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incandescent gas-light. The following night another came to the window, 

 which happened to be shut, and before I could open it the insect flew off; 

 but I had a good view of it before it went. I am not aware that this moth 

 has been taken in this district previously. My friend Mr. Laurence 

 Miles, of Ealing, had one brought to him by a policeman, who took it off 

 one of the electric (arc) lamps there. Not knowing that the insect was a 

 rare one, he took no note of the date. — Arthur Cottam ; Eldercroft, 

 Watford, Aug. 7th, 1899. 



Plusia moneta in Surrey. — P. vioneta seems to have established itself 

 satisfactorily in this neighbourhood. In the early nineties a fair numher 

 were taken at sugar by an entomologist who mistook them at the time for 

 P.festuccB, and only identified them as P. moneta last year. In May this 

 year I was fortunate enough to secure four larvae on the solitary plant of 

 Aconitum which my garden possesses. These hatched out successfully in 

 July, and a few days afterwards a fifth insect was taken at a lamp indoors. 

 — G. Ogle ; St. John's, Woking. 



Plusia moneta at Cambridge. — I obtained a fair example of P. moneta 

 in the New Court of St. John's College, Cambridge, on July 17th last. The 

 specimen had been caught in a web, but fortunately was still iu almost perfect 

 condition. — A. R. Kidner ; 139, Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, S.E. 



Plusia moneta in Wiltshire. — In the August number of the ' Ento- 

 mologist ' this species is reported from North Wilts. Two years ago, on 

 July 7th, 1897, a fine specimen of this moth was taken in our garden here, 

 by my mother. We were not sure of the insect at first, but have now 

 clearly identified it as P. moneta. I have not seen any other records from 

 Wiltshire. — Cecil M. Gummerj 2, Swayne's Close, Salisbury. 



Note on Mecostethus grossus. — With reference to Mr. Lucas's 

 paper (ante, p. 179), Mecostethus grossus is at the present date (July 31st) 

 fairly abundant in the New Forest bogs. — Herbert Ashby ; Piuehurst, 

 Basset, Southampton. 



Zygjsna FiLiPENDULiE var. chrysanthemi. — An example of chrysan- 

 themi, the variety of Z. Jilipendidce in which the crimson colour of spots 

 and hind wings is replaced by fuliginous or brownish black, was captured on 

 the hills at Fairlight, near Hastings, by Mr. S. Peters, on July 9th, 1898. 

 — H. W. Peters ; 32, Peveusey Road, Eastbourne. 



Collecting in Gloucestershire. — I spent part of last month, from 

 the 3rd to the 22ud inclusive, iu the secluded village of Utey, on the Cots- 

 wolds, where I had the assistance and frequent company of a resident ento- 

 mologist, Mr. R. W. P. Fitzgerald. Sugaring was fairly good, though no 

 great rarities occurred, the best " take " being several lovely specimens of 

 Acronycta ligustri. — (Rev.) Chas. F. Thornewill ; Calverhall Vicarage, 

 Whitchurch, Salop, Aug. 4th, 1899. 



Sesia ichneumoniformis in Gloucestershire. — On July last 21st I 

 captured a specimen of S. ichneumoniformis in an old quarry at the north 

 end of the "Bury Hill." — (Rev.) Chas. F. Thornewill; Calverhall 

 Vicarage, Whitchurch, Salop. 



Hypsipetes sordidata (= elutata). — Some of the specimens referred 

 to by Mr. Arkle as H. elutata (ante, p. 219) have been sent to us for 

 examination, and we have no hesitation in saying that they are examples 

 of H- impluviata. 



