446 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
also an imago (female), during the last week in July or first 
in August. The common Agrotes,—Tritici, Valligera, Cur- 
soria, &c.,—usually very plentiful on our coast, appeared in 
very small numbers; probably the larva may have perished 
during the severe wet and frosty weather in May, and even 
in June.—W. Maling ; St. Mary’s Terrace, Jesmond Road, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, September 18, 1871. 
Pieris Daplidice near Dover.—I saw a specimen of this rare 
insect in the possession of a lad, Henry Neall, son of Mr. J. 
S. Neall, of Croydon, who informed me that he took it on 
August 25th, at St. Margaret’s, about four miles from Dover, 
as it was resting on a thistle-blossom. It was a male, and in 
good condition. Should this prove to be a second report of 
the same capture, you will, doubtless, be glad of the further 
details [ have been able to furnish you with.—[Rev.] Wi. 
Farren White; Stonehouse Vicarage, Gloucestershire, Octo- 
ber 20, 1871. 
Cerastis erythrocephala at Canterbury.—At the beginning 
of October I took a fine female Erythrocephala near this 
place; and this day, the 24th, I have just taken another in 
the same locality; but they are both very pale specimens, 
quite unlike the six specimens which I took at the same 
place in October, 1866. The latter were very dark brown on — 
the disk, and pale along the costa; those of this year, I 
believe, are what is called Cerastis glabra. I have also 
captured the finest varieties of Aurago I have ever seen; 
some of them entirely red; others all of one colour, with the 
band on the hind margin. Also some fine specimens of 
X. semibrunnea and Croceago.— Geo. Parry; Church 
Street, St. Paul’s, Canterbury, October 24, 1871. 
Lateness of the Season (1871).—Though in the spring 
months—in some particular localities, as has been recorded 
in the ‘Entomologist,—certain species of Lepidoptera ap- 
peared sooner than usual (though this was not the case 
generally in the districts near the metropolis with which I 
am acquainted), a considerable retardation has since occured. 
Many species are a fortnight, or even three weeks, after time. 
It was singular, too, that such species as Zeuzera A‘sculi 
and Sesia Cynipiformis (as [ observed in Hyde Park) were 
considerably delayed, though the larval habits, to a consider- 
able extent, prevent the insect from being affected by changes 
of temperature.—J. R. S. Clifford. 
