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ring, in the centre of which was a small blotch of the same tint. There 

 was also a pale brown circular spot on one side of each egg. The eggs 

 were rather flattish and oval. Hatching began on Aug. 10th, and all the 

 larva? died by the 18th. I do not think they ate anything of the sallow or 

 poplar given to them. Here is a description taken with the aid of a strong 

 lens: — About half an inch long. Head large, shining and black. The 

 general aspect of the caterpillar is black, and rather thinly covered with 

 greyish hairs. Each segment, dorsally, is bluish, except 3 and 4. Legs 

 black ; claspers greyish. On segment 2, on each side, is a rounded black 

 tubercle, each tubercle emitting a tuft of black, longer hairs pointing 

 forwards. Each segment is slightly raised dorsally ; the 12th more so, in 

 fact, it has a black hump. On segments 3 aud 4, which are velvety black, 

 is a large oval pale yellow spot, covering almost all the dorsal area of the 

 two segments. Along the remaining nine segments, dorsally, stretches a 

 line of prominent orange heart-shaped spots, each containing a small black 

 dot. The spaces between these orange spots are whitish yellow. There is 

 a less distinct paler orange line on each side, just above the legs and 

 claspers, containing the black spiracles. I shall be pleased if someone will 

 say what these caterpillars probably were. Personally, I think they might 

 be Dasychira fascelina or Orgyia gonostigma. In North Wales, among 

 the flowers and grasses of the carboniferous limestone, I netted, July 31st, 

 some L. astrarche (agestis) with black discoidal spots on all the wings, each 

 spot being surrounded by a white circumscription. The spots and white 

 circumscriptions are most prominent on the upper wings. All the wings 

 are well margined with large bright red spots, forming almost continuous 

 bands. In the Delamere Forest district I was very pleased, on July 21st, 

 to meet with two colonies of L. agon. — J. Arkle ; Chester. 



Plusia moneta at Chichester. — A specimen of P. moneta was taken 

 here by a lad, from a street gas-lamp, one evening in June last. — Joseph 

 Anderson ; Chichester. 



Sphinges at Ringwood. — I saw a specimen of Acherontia atropos that 

 had been bred here ; Sphinx convolvuli, three examples only were seen ; 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, extremely abundaut; larvae of S. ligustri, scarce; 

 a few larvae of Smerinthus ocellatus, S. populi and S. tilice also, and two 

 Chcerocampa elpenor were taken. All the above species occur here in more 

 or less abundauce every season. — J. Hy. Fowler ; Ringwood. 



Note on Ligdia adustata. — I was rather surprised on opening one of 

 my boxes to-day (Nov. 0th) to find that a fine specimen of the above had 

 emerged. The box is kept in a cold room facing north, which is not 

 artificially heated. 1 took larvae in the middle of July, at Bexley and in 

 August at Polegate and Hailsham, this year. I append a few dates of the 

 capture of this species by me, which may perhaps be of interest : — 1896, 

 April 9th, 10th and 12th, Dartford Heath. 'l897, June 5th to 7th, 

 Wrotham, abundant. 1898, May 30th, Chelsfield ; June 5th, Bexley; 

 July 2nd, West Wickham. 1899, May 21st, Ranmore, Surrey ; July 9th, 

 Raumore, Surrey; July 16th, Bexley (and larvae); Aug. 7th, Polegate (aud 

 larvae); Aug. 10th, Hailsham (at treacle); Nov. 6th (bred). So that I 

 have taken the moth in April, May, June, July, and August, and bred it 

 in November.— F. M. B. Carr ; 46, Handen Road, Lee, S.E. 



Acherontia atropos in Kent. — Seeing that there are several notes on 

 A. atropos in this month's ' Entomologist,' I thought that perhaps the 



