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was there any appreciable variation from tlie ordinary form in any 

 of tlieni. These results seem to contradict the conclusion arrived at 

 by Mr. Jacobs. The point raised is a very interesting one and in my 

 opinion is well worth further investigation. — N. Blackwell Wood ; 

 114, Arthur Street, Derby. 



ChRYSOPHANUS PHLiEAS AB. C^.RULEO-PUNCTATA. Mr. JaCobs' 



notes on the blue-spotted form of ChrysopJianus iMaas reminds me 

 that the one spot where I can always find this aberration is a very 

 marshy spot near Winchester. The other specimens on the dry 

 ground near by were not so noticeably variable. — Walter Pierce ; 

 High Wj'combe. 



Manduc.\ ateopos in Sussex. — Two specimens were taken in 

 September, one at Lancing and the other in Frances Street, 

 Brighton. — ^F. G. S. Bramwell ; Brighton. 



Phryxus livornica in Sussex. — A larva of P. Uvornica was 

 taken by a lad, who found it feeding on bedstraw growing on the 

 Patcham railway-bank, Brighton, in August last. — F. G. S. Beam- 

 well ; Brighton. 



Pheyxus livornica Bred in England. — A caterpillar was found 

 on some allotments at Dover on June 24th, and was taken to Mr. 

 Mannering by a man named Brown. Mr. Mannering brought it to 

 me on the 2Gth and asked me to breed it for him. It went to earth 

 the same day. It spun a cocoon on the top very fragile, and which 

 eventually it fell out of. It changed to a pupa a week later, and the 

 perfect insect emerged on September 28th at 7 o'clock p.m., and was 

 fully developed at 9.10 p.m.- — F. P. Abbott ; Dover Museum. 



Hippotion (Ch^rocampa) celerio, L., in Norfolk. — An example 

 of this hawk moth was taken by Mr. Edward N. Mennell at Burnham 

 Overy, King's Lynn, on October 10th. It was tlying round a lamp, 

 and was secured in perfect condition. I have seen an excellent 

 coloured figure of the insect drawn by Mr. Mennell, which leaves no 

 doubt as to its identification. — A. D. Imms, D.Sc. ; Eothamsted 

 Experimental Station, Harpenden. 



Parities in the Plymouth District. — Leucania vitellina : 

 With further reference to my note {antea, p. 236) I have pleasure in 

 recording the capture in my garden of three more specimens, all per- 

 fect, viz. two on September 25th and one on October 5th. My friend 

 Mr. H. H. May, of Plymouth, also took six specimens during the 

 week ending October 9th on the north coast of Cornwall. Laj^hyrjina 

 exigua : A single male specimen in my garden at sugar on September 

 29th. Mr. May also took one, a female, on October 7th on the north 

 coast of Cornwall. L. unipuncta [extranca) : A splendid specimen 

 of this rare species at sugar in my garden on October 1st. Sphinx 

 convolvuli : Two females on October 7th, one male October 13th in 

 my garden. Several others seen about the Nicotiana affinis. It 

 would appear from the above records, and the fact that such species 

 as edusa, aialanta, gamma, etc., have been plentiful, that the early 

 part of this year must have been exceptionally favourable to immi- 

 gration, and it is of interest to determine what were the particular 



