290 THE ENTOMOLOGIS?Y. 
has been an ‘‘edusa year,” yet there has been a remarkable absence of 
warmth and sunshine, in this part of Kngland at any rate, ever since the 
middle of June.—(Rev.) G. H. Raynor; Panton Rectory, Wragby, Sept. 
17, 1892. 
ACRONYCTA ALNI NEAR TunBRIDGE Wertuis.—I found a larva of this 
species this season in the Tunbridge Wells district. It is now safely in 
pupa.—H. W. SuHepaearp Watwyn; Glensyde, Bedborough, near 
Tunbridge Wells. 
EKuconta (KNNoMOs) AUTUMNARIA (ALNIARIA) AT CHICHESTER.—T wo 
specimens of the large thorn, Hugonia (Hnnomos) autumnaria, were taken 
by Mr. Patterson, of the Theological College, at a lamp here, on September 
17th; and another by myself on September 20th. ‘I'his insect is a female, 
and although not actually on the lamp, it seems to have been attracted by 
it, as I found it in the porch of the neighbouring villa to my own, in which 
a very brilliant lamp is suspended. I always had the idea that males only 
were attracted by light.—JosmpH ANDERsON, Jun.; Chichester. 
XantTHic Variery or Arcria cata (cAsA).—I have had the pleasure of 
adding to my collection a male of this moth, bred this season, in which the 
usual red colour of the lower wings is replaced by a bright and clear yellow. 
The body is of the same colour, and the ring also on the thorax.—JosnPH 
ANDERSON, Jun. ; Chichester. 
PLUSIA MONETA IN SuRREY.—I took two specimens of this species in 
our garden, at sugar, on June 11th.—Auex. Distant; Purley, Surrey. 
Lycana (PoLyomMatus) ARION IN THE Forest or Dean.—Whilst 
riding through the Forest of Dean on my bicycle, when returning from 
Brecon, I saw several Polyommatus arion, but as | had no net with me L 
was unable to capture any of them.—H. Gorpon C. BrookE; 6, Queen's 
Villas, Queen’s Koad, Cheltenham, Sept. 22, 1892. 
Larva or DeILePHiLa GALI AT CHIswick.—On the 138th inst. my 
brother, Mr. Frank Sich, jun., found a larva of Detlephila galit on the 
common red fuchsia in a garden here. The following is a rough description 
of the larva:—Ground colour of the body almost black; there is an indica- 
tion of a pale dorsal line, and below this on each side a series of large 
cream-coloured spots ; below these again several small pale dots on each 
segment. ‘I'he head and a shield on the second segment, as well as the 
anal flap, are dull red; the horn is brighter red. I placed the larva in a 
flower-pot with earth and leaves, and am glad to say that 1t has now begun 
to spin up. I have never heard of D. galw in this district before, though it 
has been taken occasionally in Middlesex (Hntom. xxi. 210, 274).— ALFRED 
StcH; Villa Amalinda, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, Oct. 17, 1892. 
CoLiAs EDUSA AND VANESSA 0-ALBUM IN NorTH STAFFORDSHIRE.— 
I have not had the good fortune of seeing a specimen of edusa this year in 
my own immediate neighbourhood, but 1 hear of it having been taken or 
seen in North Staffordshire. Mr. Ernest W. H. Blagg has, 1 believe, 
reported to the ‘ Entomologist’ the capture of a female in a turnip field near 
Cheadle; and Mr. F. C. Woodforde saw one on June 7th at Belton-Moss, 
and another, a male, close to the town of Market Drayton, on Sept. 26th. 
Both these localities are on the Shropshire border of the county. But 
