever 

 published. The specimen may be seen in the Doubleday 

 Collection at the Bethnal Green Museum. — J. W. Dunning; 

 24, Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, February 27, 1877. 



Hadena satura. — A single specimen, in my collection, 

 was taken by Mr. John Hancock, while it was at rest on the 

 fencing of Brandling Place, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the month 

 of April, 1845. August is stated to be the usual time of 

 appearance of this moth. This exceptional instance has, I 

 believe, never been recorded. — V. R. Perkins; Wootton- 

 under-Edge, January, 1877. 



Heliothis scutosa. — In the valuable list of scarce insects, 

 contained in the last two numbers of the ' Entomologist,' the 

 capture of Heliothis scutosa is noticed, and the question is 

 asked whether anyone has confirmed the correctness of my 

 identification. It may be of interest to know that a second 

 specimen of H. scutosa was captured in the same Norfolk 

 locality last year. This insect I have presented to Mr. C. G. 

 Barrett (who confirms my nomenclature), as a mark of my 

 gratitude to him for the most useful information I have 

 derived from his " Norfolk Lepidoptera," whilst collecting in 

 that county. — W. H. Thornthwaite ; 416, Strand, W.C., 

 February 19, 1877. 



T^niocampa Instabilis. — What will the readers of the 

 'Entomologist' think when I state that 1 have visited the 

 Sallows every spring for the past thirteen years, and during 



