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to be seen at Marsh Bay, Margate, where the specimens 

 were flying in hundreds. It was a lovely sight to see these 

 handsome creatines settled on the flowers, and swaying to 

 and fro in the wind, the rich gold colour of the under side 

 contrasting beautifully with the purple flowers of the lucerne. 

 My specimens vary very much in size, the largest being two 

 inches and three lines in expanse, and the smallest only one 

 inch and five lines. A few specimens are richly shot with 

 the colour of C Edusa, and one, captured by my wife, is of 

 the pale greenish hue peculiar to the female, but at the base 

 and along the costa is bright yellow, forming a very peculiar- 

 looking variety. The ordinary type of Hyale was abundant 

 all over the Isle of Thanet. Wherever a little patch of 

 lucerne was to be seen, Hyale was sure to be there, even 

 close to the houses. Its head-quarters, however, were de- 

 cidedly at Marsh Bay, which lies between Birchington and 

 Margate, being about a mile and a half west of Margate. 

 Three of our number were unfortunately invalids ; conse- 

 quently, only having one good hand, we were unsuccessful in 

 capturing more than about eight hundred specimens ! It 

 would have been easy to take it by thousands. We did not 

 discover this locality till it was a little too late ; consequently 

 many of our specimens are worn. — H. Rammy Cox ; West 

 Duhvlch, S.E. 



Unusual time for the appearance of Stauropus Fagi. — 

 At the first quarterly meeting of the West London Entomo- 

 logical Society, held on the 4th of November last, Mr. Dow 

 exhibited a specimen of Stauropus Fagi, which he had from 

 the chrysalis the week previous. Believing this to be a case 

 of unusual occurrence, 1 thought it worthy of being recorded. 

 — E. W. Timms, Secretary of the West London Enionwlo- 

 (jicdl Society ; Harrow Road. 



Heliothis peltiyer at Plymouth. — 1 took a fine specimeu 

 of H. peltiger on the 2(jth of September last ; it was in the 

 company of P. Gamma, feasting on the flowers of Mentha 

 sylvestris. — G. C. Bignell. 



Pupa of Trachea piniperda. — Touching the pupa of 

 Trachea piniperda, described at p. 355 of 'British Moths,' 

 I had always thought the larvae made up in the crevices of 

 the bark of pine trees, and examined hundreds of trees in 

 vain. 1 then got a hint that the pupic would be found under 



