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Lepidoptera, and would doubtless be still better if there were more oaks in 

 the neighbourhood ; as it is, every wood is largely composed of beech. — 

 Ernest Peachell; High Wycombe, Bucks, Sept. 22nd, 1899. 



Arctia cata Caterpillar attacked by a Spider. — At Chichester, on 

 May 11th, I found a fairly large caterpillar of the above species under a 

 coping (where it had evidently gone to change its coat) having a regular 

 it and making sundry darts at it. I succeeded in extricating the caterpillar, 

 fight with a small spider, which was busily engaged winding its thread round 

 which had evidently not been entangled long enough to be hurt, as it after- 

 wards fed up and came out a perfect specimen. I communicate this, as I 

 do not know whether it is known that caterpillars of this size are attacked 

 by small spiders. — C. W. Colthrup ; 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E., 

 Oct. 10th, 1899. 



Smerinthds tilis Aberration. — A specimen of S. tilia, which I ob- 

 tained from the larva this spring, differs from others on account of the 

 absence of any markings on the fore wings, and it has only very slight 

 markings on the hind wings. I obtained the larva last autumn, crawling 

 down an elm tree at Hammersmith, and soou after I got it, it changed into 

 the pupa state, and the moth came out in May last. — A. T. Betteridge ; 

 London and County Bank, Watford, Sept. 21st, 1899. 



A Second Brood of Smerinthus populi. — A friend of mine, L. F. 

 Cathcart, had some ova of S. populi given him in May or thereabouts, and 

 was successful in rearing them to the pupa. In August he was surprised 

 to find that five had emerged. — Alan W. Cardinall; 18, Cromwell Road, 

 Hove, Brighton. 



Cucullia chamomiles at Chichester. — A number of larvae of C. 

 chamomilla were found feeding on Anthemis tinctorla in her garden at 

 Ryman's Tower, Apuldram, by my friend Mrs. Fogden, who gave them to 

 me. — Joseph Anderson. 



Triphsna subsequa at Malvern. — I have the pleasure of recording 

 the capture of T. subsequa by self and friends in this neighbourhood. I 

 have collected in this locality for many years, but have not previously met 

 with this species. Five examples were take at sugar. — W. Edwards ; Malvern. 



Chrvsophanus (Polyommatus) phlceas at Erith. — This pretty little 

 species has been unusually abundant about here this autumn, and during 

 the past month my sou has captured quite a number of varieties; in fact, I 

 have never obtained so many in any one season, not excepting the great 

 "copper" year of 1893. lhey embrace a gold-coloured female ; a grey 

 and straw coloured male, having one side paler than the other, all the wings 

 being very shining and somewhat iridescent ; several with portions of one 

 or more of the wings bleached ; some four or five with elongated wedge- 

 shaped spots, approaching streaks ; a few with the hind wiugs more or less 

 suffused with copper ; two or three coppery in place of blue spots ; and 

 seven or eight minus the red band on hind wiugs, but having from one to 

 five red pencil-like streaks in place thereof. One or two also are "odd- 

 sided," the spots or markings being quite different on either primary. I am 

 afraid this unsettled weather will put a stop to further collecting. Last 

 season T took perfectly fresh specimens of this species up to the 13th of 

 this month. — E. Sabine; Oct. 2nd, 1899. 



