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and twelve and three and foiu- (B.S.T.). As I have said, we found 

 the insect widely spread, and I have little doubt that it occurs all 

 over the Western Highlands and islands — wherever the surround- 

 ings are congenial to its habits.^ — ^Peecy C. Eeid ; Feering Bury, 

 Kelvedon. 



Zyg^ena ACHILLEA IN ARGYLLSHIRE. — I am pleased to report 

 the capture of this " Burnet " in a locality al)out ten miles from the 

 place where Eenton found it. I had a tramp of over twenty miles 

 before I met with the species. As the weather was rough and cold 

 and there was no sunshine to induce them to fly, the twenty-eight 

 that I found up to June 28th were resting on herbage. Three cocoons 

 were secured ; one of these was on heather, one on a grass-stem and 

 the third on a post. I think that the food-plants are bird's-foot 

 trefoil and clover. — L. G. Esson ; Kinloch-Eannoch. 



Larv^ of Papilio machaon IN Sussex. — Two larvae of Papilio 

 machaon have been found feeding on carrot in the garden of a cottage 

 in the village of Newick, in Sussex. One of the caterpillars unfor- 

 tunately died but the other has been brought to me, and when I 

 came up to London on Monday morning was starting to pupate. — 

 H. Douglas Bessemer ; Burchetts, Chailey, Sussex, July 10th, 

 1919. 



Hesperia MALYiE IN CHESHIRE. — On June 1st I took two males 

 of Hesperia vialvce at Delamere. I believe the species has not 

 hitherto been recorded from Delamere, or, indeed, any part of 

 Cheshire. On the same day Prothymnia viridaria were also taken. — 

 A. H. Thompson ; 54, Church Eoad, Northwich. 



Manduca atropos in Co. Durham. — I venture to record the 

 capture of a male specimen of Acherontia atropos in this town on 

 June 12th last. The insect was found clinging to a wall in the town 

 by a local gentleman who brought it to the Museum for identification. 

 It is rather badly damaged, the right hind wing being torn. Perhaps 

 I may also mention that I had a fine specimen of Eurois occulta 

 brought to me alive on August 18th. It was found on a wall near 

 the town by a friend. — Gordon Morrison ; 31, Guildford Street, 

 Sunderland, Durham. 



Catocala fraxini. — Travelling one day early in August, 1910, 

 on the Metropolitan Eailway, near Eastcote Station, I noticed a 

 large moth in the corner of the carriage. The only means I had of 

 taking it was a match-box. Until I set it I thought I had caught 

 C nupta and never realised the value of my capture till some years 

 later, as I had only just begun collecting. The band on the hind 

 wings is of a distinct lilac-blue tinge and the fore wings are 

 distinctly paler than C. nupta. — M. C. McLeod; The Fairiields, 

 Cobham, Surrey. 



An Unusual Form op Aplecta nebulosa. — I took at Lugan 

 last night a brilliant green variety of what seems to me to be Aplecta 

 nebulosa. Is this often found, as I do not see it mentioned in your 

 book? The markings are similar to var. pallida except that the 



