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AcHERONTiA ATROPOS AT Burton-on-Trent. — Oil September 

 28th last I had a fine specimen of Acherontia atropos brouglit to 

 me by a railway man, wlio found it on a truck at Branstone 

 Junction, near this town. A few days before I had a pupa of the 

 same species from a man who had been at work in a potato field. 

 I have also heard of several larvse being taken in and about the 

 town this year. — J. E. Nowers ; Burton-on-Trent, Oct. 13, 1885. 



Zyg^na FILIPENDUL.E var. ocHSENHEiMERi. — While looking 

 over tlie collections at the late sale at Mr. Stevens's, I saw in one 

 of the drawers of European Lepidoptera the variety of Zygcena 

 Jilipendula named ocJisenheimeri. I have taken it in the metro- 

 politan district for several years, but never could find a name for 

 it before. The difference in the variety is that the spot near the 

 centre of the costa and the one nearest the tip are much smaller 

 than in the type ; also the green nervure cuts through the spot 

 nearest the tip ; and, what is more striking, it has a broader 

 border on the under wing. The time of appearance is much 

 earlier than that of Z. filipendulce , as I generally take it in May. 

 I have distributed a great many of them to several well-known 

 entomologists, and do not suppose it is at all rare, but think it 

 ought to be recorded. I have now placed the name to the series 

 in my collection. — C. J. Boden ; 228, Bermondsey St., London. 



ZYG.ENA FiLiPENDUL^ IMPALED. — Wliile collecting ou the 

 sand-dunes in Morte Bay I found a Zygcena filipendulai impaled 

 on a long spike of grass ; it was speared through the abdomen 

 from side to side, and very little damaged. I have the specimen, 

 grass and all, in my cabinet. — F. H. Perry Coste ; Tottenham, 

 Sept. 17, 1885. 



Callimorpha HERA IN SouTH Devon. — Whilst staying at 

 Dawlish last year, Mr. Brooks, whom I met by accident, informed 

 me of his having taken several Callimorpha hera (Entom. xvii. 

 233). He showed me the exact locality ; and this year I hunted 

 the ground, in company with a friend from London, for that 

 species, when, on August 24th, I was fortunate enongli to capture 

 a female specimen, the ground colour of the hind wings being 

 yellow, like those of Arctia villica. In beating the high hedges 

 of the neighbourhood I disturbed another C. liera, which, however, 

 escaped.— J. Jager; 180, Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill, 

 W., November, 1885. 



