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been noticed since, so I am inclined to think that these few were im- 

 migrants blown across the North Sea during the strong easterly winds 

 that prevailed between the 24th and 28th of July. — Gervase F. 

 Mathew ; Dovercourt, Essex, Aug. 18th, 1904. 



Chcerocampa nerii at Eastbourne. — A very fine example of C. nerii 

 was caught, resting on a bathing-machine, in the early morning of July 

 14th last, at the Wish Tower, Eastbourne. It was brought to me 

 alive, and is now in my collection. — S. A. Chartres ; 17, Mayfield 

 Place, Eastbourne, July 30th, 1904. 



Thecla w-album in Glamorgansuire. — We took several specimens 

 of T. iv-albiDii near Cardiff last month, but found it very local. — 

 B. Ansaldo and T. Shelley; King's Road, Cardiff, August, 1904. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Norfolk. — It may interest some of your 

 readers to know that specimens of S. convolvuli are now to be taken 

 iu Norfolk. I have seen as many as four of an evening, hovering over 

 flowers of tobacco. I should like to know if these are hybernated or 

 recently emerged examples. Some of them seem quite fresh, but 

 others much worn. We often find pupre of this species when taking 

 up the potatoes in October. — W. E. N. Baker; " The Chase," Tilney 

 All Saints, King's Lynn. 



Orthot^enia branderiana, L. ( = EucosMA branderiana, Meyr. = 

 Olethreutes branderiana, Rebel) in Surrey. — On June 25th last, 

 Mr. A. J. Scollick very kindly gave me a couple of Tortrices that lie 

 had beaten from a hedgerow m the Esher district on the previous 

 day ; these I found to be 0. branderiana, a species which I believe has 

 not hitherto been recorded from Surrey. Subsequent visits to the 

 locality by Mr. Scollick and myself resulted in the capture of four 

 other specimens. I may mention that I had collected among the 

 aspens in the district almost every year since 1895, but had not seen 

 the species there, in any stage, until this year. — R. South ; 96, Drake- 

 field Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



Collecting in the New Forest in June. — I arrived at Brocken- 

 hurst on June 4th, but for the first week was rather hampered with a 

 north-east wind, which did not improve matters as far as insects were 

 concerned, so I turned my attention to beating, and secured from oaks 

 the following larvfe : — Himera pennaria, T(£7iiocampa miniosa, Liparis 

 vionacha, Hybernia defoliaria, Cosmia trapezina, Sola strigula, Liparis 

 aurijiua, Scopelosoma satellitia, Petasia cassinea, and Fhigalia pilosaria ; 

 also, feeding on the lichens of oak-trees, a few larvae of Cleora (jla- 

 braria ; and whilst beating I turned out a few imagines of Hylophia 

 prasinana. Sugaring again this year was very poor as far as my expe- 

 rience went, the only good nights being on the 16th and 17th, the last 

 two days of my stay, when I took Boarmia consortaria, Aplecta herbida, 

 Erastria fascula, Tlnjatlra hatis, Euplexia Incipara, Tephrosia e.rtersaria, 

 Grammesia trilinea. Most of the evenings I devoted to larvae-search- 

 ing by means of an acetylene lamp and dusking over the heath. Of 

 larvsB I took, feeding on heather, fair numbers of Ayrotis aijathina, 

 Noctua neylecta, ISelidosema plumaria, EnboLia plwnbaria, and a few 



