210 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Byfleet on August 16th, a large White Admiral butterfly made its 

 appearance over the tow-path beside the Basingstoke Canal. A 

 capture was made, and when examined by Mr. Norman D. Riley 

 the specimen proved to be of the female sex. — F. W. Campion ; 58, 

 Ranelagh Road, Ealing, July 26th, 1920. 



Pyrameis atalanta in Scotland. — I was both pleased and 

 surprised to see, on Saturday last, flying at the roadside between 

 Blair Atholl and Glen Till, Pyrameis atalanta. I was near enough 

 to it to note its wasted condition. Aglais urtica, much worn, was 

 seen at the same time. — F. G. Whittle ; Struan Inn, Catrine, Perth- 

 shire, July 6th, 1920. 



Deilephila livornica in Somerset. — On May 10th of this year 

 my youngest son brought me a fine specimen of the above which he 

 had found at rest on the road just outside my gate. — G. B. Coney ; 

 The Hall, Batcombe, Bath. 



Deilephila livornica — A Vineyard Pest. — In relation to the 

 several reports received of the occurrence of this Sphingid in the 

 South of England this season, it seems that the migration has been 

 from the South of France, where it was exceedingly abundant last 

 year. Writing in the ' Bulletin de le Societe Entomologique de 

 France' (No. 12, 1920, pp. 201-2), M. F. Picard says— " i>. 

 liiieata livornica, Esp., usually very scattered in the South of France, 

 made its appearance (in 1919) in considerable numbers in the vine- 

 yards round St. Tropez (Var), and devastated them. The young 

 vines newly grafted were worst attacked. This invasion recalls in its 

 intensity that which occurred in i\.lgeria in 1904." M. Picard also 

 denounces the larva of Calocampa cxolcta as a special vine-pest in the 

 neighbourhood of Beziers (Herault), but, as he points out, this 

 species is by no means peculiar to the vine, but is polyphagous. 

 H. Rowland- Brown ; August 2nd, 1920. 



Epinephele tithonus ab. albida in Isle of Wight. — I have 

 pleasure in recording the capture by myself on August 16th of a 

 specimen of E. tithonus ab. albida on downs near Ventnor. I believe 

 that this form of the species is very rare in England. The specimen 

 taken was a male in fine condition except for loss of half its left 

 antennie. It also has six spots on underside of hind wing. — Ernest 

 Cornell ; Burmah, Newport Road, Ventnor, August 18th, 1920. 



AcRONTCTA ALNi, Larva. — On Julv 25th last I took a full-grown 

 larva of Acronycta aim on a sapling of Betula alba, that was growing 

 by the roadside about half-a-mile to the north-east of Brapsgrove. 

 The sun was shining, but half-an-hour previously it had been raining. 

 It is the first specimen I have so far taken in this district. — Ollver 

 Gatty ; Beech House, Christchurch, Hants. 



Catocala fraxini in Kent. — On July 24th last I took a very 

 fine specimen of C. fraxini in the neighljourhood of Dartford. It 

 was resting on the trunk of an apple-tree. — J. M. Jaques; The 

 Red House, Banstead, Surrey. 



Thamnonobia (Halia) brunneata at Wicken in June. — The 

 most interesting event of a very enjoyable time spent by Mr. G. B. 

 Coney and myself at Wicken from June 14th to 26th this year was 



