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Plusia moneta at Chichesteb. — This moth was taken by Mr. 

 Humpliry on a window-curtain in their house on June 16th, and an 

 empty cocoon in our garden. — Joseph Anderson ; Chichester. 



Butterflies in Buckinghamshire. — Dnjas papliia : I took 

 a perfectly fresh ^ near Princes Risboro' on August 16th. Argynnis 

 aglaia was also very common there and in fine condition. Agriades 

 corydon was not out in this locality on August 8th. I went again on 

 August 16th, but only saw 2 (^ and 1 $ . I did not go again so do 

 not know if it appeared later. I presume the wet season had killed 

 off the larvae. — H. M. Edelsten ; Forty Hill, Enfield. 



Pyrameis atalanta in Forfarshire.— It, may be of interest, in 

 view of the notes which have appeared in the ' Entomologist ' sug- 

 gesting an unusual immigration of Pyrameis atalanta this year, to 

 record the occurrence of the species in my garden here. A specimen 

 was seen flying about on one or two of the fine days we had about 

 the middle of September. On the 26th two were seen, both in good 

 condition, and on October 3rd a very fine large example was under 

 close observation as it sunned itself on various flowers. It had a 

 distinct white spot on the red band of each fore wing, the spot being 

 in a line with the row of white spots towards the apex of the wing. 

 In my experience atalanta is uncommon in Scotland, this being the 

 third occasion only on which I have seen it during the last thirty years. 

 — A. E. J. Carter ; Monifirth, Forfarshire. 



Pyrameis atalanta in Argyll. — On September 22nd I saw a 

 specimen of Pyrameis atalanta at Tarbert, Loch Fyne, in Ai-gyll. It 

 was a bright, sunny day, and the butterfly seemed to be in fairly good 

 condition. This is the only Pyrameis I have seen during a stay of 

 two months in the Clyde district, although Aglais urtica has been 

 quite common. — A. Steven Corbet ; 72, Union Street, Greenock. 



Zephyrus betul^ at light in N. Devon. — On August 16th at 

 11.15 p.m. (summer time) I had occasion to enter an upper room, 

 taking with me a candle. Two or three minutes afterwards I noticed 

 what at first I took to be Selenia hilunaria walking up the glass of 

 the window. On closer examination I discovered it to be a male Z. 

 betulce. On going to open the window it flew on to the sill. I then 

 boxed it. — B. G. Adams ; 15, Fernshaw Eoad, Chelsea, S.W. 10. 



Late Emergence of Lyc^na arion. — On July 11th I found a 

 larva of L. arion, about half grown. It fed until about the 24th, 

 and changed to a pupa on the 28th, emerging on August 29th. — B. G. 

 Adams ; 15, Fernshaw Road, Chelsea, S.W. 10. 



Manduca (Acherontia) atropos in SussEX.^On September 13th, 

 1920, a specimen of this moth was taken on the beach at Bexhill-on- 

 Sea by a friend of mine (not a collector), who took it to the curator 

 of the local museum, who kindly identified and chloroformed it. 

 The moth was sent to me on September 19th. The upper wings, 

 which are unusually dark, are a little rubbed, but otherwise the moth 

 is in very fair condition. I understand a specimen of this moth has 

 not been found in the district for several years. — A. M. Longhurst ; 

 Artro, St. James's Avenue, Hampton Hill. 



