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CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Pieris rap,e in January. — On March 7th I saw a specimen of P. rapce 

 sitting upon a wall drying its wings, and quite close to the chrysalis from 

 which it had just emerged. Is this not very early ? — Marjorie Mathew ; 

 Royal Naval School, Twickenham, March 15th, 1899.— [Mr. Kirkaldy, who 

 recorded the occurrence of a specimen of P. rapes on January 29th [ante, 

 p. 73), informs us that another example was taken in the same house some 

 time during the first week in March. — Ed.]. 



Lepidoptera Captured at Light in 1898. — In accordance with my 

 annual practice, I send a list of a few additional insects taken at light 

 during the past year, and not previously so recorded by me, viz. : — Sphinx 

 ligustri, Hylophila bicolorana (female), Hepialus sylvanus, Notodonta 

 channia (female), Xylophasia rurea, Dianthcecia carpophaga, Xylina orni- 

 thopus, Plusia pulchrina, Rivula sericealis, Zonosoma annulata, Cledeobia 

 angustalis, Scoparia resinea, Amblyptilia acanthodactylus, Tortrix cratce- 

 gana, T. xylosteana, T. heparana, T. ribeana, T. forsterana, Dichelia 

 grotiana, Pcedisca rufimitrana, Micropteryx subpurpurella, Depressaria 

 applana, Dasycera sulphurella, Endrosis fenestrella, Ornix betula, Litho- 

 colletis pomifoliella, L. cramerella. On the whole the season for light was 

 a very poor one, but the following were more plentiful than usual, viz. : — 

 Notodonta trepida, N. trimacula, N. dictaoides, Hypenodes albistrigalis, 

 Boarmia abietaria, Cidaria dotata. — G. F. Studd : Oxton, Exeter, 

 Feh. 25th, 1899. 



Ch(Erocampa celerio in 1898. — On January 3rd I was shown a fine 

 example of C. celerio, which was taken by a chemist at Southborough, 

 near Tunbridge Wells, in October. It flew in at his shop-door, doubtless 

 attracted by the light, and he immediately secured and chloroformed it. It 

 was shown to me on my return home, by the Rev. R. Bull, of St. Andrew's, 

 Southborough, to whom the chemist had given it, and whose collection it 

 now adorns. — H. W. Shepheard-Walwyn ; West Downs, Winchester. 



Macroglossa stellatarum in 1899. — I think the following rather a 

 curious appearance of the above-mentioned moth. On the 3rd of January 

 last I was at the Hereford Hunt Ball, and during supper I noticed a 

 specimen of M. stellatarum sitting upon the collar of a gentleman at the 

 same table. I called my partner's attention to it, and he obtained an 

 empty match-box from a waiter and secured it. This testifies to the extra- 

 ordinary mildness of the winter in this neighbourhood up to Jan. 3rd. — 

 E. Bertha Vaughan ; The Skreen, Erwood, R.S.O., Radnorshire, South 

 Wales. 



A medium-sized specimen of M. stellatarum was taken here on Feb. 

 18th by the Rev. A. B. Sole. The insect was hovering over the blossoms 

 of yellow jasmine, and appeared to be a freshly-emerged example. — H, W. 

 Shepheard-Walwyn ; West Downs, Winchester. 



Notes from North Wales : on the Season 1898. — I found 

 Lepidoptera much scarcer in North Wales during last year than has been 

 the case in either of the three preceding seasons. Not until September 

 could insects be said to be at all abundant. The early moths were con- 



