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shire; six in 1883, and five in 1888. One specimen was captured in 1887 
in the month of February, and examples have been taken in each month from 
May to September inclusive; but June and August appear to have been the 
best months. Three other captures are recorded for this year (Entom. 
168-9).—Ep.] 
PLUSIA MONETA AND CUCULLIA GNAPHALIT AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS.— 
I have much pleasure in announcing the capture of Plusia moneta, by 
myself, on the 13th of July, at Southborough. It is as perfect as if bred. 
I am in hopes of taking it again, there being plenty of its food-plant in the 
locality. In July, 1879, I captured, nearly at the same place, a lovely 
specimen of the rare Cucullia gnaphalii, which I now possess. Can you 
kindly inform me whether it has been taken during the last ten years? I 
have tried for it each year since, but have not seen another specimen, 
neither have ] seen it mentioned at all in the ‘ Entomologist’ during the 
same period.—Matrnew M. Puiprrs; Southborough Brewery, Tunbridge 
Wells, August 11, 1892. [Larvae of C. gnaphalii are found almost every 
year by those who are fortunate enough to know how, when, and where to 
search for them. They are very subject to the attacks of ichneumons, &c., 
and the percentage of imagines bred is often exceedingly low.—ED.] 
PLusiA MoneTA 1N Hants.—I took a specimen of this moth at lamp- 
light in the house on the 12th July last—S. G. Rem; Froyle House, 
Alton. 
ABUNDANCE OF Cottas.—Colias edusa seems to be abundant and widely 
distributed this year. Karly in the summer I saw single specimens at 
Deal and Darenth Wood, and two more at St. Leonards on August 30th. 
Along the Thames Valley, from Goring to Taplow (Aug. 12th and 13th, 
1892), they were plentiful, five out of six that I took being males. Even 
in the London district they are about, one of six that I saw from the 
railway train between Taplow and London being just outside Paddington. 
One was seen in a garden at Stamford Hill the first week in August, and 
seven at Hinchley. I have this morning returned from Lowestoft after a 
two days’ visit. Walking through a lucerne field on Sunday afternoon, 
half a mile behind the town, I saw several Colias hyale. Of course, I had 
no net, but, having a box or two, succeeded in boxing three. Yesterday 
afternoon I went there again, and took eight more beauties, all quite fresh, 
and one of them as white as P. rape. C. edusa was very abundant in the 
same field, and I could easily have taken a hundred. Fifteen that I netted 
at random all proved to be males; and curiously enough, the only female I 
caught or noticed was a specimen of var. helice. This was slightly chipped, 
but otherwise good. ‘The field in question was not more than half an acre 
in extent, but in a neighbouring field, four times the size, I only saw two 
C. edusa and no C. hyale. I was only just in time, as they are cutting the 
field to-day (Tuesday) Russet E. Jamus ; Chesterville, Hornsey Lane, 
N., Aug. 28, 1892. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS AT CHICHESTER. — A fine full-fed larva, which 
went into earth at once, was brought me on August 5th. It was found 
feeding on potato-leaves in a garden here. — JosepH ANDERSON, JUN. 
Chichester. 
DEIoprra PuLCHELLA at St. Leonarps.—On May 28th last, in passing 
through a field at St. Leonards, I started and netted a splendid specimen. 
