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stone, Surrey, by my nephew. The insect was forwarded to me by post, 

 alive. — E. H. Taylor ; 5, Elsenham Gardens, Southfields, S.W. Be- 

 tween Sept. 14th and 17th I had four specimens of S. convolvuli brought 

 me by boys, all of them having been found in one portion of the parish. — 

 (Rev.) J. E. Tarbat; Holmlea, Weybridge. 



Worcestershire. — Two specimens of S. convolvuli have occurred at 

 Malvern ; one was unfortunately caught by a cat and, as a matter of course, 

 came to grief. The second was taken in a greenhouse, in fair condition. I 

 have also heard of others having been seen flying over Nicotiana affinis. — 

 W. Edwards. 



Nonagria CANNiE. — Mr. E. A. Bowles and myself obtained a grand 

 lot of pupae of N. cannce at Horning in July last. — M. M. Edelsten ; 

 The Elms, Forty Hill, Enfield, N. 



Vanessa antiopa at Christchurch. — A very fine specimen of this 

 insect was taken by Mr. T. Tapsell, of Christchurch, within a few miles of 

 the town, in the second week in August. It was disturbed in a small plan- 

 tation of oak, birch, and willow. — A. Druitt ; Christchurch, Hants, 

 Oct. 1st, 1898. 



Captures in the Tunbridge Wells District. — I have been fortunate 

 in capturing several scarce insects this season, and from among them I 

 should like to mention a few I have taken for the first time in this district, 

 Two of them I think are of great interest, Agrotis cinerea and Spilodes 

 palealis, as I never heard of either of these species being taken except on 

 the chalk, and generally near the coast. One specimen of Ennomos fus- 

 cantaria is of a much lighter shade, less of the fuscous colour than some I 

 have from York. Also Apamea ophiogramma : I believe I have taken this 

 species here before, but am not quite certain, as the few previous specimens 

 have always been too much worn to properly identify them ; the present 

 example is darker than some I have from Cambridge; it is also suffused 

 with a very rosy tint, which gives it a pretty effect. I should also note that 

 the A. cinerea is light brown in colour, instead of the more usual slaty grey 

 tint. — M. M. Phipps ; Woodside View, Victoria Road, Southborough, Kent. 



Grasshoppers at Sugar. — Mr. W. J. Cross, of Ely, sent me a pair 

 of Meconema varium, and a female Thamnotrizon cinereus, which he took off 

 his sugar, in the New Forest, on Sept. 16th. The former insect I have 

 on two occasions found on sugar (vide Entom. xxx. pp. 28 and 76), but had 

 not previously heard of the latter visiting it. — W. J. Lucas ; Kingston-on- 

 Thames. 



Heliothis peltigera and Xanthia gilvago. — A very good specimen 

 of H. peltigera was taken in a clover-field at Aberporth, Cardigan, on 

 Aug. loth ; and a fine specimen of X. gilvago was taken at light here about 

 the middle of September, both of this year. — J. B. Morris; Maldon 

 House, Maldon Road, Wallington, Surrey, Oct. 16th, 1898. 



Dasychira (Orgyia) pddibunda in October. — This morning, Oct. 

 19th, a fine female of 0. pudibunda emerged from a pupa in my breeding- 

 cage. This cage was in a cool room, and consequently the pupa could not 

 have been " forced." — E. T. B. Reece ; Cardiff. 



Stauropus fagi at Epping. — On Sept. 20th, while beating in company 

 with Mr. Garland, I took a nearly full-grown larva of S.fagi. — Alfred 

 Alder; Albert Road, Ley ton, Oct. 16th, 1898. 



