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the captuvo of two specimens, iit light, of Thamnonoma hriinneata, 

 the tivst hy myself on June IGth, and the second by my friend on 

 June 19th. Till then we believed it to be confined to the highlands 

 of Scotland, but we hear that it has been recorded in the August 

 number of the ' Entomologist ' as having been taken in Staffordshire 

 on June 18th and 19th. — A. P. Wickham ; East Brent, Somerset. 



A Visit to Wicken, June 14th to 26th, 1920.— At first dusking 

 and light were our most productive methods, sugar proving quite 

 unattractive, but after the first few nights we had plenty of sport 

 at the sugar patches as well as at the sheet. Other insects noted 

 or captured included the following : Pwpilio machaon — nearly over ; 

 a few good specimens taken also at the end of our time, a few 

 larvae, then very small. Sphinx ligustri, ClKsrocampa elpevor, 

 Smerinthus ocellatus, Earias chlorana, Niidaria senex, Phrarjniatobia 

 fuliginosa, Spilosoma urticcs, Macrogaster castanecB — fairly plentiful 

 at light, also dusking among reeds. Three $ taken off' reeds, two 

 flying at dusk, and two at the sheet — Cosviotriche (Odonestis) 

 polatoria, one ^ pale variety, Cenira fiircula (on wing, dusking), 

 Pterostoma pa/j;/?!^, Notodonta ziczac, Palhnpsestis (Cymatophora) 

 octogemna, Arsilonche albovenosa — not plentiful, about one dozen — 

 Leucania obsoleta, L. impiidens, L. comma, L. impura, L. straminea 

 (fairly common among reeds), L. jmllens, Meliana flammea (scarce 

 after first few nights), Senta maritima, Goenobia rufa, Neuria 

 reticulata (scarce at sugar), Mamestra sordida, Apamea unanimis 

 (fairly common but generally badly worn), Agrotis corticea, Noctua 

 f estiva, TripluBna subsequa (one at sugar, June 25th), Dianthcecia 

 capsincola, Aplecta advena, Hadena dissimilis, H. thalassina, H. pisi, 

 Plusia festuccp., Bankia argentula (plentiful enough to make a visit 

 to Chippenham unnecessary), Hydrelia uncula, Herminia cribralis, 

 Epiione ajjiciaria, Hyria nmricata, Acidalia ivumitata, Eupithecia 

 succenturiata, Collix sparsata (Mr. Coney took thirteen at one spot 

 one night), Lobophora sexalisata, Phibalapteryx vittata, Scotosia 

 vetulata, Gidaria dotata, G. associata, Pelurga comitata, Naxia 

 cilialis — plentiful at light June 14th, scarcer later — Ghilo 

 %)hrag mite tins, (^ plentiful, 9 scarce, Schcenbius miicronelhis, S. 

 gigantclltis, Grambus uliginosellus, Pterophorus monodactylus, 

 PlatyptiUa ochrodactyla, Leioptilus microdactylus, Gataclysta 

 lemnata, G. stratiolata, Hydrocampa nymplujeata, H. stagnata, 

 Tortrix costana, Anysychia funerella. Two visits to Tuddenham, 

 June 17th and 21st, secured us the following insects: Hecatera 

 Serena (on the way there on a paling at Freckenham), Heliothes 

 dipsacea, Agropliila trabealis, Acontia luctuosa, Acidalia rubiginata, 

 lAthostegc griseata, Sp)ilodes verticalis, Orobena extimalis, Gravibns 

 chrysonnchellus, Homceosoma sinuella. — A. P. Wickham ; East Brent, 

 Somerset. 



Nemoria viridata in Sussex. — It may be of interest to readers 

 to know that during late May and early June this year I took 

 Nemoria viridata here plentifully ; though I have not seen any record 

 of it from East Sussex, I think it may be worth recording. Also on 

 March 18th of this year I took the Gynandromorphous Hybernia 

 marginaria, which Mr. Newman exhibited at the South London 



