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to me. Mr. Hervey at once said that he thought it was 

 Glaea erythrocephala ; and on referring to Newman's 

 'British Moths' I think there is no doubt he was right. 

 On looking at my notes I found it was taken at sugar 

 in my garden on the 4lh of October. I have had a great 

 number of Noctuae at sugar in my garden this year. I place 

 it only on two apple-espaliers, and a board. Early in the 

 year Agrotis exclamationis, Noctua xanthographa, Triphana 

 pronuba, and Xylophasia polyodon, came literally by hun- 

 dreds ; and later in the season Polia flavocincta was nearly 

 as common. At this time Anchocelis pistacina is the common 

 frequenter of the trees. I have taken during the past three 

 months — AmphipyraTragopogonis (common), Catocala nupta, 

 Agrotis puta (a very dark series), Xylophasia lilhoxylea, 

 Xylina rhizolitha, Acronycta Psi, Miselia Oxyacanthae, Xylina 

 semibrunnea (three specimens), Agrotis saucia, and some 

 beautiful varieties of the very variable Anchocelis pistacina. A 

 fat larva of Triphaena pronuba visited one tree regularly every 

 night for a week, and enjoyed its luscious drop as much as 

 the perfect insect. I may add to the notes respecting Sphinx 

 Convolvuli that I have added one fine specimen to my 

 collection this year, caught in Wales; and that Mr. Dove, of 

 the County Asylum near, has caught two or three. I saw one 

 more, which was not taken. — H. W. Livett; Wells, Somerset, 

 October 11, 1875. 



Delopeia pulchella near Paignton. — Yesterday, September 

 24th, 1 had the pleasure of taking another specimen of 

 Deiopeia pulchella, a rather worn female, at Salterne Cove, 

 near Paignton. As I felt certain of capturing it, when I once 

 saw it, I watched its habits for ten minutes or so. The 

 afternoon was bright, and the insect was flying about, and 

 settling continually on the flowers of Eupatorium cannabi- 

 num, which grows in profusion at Salterne Cove. I kept the 

 insect alive to see if it would lay any eggs, but it has died in 

 the course of last night. Including the specimen I took on 

 the 25th September, 1874, this is the third Deiopeia ):)ulchella 

 I have taken within a circle of a hundred yards, and within 

 seven days of each other, — September 18th, 24th, 25lh. — 

 J. A. Lilly ; Collaton Parsonage, Paignton, South Devon, 

 September 25, 1875. 



Deiopeia pulchella at the Land's End. — On the 17th of 



