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VANESSA POLYCHLOROs Pupm on A Stone Wati.—On Thursday last 
(July 14th), I took three pups» of V. polychloros on a stone wall near 
Oxford ; one of the insects emerged to-day (Saturday). My friend Mr. F. 
W. Lambert also took two pupz of the same species from the same locality, 
—S. Kippine ; 13, St. Giles, Oxford, July 16, 1892. 
Hyprip oF THECLA SPIN AND T. 1Licrs.—In the summer of last year 
I collected a number of larvee of Thecla spini from two bushes of Rhamnus 
catharticus ; nearly all of these yielded imagines in course of time. Two 
out of this number differed from the type in having a dash of ochreous 
yellow in the centre of the fore wings, also a row of spots along the outer 
margin of the hind wings like that seen in 7’. ilicis. The under surface, 
however, was identical with that of T. spint. I may add that Theela ilicis 
is to be met with in the same locality, and, I take it, that the form I have 
just described must be a mule between the two species, like that mentioned 
by Milliére in the case of Lyce@na cyllarus and L. melanops. — FRANK 
Bromitow; Maison Maissa, St. Martin Vésubie, Alpes Maritimes, July 7. 
Prustip& In Essrx.—Plusia gamma seems to have been very plentiful 
everywhere, although here it was not so plentiful as last year, when it 
seemed to be the only insect about. P. iota has eclipsed P. gamma, as it 
is to be seen in every direction in hundreds; every patch of honeysuckle 
seems to be alive with them. P. chrysitis is also extremely plentiful ; 
while standing in front of a clump of nettles last evening, I netted eleven 
specimens of this species in three minutes, all of which were in good con- 
dition. Among other moths that seem very plentiful this season, I might 
mention Uropteryx sambucaria (which flits about at dusk as plentiful as the 
white butterfly in the daytime), Metrocampa margaritata, and Hepialus 
humuli.—Prrcy G. Crane; Chingford, Essex, July, 1892. 
Prusta MonetTA aT TunBRIDGE WELLS, 1892.—I had the good fortune 
to take three fine specimens of Plusia moneta, at light, on the 11th, 12th, 
and 14th inst., within a very short distance of the place where I captured 
a specimen on the 3rd July, 1890 [recorded Entom. xxiii. 834]. I caught 
two specimens on the 12th, but one got out of my net. The garden where 
they were caught abounds with monkshood (Aconitum). —R. A. Datas 
Berecuine; 24, St. James Road, Tunbridge Wells, July 13, 1892. 
Prusta Moneta in Mippiesex.—On July 9th, while working with 
the net over flowers, in the dusk (about 8.30), I took a moth which was 
totally unknown to me. On taking it to Mr. Cooke, of Museum Street, he 
pronounced it to be a specimen of Plusia moneta. I was still further fortu- 
nate enough to take another specimen, under exactly similar conditions, on 
July 14th.—C. R. Peers; Harrow-Weald, Middlesex. 
Srauropus FAGI, &c., In WickHAM Woop.—On Monday, June 20th, I 
went to Wickham Wood, and took three fine females of Stawropus fagi, 
between noon and one o'clock. Two were at rest on a fence, and the third 
on a beech-trunk about two feet from the ground. Surprised at my success, 
as I had heard that S. fagi was now seldom to be found at Wickham, I 
went again on the following day, and took a fine specimen of a male on a 
pine-trunk about seven feet from the ground. Among my other captures 
on the tree-trunks were Macaria notata (4), M. liturata (8), Boarmia con- 
_ sortaria (2), Tephrosia eatersaria (abundant), Ypsipetes impluviata, Aplecta 
ENTOM.—avuGusT, 1892. T 
