292 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Dark Variety oF Arctia cata, L.—A colleague kindly gave me 
in July a bred variety of the common tiger moth in which the white 
of the fore wings is completely suppressed, leaving them chocolate- 
brown suffused with black. The hind wings are black with the 
usual dark spots clearly visible when the light glances on them; the 
inner margin, however, is, as usual, orange-tawny. The head, thorax 
and body are fairly normal. Unfortunately the specimen had been 
allowed to flutter in a small box all the night, so that it is now 
decidedly rubbed.i~Gro. B. WatsH; 41, Gladstone Street, Sear- 
borough. 
DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA IN Essex.—I thought it would interest 
readers of the ‘Entomologist’ to know that a female specimen of 
Deiopera pulchella in good condition has been captured. It was caught 
during the afternoon of October 19th in a locality in this town not 
far from the sea coast.—M. Wricutson; Kenmore, Eton Road, 
Clacton-on-Sea. 
PARASEMIA PLANTAGINIS, VAR. HOSPITA.—I took a specimen of 
this variety on the Longridge Fells, near Preston, on June 30th, 
quite close to where I took one last season; a few typical ¢ ¢ were 
seen flying, but they were scarcer than usual. Vanessa 10, Gonep- 
teryx rhamiu, Lycena egon, Cyaniris argiolus and Agrotis lucernea 
were all very scarce at Witherslack this year, where usually they are 
all common, and dAglais urtice was by no means plentiful.—T. M. 
BuackMan; 27, East View Terrace, Fulwood, Preston. 
MARGARODES UNIONALIS IN Hants.—It may be of interest to 
record in the ‘ Entomologist’ the capture of a perfect specimen of 
Margarodes wnionalis, which I took in my garden here, at an 
Arbutus, on October 22nd last.—JoHn E. Eastwoop; Wade Court, 
Havant. 
Couias EDuUSA, C. HYALE, ETC., ON THE Sussex Coast.—On the 
downs in the Shoreham and Worthing district the first brood of 
Pararge megera appeared on May 9th, the second brood on July 18th, 
and it was last seen on August 20th. On September 30th a third 
brood appeared and has continued on the wing up to October 17th. 
Agriades corydon was plentiful by July 25th, and had doubtless been 
out a week when first observed. After September 7th none were seen 
until September 30th, when a male and female in perfectly fresh 
condition were taken and two freshly emerged females on October 
5th. On September 28th four Colias edusa were seen and one taken. 
On September 30th one C. hyale was seen and taken; October 
5th ten C. edusa seen, two taken; October 8th, seven seen, four 
taken; October 11th, four seen, three taken. On October 13th one 
C. hyale was netted on a bare stubble, but while the box was being 
prepared for its reception it slipped out under the net. On October 
17th, on a steeply sloping bank facing south, I saw during an hour 
about six C. edusa and about twelve C. hyale flying together. One 
edusa was taken, and, as I supposed at the time, three hyale, but on 
subsequent examination at home one proved to be a very fine 
example of C. edusa, var. helice. One of the hyale is a very small 
