262 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Manduca atropos in Wales. — I beg to record the capture of 

 Manduca atropos near Carnarvon on September 9th. It was resting 

 under the eaves of a house and squeaked loudly on being disturbed. 

 This is my second record for this county. A female came to light in 

 August, 1914, and was brought to me in good condition. — G. B. 

 Mauly ; Shenstone, Church Street, Malvern. 



Phryxus (Deilephila) livornica. — This was abundant in the 

 Kalamaria district of Salonica in 1918 at the flowers of the rose of 

 Sharon at early dusk. A few came to light. — Geo. S. Robertson, 

 M.D. ; Bronllys, 72, Thurlow Park Eoad, Dulwich, S.E. 21, 

 September 24th. 



On Rearing Deilephila livornica. — With further reference to 

 my rearing this species {antea, p. 190), I very much regret to say the 

 attempt proved a complete failure. When I last wrote about 100 

 were fine healthy larva? quite full grown, and some few had gone 

 under the moss. The weather turned very cold and dysentery set in, 

 killing off the whole brood. The few that went down died before 

 turning, with the exception of one ; this pupa went black and rotten. 

 — L. W. Newman ; Bexley, Kent. 



Herse (Sphinx) convolvuli in Cornwall. — I found a fine 

 specimen of H. convolvuli sitting on my garage door on October 5th. 

 — Leonard B. Stopper ; Penryn, Cornwall. 



Late Appearance of Spilosoma menthastri. — On the evening 

 of October 4th I took under an electric lamp in this town a specimen 

 of Spiloso^na menthastri in very good condition. I have never known 

 of such a late occurrence of this species before. Can it possibly be a 

 case of a second^brood — though I have never heard of such '? On the 

 same evening I saw a specimen of Bryojjhila perla, which is rather 

 late. — (Rev.) J. E. Tarbat ; Fareham, Hants. 



Zyg^na hippocrepidis in South Hampshire. — I was much 

 interested in reading Mr. Postans' experience of this insect [antea, 

 p. 212). I found it rather scarce in the Netley district in the grounds 

 of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1917 ; there were very few Z. fili- 

 pendulce on the same ground later, but sevei-al flourishing colonies of 

 Z. trifolii in the immediate neighbourhood.- — Geo. S. Robertson, 

 M.D.; Bronllys, 72, Thurlow Park Road, Dulwich, S.E. 21. 



Note on Melianea flammea. — In Chippenham Fen in June 

 this year females of this species were noticed in some numbers 

 ovipositing in the dead flower-heads of the reeds of the previous year. 

 Previously in the Norfolk Broads I bad noticed them ovipositing in 

 the sheathing leaves of dead reed stems ; in the latter case the egg 

 is flattened by the pressure and is coin-shaped, while in the former 

 it is round. It struck us as rather unusual that they should select 

 the old flower-heads, as most of the Wainscots prefer the sheathing 

 leaves to place their eggs in. Probably as they hatch the same year 

 they do not require so much protection as those which do not hatch 

 until the following spring. — H. M. Edelsten ; Forty Hill, Enfield. 



Leucania vitellina and L. unipuncta, etc., in Cornwall. — 

 On September 6th I took L. vitellina on valerian hei'e in my garden, 

 a second on October 7th, and a third on October 14th — the last much 



