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that the edges of the wings were very pale. — E. Bolton King : 

 BalHol College, Oxford. 



EuGONiA POLYCHLOBOS IN Devon. — The Correspondent who, in 

 the September number of the ' Entomologist,' records the capture of 

 this butterfly at Paignton, may be interested to know that I have 

 several times seen it whilst I resided there and collected in the 

 neighbourhood. There is a locality for polychloros — long known to 

 some people in the vicinity — about three miles from the town and 

 not far from Barton Pines, beyond Higher Blagdon. It is a long 

 country road, with trees each side of it, leading, I believe, to the 

 village of Marldon. I have also Been polychloros in our garden, both 

 on the wing and at rest. But with over twenty 5'ears' experience of 

 South Devon in general, and the Paignton district in particular, 

 I should say that the insect in question is decidedly scarce in those 

 parts. — CM. Mayor; Dawlish, Devon. 



POLYGONIA C-ALBUM IN WILTSHIRE. 1 thought it might be of 



interest to readers of the ' Entomologist,' or for any private notes on 

 distribution, to know of the capture of Polygonia c-alhum in my 

 garden on September 15th. It is a specimen of the type form, and 

 when I took it it was engaged in flitting from flower to flower among 

 asters and Michaelmas daisies. Wiltshire figures among the counties 

 referred to in South's ' British Butterflies ' where this butterfly has 

 been known to occur " sparingly or even singly," and it is certainly 

 the first specimen which has been taken in this neighbourhood to 

 my knowledge. I might mention that this is a particularly unfruit- 

 ful district from the entomologist's point pf view, being high and 

 extensively cultivated, but this year I have found many insects quite 

 abundant wdiich I have never known to occur here in previous years. 

 This applies chiefly to Diptera and Coleoptera. — AV. J. Arkell ; 

 Redlands Court, Highworth, Wilts.. 



PocoTA APiFORMis IN BERKSHIRE. — A recont visit to the British 

 Museum has convinced me of the advisability of recording for the 

 possible use of Dipterists my capture at Wellington College, Berk- 

 shire, in June, 1918, of a large and perfect specimen of Pocota 

 apiformis. The British Museum collection of Diptera contains three 

 specimens, all of them rather smaller than mine and imperfectly set, 

 two from the New Forest, and one from Shrewsbury. I understand 

 that only very few other specimens are known, so that it would be 

 interesting to learn if my locality is new. My specimen was found 

 on a window, so I regret my inability to give any notes on the 

 natural habits of the insect. I will only say that this corner of 

 S.E. Berkshire is particularly well favoured by Diptera, and that I 

 have taken there some of the nearest relatives of Pocota apiformis 

 under the heading Criorrliina.—W. J. Arkell. 



Catocala nupta ab. — My young son, aged 12 years, while out 

 sugaring for moths last evening at Beddington boxed a specimen 

 of G. nupta whose hind wings are a dark brown, indeed, almost 

 black, and without a trace' of red about it. The fore wings are rather 

 lighter than is usual, but more clearly marked. — W. Arthur Long ; 

 21, Guy Eoad, Beddington, Croydon, September 26th, 1919. 



