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CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. ^^ 



nf ^..iln^nma lubricipeda, Phalera bucephala. and Acronycla aceiis were 



nottdsle fiends 'who spent Aug. 7th at Shoreham took, among 



other things, Hesperia comma (in beautiful condition . Melanargva galatea. 



Armmnis aalaia, Lycaiia corydon, and L. medon {oue). .,. . . . 



^iu umn col ecth.g has beln practically nil, Ennomos Uhana has been 



seen at a slreet-lan^p on Sydenham Hill, and I saw a full-grown larva of 



Vanessa atalanta at Lee on Sept. 23rd. 



Durina October Oporahia dilutata is the only rnoth I noticed^ 



C/'s^a'^s .;.«r/i«.a began coming out ^^^t^^ n ^T It- lit OMa 



till Oct 18th; Cerastis vaccinii, Aug. 23rd till Sept. 9ih ; and Orthoia 

 1 Sept 9th to 27th. Surely the C vaccimi were rather early, even for 



bred spedinens especially an thev were kept under the same conditions a. 



the other wo species, ,n a room facing north, with no artihcial heat 



Tgrea manv more insects were bred during the season, and taking U 



aU i^ound it has"been one of the most enjoyable I have experienced 



sZne Corrections.-\ must apologize for the following mistakes ---Entom 



xxxi P 295 1 ne 10, Therajimiperata should be T. vanata var. o6.^tscafa. 



ri'^l luie's, Lidosia ..L/fand var. stramineola s ,c,uld be Uthos.a 



helveola (males)- line 10 (females). Entom. xxxu. p. 2//, line 14 trom 



KnHnrnoDaoe' delete .4 ophiogramma. I am exceedingly sorry for 



h^r reco^dS' the above w^hou't previously making the.r identihcation 



certain.— J. xM. B. Cakr ; 46, Handen Road. Lee, b.i^. 



Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris) near Hastings.-Rbv. E. N* 

 BloomS has sent me a fine specimen of G. campestns, perfect except for 

 fhealnL Itwas taken -^899, at Pett near Hasungs. under ^^^^^^^ 

 nf wood in a temporary bathing-shed erected on the beach, it betrajed 

 itself bt Its shrill en-. To judge bv the records this fine insect is seldom 

 taken in England. -W. J. Lucas; Kingston-on-Thames. 



Hemerobius limbatus in JAKUAI^Y.-On Jan. 6th last I beat a single 

 soecimenof H. limbatus from Pinus sylvestns on Esher Common The 

 earlie" noted in 1899 was March 3rd, in the same locality, when U was 

 taken on the wing.-W. J. Lucas ; Kingston-on-Thames. 



Lepidopterous Eggs on Sallow, &c.-I am much obliged to Miss 

 A D Edwards laL. P- 14) and other entomologists for their assistance in 

 tfin ne the species of the eggs alluded to by me (Entom. xxxn. p. 307). 

 The e fs no doub^ hey were those of Odonesds potatoria a very common 

 mo h n the neighbourhood of Chester. Miss Edwards accurate yde- 

 Tcr bed the genera" position of the eggs, as there was always plenty of long 



grass immediately below them, upon which ^^^ l^'^^^/'^^f/tn Sv^l^o^ - 

 the description I gave of the caterpillars agrees with that in Wilsons 

 •LarvJ'lp 75), alLving for usual diflferences in the stage of growth.- 

 J. Arkle ; Chester. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Penarth.— A schoolboy brought me a fuU- 

 gro':Z^ orSconllvuli on Sept. 1st, 1899. I have also captured three 

 specimens of this beautiful moth at Penarth.— 1. L. Howe. 



AcHFRONTiA ATROPOS AT Penarth.-Two fine pupsB of A. atwpos 

 ^ere brough'to me by the station-master. They were obtamed when 

 Zging poLoes on the' railway bank, Sept. 12th. I P^^^ them m my 

 b eeding cage, and four days after I found one imago had emerged , the 



