CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 287 



var. valesina. As the New Forest is a favourite locality for both 

 insects, this would lead one to suppose that Carne Wood originally 

 formed part of that large forest, though they are distant from each 

 other about forty miles. — W. A. Bogue ; Spring Cottage, Shepton 

 Mallet, Somerset, Oct. 2nd, 1904. 



Heliothis peltigera at Deal. — I caught a female H. peltigera on 

 the sand-hills at Deal at dusk on June 17th. It was so much worn 

 that I was not quite sure of its identity at the time. However, the 

 moth deposited several eggs, and I reared the larvpe on wild convolvulus 

 till the end of July. The moths came out during the last week in 

 August and the firat week in September. — W. S. Pearce ; St. Mogue's, 

 Eomsey, Hants, Oct. 11th, 1904. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOs IN Kent. — On Sept. 29th a good specimen of 

 this insect flew towards the light ui a greengrocer's shop in the centre 

 of Margate, and was captured without injury. As I have not yet heard 

 of any la.rvse or pupte having been found in the neighbourhood during 

 the present autumn, I am mclined to think it is an "immigrant." — 

 J. P. Barrett ; St. John's Villas, Margate. 



Trichoptilus paludum in Surrey. — On one of our entomological 

 excursions together to Clay gate last August, Mr. Arthur J. Scollick 

 netted a '■ plume-moth " which we both failed to recognize at the time. 

 This I have since identified as a specimen of T. paludum, one of the 

 least generally known of the British Pterophoridse, and an addition, I 

 believe, to the Surrey list. Meyrick (' Handbook,' p. 431) gives Surrey 

 to Dorset, Cambridge, York, as the range of the species in this country. 

 Barrett ('British Lepidoptera,' ix. p. 397) omits Surrey, and mentions 

 Sussex, in addition to the other counties noted by Meyrick. — Kichard 

 South. 



Orobena (Evergestis) straminalis in Surrey. — I had not met 

 with O. straminalis since 1879, when I netted a fine series in August 

 whilst exploring a small, but very dense and somewhat boggy, wood 

 about two miles north-east of Veutnor, in the Isle of Wight. It was 

 therefore with great pleasure that I found this pretty little Pyrale in 

 the Esher district on July IGth last. Only one specimen was seen, 

 but this was so fresh that it had probably emerged from pupa on the 

 day of capture. No further example was detected, although a close 

 search was made at the time, and on several visits to the locality later 

 in the month. The only other Surrey localities that I have any know- 

 ledge of are Haslemere and Redhill, given by Goss in ' Victoria History 

 of the Counties of England,' vol. i. — Bichard South. 



Lepidoptera at Christchurch, Hants. — I have used a moth-trap on 

 favourable evenings throughout the summer. The insects taken have 

 not been large in number. On Aug. 7th the captures included one 

 specimen each of Diasemia literata and Kbulea staclujdalis. Later in 

 the month one Macuria altcrnata was taken. Is this species double- 

 brooded, or was the specimen a belated one ? On Sept. 10th one 

 Cainpto'framma jiuciata and one Acidalia imitaria were taken. This 

 seems a late date for the latter, several of which were attracted ni July. 

 On Sept. 28tli one specimen of Galleria melinella flew in. Leech gives 



