42 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
CH@ROCAMPA CELERIO IN SurFoLK.—I can add one more to 
your numerous records of the occurrence of this species, as 
the Rev. W. M. Hind, LL.D., the Rector of Honington, near 
Bury St. Edmunds, informs me that one was taken on Sep- 
tember 19th in that Parish.—E. N. Buoomrienp; Guestling, 
January 13th, 1886. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS AND VANESSA 10.—Unusually abundant 
this year in the midlands.—W. Harcourr Baru; Birmingham, 
November, 1885. 
Noropontra picT#a IN AuTuMN.—On July 26th of this year 
I found a full-fed larva of Notodonta dictega. On the following 
day it spun a cocoon between some poplar leaves; and on 
Saturday, August 22nd, the imago appeared. In Newman's 
‘British Moths,’ May is given as the date for the appearance of 
the moth, and I think it rather strange that this specimen should 
have emerged in August when it was not forced.—G. H. GRIFFITH ; 
N.H.S. United Services College, Westward Ho! North Devon, 
November, 1885. 
[This is not an uncommon occurrence, both N. dictea and 
N. dicteoides being frequently taken at light in the autumn, 
especially at suburban lamps.—EDb. ] 
CARADRINA AMBIGUA aT DeEau.—I have great pleasure in 
recording the occurrence (last August) of a specimen of Cara- 
drina ambigua at Deal, thus adding another to the already long 
list of rarities captured in that district. Can any reader of the 
Entomologist inform me whether the females of this species 
have white hind wings or not? If so, I shall be greatly 
obliged.—J. W. Turr; Rayleigh Villa, Westecombe Park, Black- 
heath, S.E., January 15, 1886. 
UrticaTion BY BomBpyx RuBi.—I have long noticed the urtica- 
tion of the larve of Bombyx rubi. When I was a child I never 
could handle them without getting small white blisters like 
nettle-stings, but I found it was only the short hairs which 
stung; they came off and remained sticking in my hands, 
while the long hairs seemed quite harmless. J] have observed 
the same with 5. quercus, but in a lesser degree.—M. S. 
JENKYNS; Riverside, Hast Molesey, January, 1886. 
VARIETY OF CABERA PUSARIA—On visiting my pupa room early 
on the morning of June 6th last-a recently-emerged Geometer, 
