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Vanessa c-album, one taken at sugar in the daytime, on Sept. 17th. The 

 whole of these were caught within fifty yards of my residence, and each 

 species in a very limited area; for instance, the first nine specimens of 

 S. convolvuli were captured in a space not exceeding a cubic yard, aud 

 H. hispidus occurred most plentifully in a portion of a bank measuring 

 about twenty yards by two. — J. T. Hyde ; The Grove, Portland. 



Colias edusa in Sussex. — On Tuesday, the 1st inst, a bright sunny 

 day, I saw flying over a bank on the Sea Road, Bexhill, a specimen of the 

 above species. It did not look at all battered, and it settled on the bank, 

 where I had a good view of it. — Gwendaline Mathew ; Bexhill-on-Sea, 

 Nov. 12th, 1898. 



Xanthia gilvago, &c, in London District. — I took three specimens 

 of X. gilvago ou the incandescent lamps at Roehampton in September. 

 Two were in excellent conditiou, but the third was rather worn. Amongst 

 the other things taken ou the lamps was a moth very like X. gilvago, and 

 which from Mr. Tutt's description must be X. ocellarls. — G. K. Gregson ; 

 Ardkeen Lodge, Putney, Nov. 12th, 1898. 



Phlogophora meticdlosa in November. — Mr. E. Hill, of Kingston- 

 on-Thames, and Mr. F. M. B. Carr, of Lee, each note the occurrence of a 

 specimen of P. meticulosa about the middle of November last, and the latter 

 asks, "Is not this rather a late date for this species?" It is perhaps un- 

 usually but not exceptionally late, as a specimen was taken at Putney on 

 December 26th, 1895 (Entom. xix. 65); and Mr. Armstrong tells me that 

 he saw one on the last day of the year 1872, at Sandown Park. — Richard 

 South, 100, Ritherdon Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



Uroptertx sambucaria in November. — Is it not very unusual for 

 U. sambucaria to appear in the perfect state in November ? I bred some 

 of the larvae of this species (this summer) from eggs laid on the crack 

 willow. Instead of hybernating as usual, two of the larvae became pupae in 

 October, and from one of these an imago emerged on Nov. 8th. — Albert 

 May ; Chandos, Hayling Island, Hants, Nov. 18th, 1898. 



[In 1896 a specimen of U. sambucaria was taken at light on Oct. 2nd, 

 and another example was captured in a garden on the 8th of the same 

 month (vide Entom. xxix. 334 aud 371). — Ed.] 



Aplecta prasina in November. — On November 2nd an imago of 

 A. prasina, F. (herbida, Hb.), emerged in one of my breeding-cages. 

 This was the more striking as in neighbouring cages I have a large 

 brood of larvae of the same species reared from eggs laid in June, 

 which are now half-grown and commencing to hybernate. The larva 

 which has just resulted in an imago was found in the same locality as 

 the moth which produced the eggs, but a couple of months later. — 

 (Rev.) W. G. Whittingham ; South Wigston Vicarage, Leicester. 



Aberration of Epinephele tithonus. — I wish to record the capture, 

 in August, ou Portsdown Hill, South Hants, of a specimen ot E. tithonus 

 in which the usual red-brown ground colour of the wings is replaced by 

 pale yellow. I ought to say, perhaps, that this is not a faded or damaged 

 •'ordinary " specimen ; the outlines of the markings are particularly sharp 

 and well-defined and the colouring quite decided, the latter giving the insect 

 a rather striking appearance when on the wing. I should like to know if 



