212 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Angerona prunaria at Wandsworth. — A male specimen of the 

 tyyical form of A. prunaria was allured [whence?] by the attraction of 

 ehctric light, and was capiured, at East Hill, Waudsworth, ou July 17th 

 last. — H. Armstrong ; 5, Kerrison Road, S.W. 



Plusia moneta in Wiltshire. — Though rather late iu the day, it may 

 still be of interest to record that, while staving near Pewsey, in Wiltshire, 

 three years ago, I took a specimen of P. moneta ou the wing, not knowing 

 at the time what it was; it was flying among tne flower-beds in the garden, 

 about dusk. 1 had not the opportunity of identifying the insect until the 

 other day, when 1 had the privilege of looking through the wonderful col- 

 lection of Mr. S. J. Capper, of Liverpool, in which 1 saw a very fine series, 

 besides many other most interesting things. Mr. Capper tells me that at 

 the time I took it the moth was Car from common, but that it is appearing 

 more and more each year. I think, however, that it hns not before been 

 recorded from Wilts. — J. S. Puckkidge ; The Vicarage, Castlemartin, 

 Pembroke. 



f Plvsin moneta was brought forward as new to the British Fauna in 

 1690 (nde Etitom. xxiii. pp. 251, 2»7, pi. ui. tig. 6). — Ed.] 



Pi ubia monkta in West Sussex and in Kent — I found two larvae of 

 P. moneta in the garden here this year, and I al>o obtained two near 

 Westeiham, in Kent. All have pupated, and one imago has emerged. — 

 W. M. Christy; Watergate, June 21st, 1899. 



Plusia moneta in Middlesex. — On the night of July 15th I netted 

 a specimen of P moneta in our garden ; it was hovering over the flowers 

 of Silene inflata. — J. F. Bird; 162, Dalling Road, Hammersmith, 

 July 17ih, 1»99. 



Plusia moneta in Hertfordshire. — On the night of July 18th last, 

 I captured a splendid specimen of P. moneta in my light-trap. — Philip J. 

 Bakraud; Bushey Heath, Herts. 



The Yellow Form of ZyG/ENa trifolii. — I have only seen three or 

 four yellow specimens of Z. trifolti this season. — W. M. Christy; Water- 

 gate, Emsworth, Hants. 



Spring Moths and Larvae : Chester District. — Among the wide 

 grassv lanes branching off the high roads aud among the fields, and almost 

 choked in places by thick growths of bramble, dog-rose, aud sallow, a friend 

 and I began looking lor early moths on the night of March 30ih. Many 

 of these green lanes are last losing their character, if not their very 

 existence — the gipsies, under the paternal hand of the County Council, 

 now know them no more — and there is a clearance going on against 

 bramble, briar, and sallow, much to the disadvantage of local Lepidoptera. 

 Such, at any rate to a great extent, was the case of the particular lane we 

 visited ou the date mentioned. Still, there was a good deal of shrubbery 

 left, and we consequently found Anticlea badiata fairly plentiful. A. deri- 

 vata did not make its appearance till May 12th. This beautiful moth does 

 not seem to be anywhere common. It is scarce, at,any rate, in this 

 district, although its food-plant (dog-rose) flourishes everywhere, and forms 

 the pabulum for A. badiata as well. My friend Mr. Thompson, of 

 Chester, took one on the date mentioned ; another, June 5th ; and I scored 



