A noteworthy feature of the season was an immigration of 

 the Painted Lady Butterfly ( Vanessa cardui), the Silver Y Moth 

 (Plusia gamma), &c, which took place after a period of fine, dry 

 weather, about the third week in September, and of which 

 further particulars are included in my notes. 



DIURNI. Vanessa cardui. This butterfly was very 

 common in the district (and along the East Coast from N. to S.) 

 from the 19th to the end of September. Reported as being very 

 abundant at Redcar, (Ingham). Great numbers on sea wall and 

 banks adjoining between Middlesbrough and Redcar. Single speci- 

 mens noticed in gardens at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Several 

 noticed in fields near Ingleby Arncliffe on the 26th. Five 

 specimens noticed at Ingleby Greenhow on the 28th (Frank 

 Elgee). 



NOCTURNI. Acherontia atropos. A worn specimen of 

 the "Deaths Head" moth taken off the staircase window of 

 house Cambridge Road, Linthorpe, about 7-30 a.m.. on June 

 25th, after very wet night. Most probably a migrant, being very 

 worn ; it appeared to be a female and had apparently laid its ova, 

 the body being quite empty. 



*Nola confusalis. Took a fresh specimen off beech tree 

 trunk in Mulgrave Park, Sandsend, in early June. 



Saturnia pavonia. Took a freshly emerged female to 

 Eston Moors, on May 23rd, for the purpose of " assembling " 

 males. I tied it up in the net and suspended it from a post on 

 the open moor between 1.45 p.m. and 3.30, males soon began to 

 " assemble," sometimes five or six flying round at one time and 

 during the above period I should say some forty or more males 

 were attracted, they seemed to come most freely when a little 

 breeze sprang up and the sun shone brightly, they were quite 

 easy to take and did not require netting. One or two males 

 were attracted even after I had placed the female in a chip box 

 in my pocket. One specimen taken was a rather nice variety 

 the colouring being very much darker and blacker and the orange 

 colouring much less conspicuous than usual. 



NOCTUi^E *Xylophasia zollikoferi. I was fortunate in 

 taking a specimen of this, one of our greatest British rarities, 

 off sugar in my own garden at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, on 

 September 26th. The specimen was sent to Mr. C. G. Barrett 

 (on the recommendation of my friend Mr. G. T. Porritt) for 

 identification. He was uncertain as to its identity and took it 



