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is the first recorded British capture. It was taken in a strong 

 south-west wind, off an ehn-tree, about eight o'clock. It is 

 now in the possession of Mr. Meek, of Brompton Road. — 

 A. Vine; Temple Street, Brighion, October 15, 1875. 



[Mr. Meek writes as follows: — "When at Brighton last 

 Saturday I bouglit what 1 supposed to be a var. of Catocala 

 nupta; but, upon comparison with a European collection, I 

 find it is Catocala electa. What a grand addition to our list ! 

 I may add that Mr. Viue is a gentleman in whose statement I 

 have the fullest confidence. The moth was also seen, when 

 scarcely dead, by Mr. Trangmar, Mr. McArthur, and others, 

 who all thought it an extraordinary «;ar. of Catocala nupta. — 

 E. G. Meek ; 56, Brompton Road, S. W., October 14, 1875."] 



Acentropus Qiiveus at Sheerness. — In the middle of August 

 last I found this insect in great abundance at a locality where 

 it was scarce in 1874. There were hundreds of dead speci- 

 mens floating on the water, accompanied by many apparently 

 half-dead. Living examples clung to the reeds, or to any 

 weeds which raised them so much as a head out of the 

 water; and at dusk they were to be seen flying in all 

 directions close to the vvater. The easiest mode of capture 

 was to turn over some stones which lay at the water's edge, 

 when as many as a dozen or twenty might be seen on a 

 single stone. With one exception, the specimens that I set 

 are of uniform size. The ordinary size is less than half an 

 inch, but one female specimen measures nearly an inch. I 

 searched carefully for more large examples, without success. 

 — J. Plait Barrett ; 34, Radnor Street, Peckham, October 

 12, 1875. 



Vanessa Antiopa near Norwich. — On the 9th of August a 

 fine specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was taken by a gardener in 

 a greenhouse at Thorpe, Norwich. — J. Parker; G, Surrey 

 Terrace, Norwich, October 25, 1875. 



Astynomus cedilis at Cardiff. — On the 29th of November 

 last I had the good fortune to take a fine male specimen of 

 Astynomus aedilis upon a lady's dress in a tram-car. The 

 antennae are very fine. Is this a common beetle ? — T. L. 

 Howe ; Cardiff, October, 1875. 



[It is common in Scotland, not in Wales. — E. Newman.'] 



Correction of an Error. — I wish to correct an error made 

 by me in advertising my capture of Hadena peregrina (Entom. 



