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Collecting in the Maidstone District. — I spent from the second 

 week in August to the last week in September at my home near Maidstone, 

 but did not give very much time to collecting. Macroglossa stellatarum 

 was very common indeed. A bed of verbenas in our garden seemed a 

 special attraction for them ; there were often as many as six or seven 

 hovering over the blossoms at the same time. Among other species that I 

 took were Crocallis elinguaria, Plusia iota, Gonoptera libatrix, Mania 

 maura, and Catocala nupta. The larvae of Chcerocawpa elpenor were fairly 

 abundant along the banks of streams and ditches. The larvae of Sphinx 

 ligustri were conspicuous on the privet hedges, but not in such abundance 

 as last autumn. At the entrance of one of the hop-gardens I came across 

 a half-grown larva of Cossus lignipetnia burrowing its way into the earth, 

 and a few yards away on one of the hop-poles was a freshly emerged 

 Triphana fimbria. On Sept. 25th I had brought me a fair specimen of 

 Acherontia atropos, which was found in one of the potato fields. — W. 

 Gandy ; Beech View, Reigate, Surrey, Oct. 12th, 1899. 



Collecting in Norfolk. — Not having noticed lately in your journal 

 any account of captures in Norfolk, I thought a list of a few insects 

 obtained near Norwich during August and September might be acceptable. 

 The following were taken at sugar : — Catocala nupta (abundant and fine), 

 Agrotis suffusa (common), and A. saucia (one specimen), Noctua c-nigrum 

 and N. xanthographa (both species abundant and varied), Triphcena pronuba 

 (abundant), Amphipyra pyramided, Xylophasia polyodon, Hadena adusta, 

 Dianthcecia cucubali (one specimen taken in the middle of August, surely 

 rather late), and Phlogophora meticulosa (very abundant all through Sep- 

 tember, and practically the only insect seen at sugar during that mouth). 

 Macroglossa stellatarum was very common on geranium beds, also Vanessa 

 atalanta, which I frequently saw on the tree-trunks which I had sugared. 

 The following larvae were also taken : — Cerura vinula, Acronycta aceris, 

 Sphinx ligustri, Smerinthus ocellatus, S. populi, S. tilia, Arctia caia, A. 

 lubricipeda, Pygara bucephala, Acronycta tridens aud A. psi. — W. T. 

 Harris; 17, Micheldever Road, Lee, S.E. 



Lepidoptera in Moray. — The past season has been highly favourable 

 to these insects. Two species, ordinarily of occasional occurrence in Moray, 

 have been unusually abundant — Pyrameis atalanta and Lycana phlceas. 

 Several larvae of Manduca (Acherontia) atropos have been found, and 

 imagines of Phlegethontius (Sphinx) convolvuli, and Macroglossa stellatarum 

 have been captured. — Henry H. Brown; Rosefield, Elgin. 



Aporia crat^egi. — I have again the pleasure to record the capture of 

 this insect, although I took but eight specimens. Several other collectors 

 have taken them, but not in any numbers, and they certainly seem to be 

 getting scarcer year by year. The first time I took A. cratcegi was in 

 1896, so they appear to be holding their own ; but this, coupled with the 

 sheltered position of the locality, may be on accouut of the exceptionally 

 mild winters which we have experienced of late. Anyhow, the species 

 should hold out for some years yet, as it certainly has not been over- 

 collected — at least, not by me. — H. Douglas Stockwell; 2, Albert Road, 

 Dover, Oct. 19th, 1899. 



Colias edusa in Sussex. — I captured a female specimen of C. edusa 

 on the 19th inst., at Slindon, near Arundel, Sussex, the only one I have 



