258 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
mile or more to the parson; but perhaps, after all, they would 
not have been served so badly as one I saw this year, which had 
been crammed into a small pill-box by a boy, the said box con- 
structed only to carry six pills. ‘This reminds me that a young 
gentleman, who is now a medical student, when a lad attending 
school made his first capture of hera in the Starcross district 
twelve or thirteen years ago; the exact date not recorded. 
A few observations for 1892, after the above, may be of inte- 
rest also. On the 8th August, Mr. Jager made his first captures, 
namely, two specimens, and according to promise duly advised me 
of the same; unfortunately I could not leave home just then, but 
J joined him on the 12th. That day we did not make any captures. 
On the 13th, Mr. Jager captured two, and I netted one and saw 
two others, after beating the hedges both sides of lanes, up one 
and down another, until we must have walked over ten miles. 
The following day the proceeding was repeated over new ground, 
and three specimens only were discovered, of which we caught 
one; this was very near Exeter. The next day we started again, 
and this time without a single capture; but we saw a lad who had 
one in good condition, safely resting in his killing-bottle. 
The weather during the four days was very boisterous, with a 
strong inclination to rain, and little sun at very short intervals. 
The result of our labour was, therefore, so very inadequate that I 
returned home. Mr. Jager remained in the locality for some days 
after. His total captures amounted to twelve, of which only one 
could be called a good cabinet specimen. The clergyman pre- 
viously referred to has obtained several this year; the exact 
number I do not know; a few coming to light. He has also two 
bred from larve found by his gardener. A gentleman from 
London has also visited the locality, and ‘‘ taken a small series” 
in the vicinity of Dawlish. By the foregoing we have records of | 
captures of hera from Exeter to Teignmouth, at least thirteen 
miles as the crow flies, and over fifteen by rail. 
We have it also recorded that two captures were made at 
Hazlewood, a small village on the river Avon; and I have myself 
reliable information of two specimens taken near Plymouth a few 
years since. In considering this question it should be remembered 
that during dull and damp weather, of which we generally get a 
preponderance at this time of the year, the moth is very sluggish, 
and seldom flies unless disturbed. This, I think, is the reason 
that so few have been captured. On the other hand, in bright 
and sunny weather hera flies so strongly, and uses its wings so 
freely, that it might be mistaken for a wasted paphia, as indeed I 
did at Exminster, and I should not have known otherwise if it 
had not alighted; but it was off again before I could place my 
net over it. 
I think the above-named captures, extending over so many 
years, will go to prove that C. hera has established itself in South 
