CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 2 1'J 



Argynnis ADippE IN SuRKEY. — I believe this insect is generally looked 

 upon as somewhat scarce, but on July 7th I captured six, and again, on 

 July I4th, I took eight more. I saw quite double that number. I found 

 thera in a clearing in Worth Forest, taking every one olT the blossoms of 

 the black knapweed ((7. wii/ra). — Herbert IBeadnell; Fernside, Redhill, 

 Surrey, July Q4th, 1900. 



CORKMIA QUADRIFASCfARIA AND MeLANIPPE PROCELLATA TN EsSEX. — 



I am able to supplement Mr. Raynor's record of this species in Essex 

 (ante, p. 225) by two captures, one in July, 1899, and the other in July of 

 the present year. Both specimens were taken in the grounds of the 

 Countess of Warwick's School at Bigods, near Dunmow. I was not aware, 

 till I saw Mr. Raynor's note, that this geometer was an Essex species, and 

 I had noted my captures for future record. The other specimens in my 

 collection were taken some twenty years ago, near Chil worth in Surrey, 

 where the species was at that time quite common. I should also like to 

 record the occurrence of Melanippe procellata at Bigods, as this species is 

 generally associated with chalky districts. We are a long way from the 

 chalk at Dunmow, but the district is covered in parts by chalky boulder 

 clay. — R. Meldola; 6, Brunswick Square, W.C. 



CoREMiA QUADRiFASCiARiA IN EssEX. — On July 11th, 1893, I met 

 with a couple of wasted female specimens of this species in a chalk-pit near 

 Grays, Essex ; from the ova of one of them a few examples were bred, 

 emerging the following May.— R. M. Prideaux ; Reigate, Surrey, Aug. 

 13th, 1900. 



ScoTosiA VETULATA AT Hemel Hempstead. — A single male specimen 

 of this local insect has been taken here, early in July. It was beaten from 

 a very thick hedge, under the shelter of a high bank. The hedge runs be- 

 tween the cemetery and Anchor Lane. — Bernard Piffard. 



Plusia moneta in Oxfordshire. — Three specimens have been taken 

 this year: the first on July 8th, at dusk, hovering over honeysuckle in the 

 vicarage garden ; the second on the following evening, at the same bush, by 

 my son ; a third on July 21st, at light, in the study. The specimens have 

 been identified at the Oxford University Museum, and one deposited there. 

 It is believed that this is the first recorded occurrence of the insect in Ox- 

 fordshire. — John W. B. Bell; Pyrton Vicarage, Oxon. 



DicYCLA 00 IN Surrey. — On July 16th I took here a female specimen 

 of D. 00 ; is not this rather a rare species so near London ? — Lewis S. 

 Giles; 1, London Road, Norbury, S.W., Aug. 16th, 1900. 



Dasycampa rubiginea in Dorsetshire. — I took two specimens of D. 

 ruhiginea in 1898, and the same number of examples in 1899. — C. E. 0. 

 Carter; Parkstone, Dorset, July 15th, 1900. 



Larva of Aoronycta alni at Tunbridge Wells. — On Aug. 1st a 

 larva of A. alni was taken by me on a small elm-tree on Tunbridge Wells 

 Common. It has since pupated. — T. Percival Smith ; Relva House, 

 Sutton, Surrey, Aug. 9ih, 1900. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, &c., at Huddehsfield. — M. stellatarum 

 has again occurred all over this district, and has been common at flowers in 

 my own garden. It has been even more plentiful than last season, when it 

 was also common, but until that year had scarcely been seen here for 



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