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mar the entomological report of a school society, in which it is 

 pleasing to read that " It was very gratifying to see so much more 

 energy displayed during last year than had been shown in previous 

 years ; and, now that the movement has been so well started, 

 there is every reason to hope that it will continue to the benefit 

 of those who are fond of the study of Entomology and of the 

 Society in general." The life-history of P. vittata {lignata) is 

 given by the Kev. J. Hellins, in Ent. Mo. Mag., viii., 18; and by 

 Hoffmann, in Stett. ent. Zeit., xliii., 101. — E. A. F.] 



AsTHENA BLOMERi. — In reply to Mr. St. John (Entom. xviii. 

 263), Pfliimer took this species in Hanover as early as May 12th 

 (Stett. ent. Zeit., xl., 159); and Hellins had eggs laid in July and 

 August (Ent. Mo. Mag., xi., 87). — Edward A. Fitch; Maldon. 



Notes on Lepidoptera of the Year. — On August 3rd and 

 10th I captured at Andover several fresh specimens of Colias 

 edusa, all males. On August 18th I found larvee of Notodonta 

 trepida and N. trimacula {dodonea) in Savernake Forest. — (Rev.) 

 C. A. Sladen ; Burghclere, Newbury, October, 1885. 



Notes from my Diary: Lepidoptera. — The insect men- 

 tioned (Entom. xviii. 246) as Notodonta hicolor should be Sehirus 

 hicolor, Linn., one of the Heteroptera. I found two specimens of 

 this pretty species at Orpington amongst ivy, &c., while collecting 

 shells. [This error was corrected on the wrapper of the number 

 in which it occurred. — Ed.] I continue my notes up to the 

 present date. August 13th. — Saw a male Gonopteryx rhamni, at 

 Chislehurst, visit first a flower of Centaurea nigra and then one 

 of Carduus arvensis. Has anyone noticed that G. rhamni seems 

 particularly fond of pink flowers? On September 18th one of 

 these butterflies spent fully a quarter of an hour over pink 

 pelargonium ; but, nevertheless, it seemed fully conscious of its 

 conspicuousness on the pink blossoms, for when purposely 

 alarmed, it at once flew to some green foliage, where it was 

 scarcely visible. August 18tli. — Found a specimen of Triphcena 

 iantliina. This species has been unusually abundant at Chisle- 

 hurst this )^ear. On September 8tli I received a specimen from 

 Cabourg-sur-mer, North France. — T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Lepidoptera at Southport. — In the middle of August last I 

 found A gratis tritici, A. aquilina, and A. ohelisca occurring together 



