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A Gynandromorphous Platisamia cecropia. — Mr. Carl Frings 

 (' Societas Entomologica,' xii. 1) records the capture of a gynandrous 

 .specimen of P. cecropia in the spring of 1896. The insect is completely 

 divided by a line passing down the centre of the body into male and 

 female, but it is interesting to note that the genitalia are typically 

 male.— (W. M.) 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Plusia moneta. — Mr. Charles E. Morris, of Vernou Lodge, Preston, 

 near Brighton, informs me, in a letter dated the 12th inst., that he and 

 Mr. Tucker captured eleven specimens of Plusia moneta ou Delphinium in 

 their garden at Preston in July last. He adds that they also found two 

 pupae of the species. — H. Goss ; The Avenue, Surbiton Hill, December 

 16th, 1897. 



NoCTUA DAHLII AND TRIPH.ENA ORBONA = SUBSFQUA IN SOUTH 



Oxfordshire. — Though belated, it may be interesting to record the 

 cipture of Noctua dahlii on August 1st, 1896 ; and one specimen of 

 Triphama orbona = subsequa on July 3Uth, and another by Mr. Hamm on 

 August 2nd, 1890. These species have not hitherto, I believe, been re- 

 corded from the Reading district. — J. Clarke ; Reading, Dec. 13th, 1897. 



Heliothis armigera in 1897. — On 21st October last I captured a 

 specimen of this moth at ivy bloom in this neighbourhood. — A. Druitt ; 

 Christchurch. 



Notes from North Wales, 1897. — In January Phigalia pedaria and 

 Hybemia rupicapraria were abundant at light. A month later H. margin- 

 aria occurred freely; but Anisopteryx ascnlaria and H. leucophaaria were 

 each represented by a single specimen. The latter seems to be scarce 

 in our neighbourhood. In March Taniocampa stabilis,T.incerta, T.gothica, 

 and T. pulverulenta were common at sallows; while T. munda occurred in 

 abundant variety. I noticed that it was the first of its genus to appear 

 commonly. Of Xylocampa areola I boxed a good series off palings. 

 Butterflies were later here than in 1896. The first specimens I saw of 

 Euchloe cardantines (May 9th) were very small males, averaging about 

 lg in. in expanse. The ova and larvse of this insect were to be found very 

 freely during June and July on Cardamine pratensis and Alliaria officinalis. 

 Two specimens of Gonepteryx rhamni were seen on June 5th; the first 1 

 have noticed in this district. Argynnis euphrosyne is one of our commonest 

 butterflies ; it is found nearly everywhere in the valleys or low wooded 

 hills of the county. For Melitaa arteritis I have discovered two localities, 

 where it occurs very sparingly, and of the ordinary type. The common 

 Pierids were much scarcer than usual. Argynnis aglaia is another 

 generally distributed butterfly here, but I have not found it abundant at 

 any time. Satyrus egeria I have never seen here ; S. megara is very scarce. 

 Of the blues 1 have taken only Lycmia icarus (common) and L. argiohts, 

 which I have found in several directions. Vanessa c-album I saw but once, 

 May 9th; V. io was considerably in evidence during May and June. 



Turning to the Heterocera again, in May I got a pair of Smerinthus 

 ocellatus in my garden. Later in the month I took seven specimens of 



