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Plusia moneta at Norwood. — I took a magnificent specimen of P. 

 moneta in my house on July 10th. — H. Wells ; Hurstfield, The Avenue, 

 Gipsy Hill, London, S.E. 



Oaradrina ambigua in Hampshire. — This species has been so abun- 

 dant in my garden lately that I made a selection of over fifty specimens in 

 one evening. The moths came to the flowers of clematis, and were then 

 boxed, but they were flying around me in scores. Since that particular 

 evening the species has not been nearly so abundant, and I am at a loss to 

 understand why it should have appeared in such numbers one night, and 

 the next and following evenings suddenly become comparatively scarce. I 

 may add that C. ambigua has occurred in my garden for the past four or 

 five seasons. — J. Hy. Fowler ; Poulner, Ringwood, Sept. 3rd, 1900. 



CoREMiA quadrifasciaria IN SuFFOLK. — I have taken this species, 

 but not frequently, by beating the undergrowth of hedges in Westerfield 

 and Barbara lanes, near Ipswich. — E. Sparke ; 1, Christchurch Villas, 

 Tooting. 



COREMIA QUADRIFASCIARIA AND MeLANIPPE PROCELLATA IN EsSEX. 



By way of supplement to the records of the Rev. G. H. Raynor and Prof. 

 R. Meldola, I would like to say that in June, 1863, I captured a fine speci- 

 men of Coremia quadrifasciaria on the outskirts of a wood close to the town 

 of Braintree. As to Melanippe procellata, this in 1879 and 1880 was fairly 

 common in a lane leading from Withara to Rivenhall Thicks. I have 

 records of several specimens captured in those years, and in the latter year 

 I bred a great number from larvae taken in that lane on Clematis vitalba. — 

 W. D. Cansdale ; Sunny Bank, South Norwood, S.E., Sept. 8th, 1900. 



Spilodes sticticalis near Maldon. — Whilst working for Oolias in a 

 lucerne field near here, about 3 p.m. on Sept. 10th, I noticed a small moth 

 hovering round a lucerne-flower. My surprise may be imagined when I 

 found it on capture to be a specimen of sticticalis in very fair condition. 

 An hour's subsequent work produced one more specimen, which I walked 

 up out of the lucerne. Can any of your readers tell me whether the larva 

 of this species has been found in England, and, if so, on what food-plant ? — 

 (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor; Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Sept. 14th, 

 1900. [The larva is stated to feed on Artemisia vulgaris in June and 

 July. — Ed.] 



LiMENiTis SIBYLLA IN SuRREY. — On Julv 22nd I saw a specimen of 

 L. sibylla on the wing near Haslemere, and heard that several had been 

 taken in the neighbourhood. — W. J. Lucas; Sept. 8th, 1900. 



Sympetrum flaveolum. — Sympetrum flaveolum has been taken in one 

 or two places. Odonatists should look out for it. The large amount of 

 bright yellow can be seen on the wings when the insect is flying. Its 

 flight is diff"erent from that of S. striolatum, with which it is generally 

 found. It does not hover, but flits from plant to plant or from flower to 

 flower something like a butterfly does. S. sanguineum flies in the same 

 way ; but S. sanguineum is also a fairly good capture. I may add that 

 S. flaveolum is again present on Ockham Common, Surrey, and has been 

 taken by myself and H. E. Anuett. So far as I know, no females have 

 been secured. — W. J. Lucas ; 12, Cavershara Road, Kingston-on-Thames, 

 Sept. 8th, 1900. 



