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and a hundred yards away another gas-lamp had on it a female, so I kept 

 the pair together for twenty-four hours. The female has now deposited her 

 eggs. It is curious that fuscantaria eggs are laid in one long row, whilst 

 those of autumnaria form a large blotch. I think the former must feed on 

 privet here, as there is little or no ash within a mile. 



Macroglossa stellatarum has been common here, and both Colias edusa 

 and C. hyale are now on the wing. Last Saturday I saw five " clouded 

 yellows " in a patch of lucerne close by, but, having a full series and a 

 due care for my neighbour's property, I did not catch one. I have seen 

 perhaps a score in all, so I am hopeful that next season we may have a 

 "clouded yellow" year. — T. P. Barrktt; 3, St. John's Villas, Margate, 

 Sept. 11th. N 



Colias hyale in Kent. — Three specimens of C. hyale are reported iu 

 ' The Field' of Sept. 9th, having been captured on Aug. 28th, in Kent; 

 one on the Island of Sheppey, by Mr. E. A. Cockayne, and two near South- 

 fleet, by Mr. H. Huggins, juu. 



Colias hyale in Norfolk. — Mr. 0. E. Harries also records in ' The 

 Field ' the capture of C. hyale near Hunstanton, on Aug. 29th. — F. W. F. 



Colias edusa in Devon and Cornwall. — Several captures of C. edusa 

 have been made during the past few weeks iu the south-western counties, 

 principally in those above mentioned. — F. W. F. ; Sept. 18th, 1899. 



Chrysophanus (Polyommatus) phloeas var. schmidtii. — On Aug. 

 23rd last my wife captured an example of the var. schmidtii at Barlaston 

 Downs, Staffordshire. It is a male with rather enlarged black markings, 

 and the basal half of the primaries are beautifully opalescent. I may add 

 that the capture of the specimen is rather remarkable, as the particular 

 object of my wife's visit to Barlaston that day was attained, she having 

 expressed a hope of taking a white var. of C.phlmas. — W. F. Frohawk; 

 Sept. 1st, 1899. 



Macroglossa stellatarum in London Suburbs. — A friend of mine 

 informed me that he had seen a specimen of this species in his garden at 

 Chelsea early this year, and another collector observed one hovering over 

 Phlox iu a garden at Heme Hill on Aug. 20th. — F. M. B. Carr ; 

 46, Hauden Road, Lee, S.E. 



Macroglossa stellatarum in evidence. — As M. stellatarum appears 

 to be here, there, and everywhere this season, perhaps an account of its 

 having been mobbed by sparrows may be of iuterest to readers of the 

 ' Entomologist.' My sister (writing from the Isle of Ely on Aug. 24th) 

 says: — "Our risible faculties have been greatly excited several days in 

 watching the movements of the humming-bird Sphinx, as it flitted from 

 flower to flower, with about a dozen old sparrows all the while giving it 

 chase, flying at it, surrounding it, and rushing after it in the most amusing 

 manner. Sometimes there are two or three of them together on the front 

 beds of geraniums, but the cheeky sparrows won't let them have any 

 peace." — Chas. Oldham; Woodford, Essex, Sept. 13th, 1899. 



Acherontia atropos in Suffolk and Somerset. — A full-fed larva of 

 A. atropos was found on Aug. 22nd, at Chilton, one of the parishes adjoining 

 this place. — Edward Ransom; Sudbury, Suffolk, Sept. 12th, 1899. 



A pupa of this fine moth was sent me from Suffolk at the end of July 



