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CoLiAs EDUSA IN THE PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT.— Mr. Christv reports a 

 specimen of G. editsa seen near Portsmouth in July. 



COLTAS EDUSA AND SphINX LIGUSTRI IN PEMBROKESHIRE. C. edusa 



was fairly abundant at Tenby in the latter part of August and beginning 

 of September, chiefly on the sandhills (" The Burrows "), where on several 

 days I saw five or six on the wing. V. cardui was scarce. Sphinx ligustri 

 larvae unusually abundant in the town and neighbourhood. I found ten 

 in one garden, on lilac. — E. Meynell; Durham. 



PiERis DAPLiDiCE IN Kent. — A female specimen of Pieris dapUdice 

 was captured on Aug. 27th last, at Dover, and an example (sex not 

 mentioned) was seen at Heme Bay during the same month (Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 October, 1897). 



Ochsenheimeria VACOULELLA IN SouTH LoNDON. — Mr. Percy Richards 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. October, 1897) states that this species was common in 

 September in the neighbourhood of Brockley. 



CoLEOPTERA IN 1897. — The following are among my captures of this 

 order during the past year; where no locality is specially mentioned, 

 Worcestershire is intended : — Cicindela campestris, Sutton Park (N. War- 

 wickshire). C. hyhrida, one from Hoylake. Carabus violaceus, C. nemo- 

 Talis, the commonest of the larger Carabidse here. C. monilis, scarce this 

 year. Pterostichiis niger, Notiophilus biguttatus, Dytiscus marginalis, 

 Ocypus olens, Timarcha lavigata, common on mountain paths about Bar- 

 mouth. Dromius quadrimaculatus, Geotrupes stercoraHus, G. sylvaticus, 

 Helophorm rugosus, one only, at roots of poplar. Hister unicolor, H. 

 cadaverinus, Elater pectinicornis, Meligethes cEueus, Pyrochroa coccinea, 

 rather common. Tomicus {? sp.), very destructive to a couple of oaks in 

 Sutton Park. Anomala frischii, received irom Hoylake. Apoderus coryli, 

 one on hazel at Barmouth. Attelabus curculionoides, by sweeping flowers, 

 Sutton Park, Oliorrhynchus picipes, Chrysomela distinguenda, C polita, 

 Apteropeda graminis, Phyllotreta nemorwn, scarce. — A. D. Imms ; " Lint- 

 hurst," Oxford Road, Moseley, October, 1897. 



Autumn Collecting in Carlisle District. — Sugaring during this 

 last few weeks has shown a decided improvement here, compared with the 

 earlier part of the season. Anchocelis Litura, A. rujina, Cerastis vaccinii, 

 Miselia oxyacanthcB, and Hadena protea have been very common, while 

 Agrotis suffusa, Noctiia glareosa, N. castanea var. neglecta, Orthosia lota, 

 O. macilenta, Anchocelis lunosa (nevv to Carlisle list), Scopelosorna satellitia, 

 Agriopis aprilina, and Calocampa exoleta, have all occurred more or less 

 freely. P. gamma has fairly swarmed everywhere. I have also seen about 

 half a dozen Vanessa cardui ; this is a very scarce butterfly here now. 

 V. atalanta has been very common, both larva and imago ; last season I 

 only saw a single specimen. The larva of Smerinthus ocellatus has been 

 extremely common on dwarf sallows, as also has the larva of Dicranura 

 vimda. The " picture-makers " have played havoc with both. Phalera 

 bucephala has been in myriads. Larvae of Dicranura furcida, Notodonta 

 ziczac, and Gonoptera libatrix have also occurred. The larva of Bombyx 

 rubi, which last season was observed in unprecedented numbers, is 

 extremely scarce this season ; in fact, last year, I counted 175 in a few 

 square yards ; this year I only found twenty in a day's collecting. — J. E. 

 Thwaytes; 8, Clement Place, Boundary Road, Carlisle, Oct. 18th, 1897. 



