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yellowish green, and then again to a reddish hue. This last tint grew 

 darker in colour, uutil the pupa had attained the ordinary aspect of the 

 chrysalis of *S. liymtri. The change occupied about five days alto- 

 gether. — Thomas J. Shelley ; 103, King's Eoad, Canton, Cardiff, Gla- 

 morganshire, Jan. 20th, 1903. 



Captures at Wimborne, October, 1902. — While on a visit to Wim- 

 borne, in October last, I sugared a few trees near the house where I 

 was staying, on four consecutive evenings ('7th to 10th), and captured 

 the following eleven species : — Acp-otis suffusa, Noctua c-nujrum, Ancho- 

 celis rufinci, A. pistacina, A. litura, Scopelosoma satelUtia, Xanthia ferru- 

 ginea [cir cellar is), Epunda 7ii<jra, Phlogophora vieticidosa, Hadena 2'i'otea, 

 and Xylina ornithopus [rhizolitha). The two last-named species were 

 also taken from tree-trunks in the daytime. — Philip J. Barraud ; 

 Bushey Heath, Herts. 



Butterflies in the Maidstone District, 1902. — The following 

 notes may perhaps be of some interest, giving as they do a list of the 

 Rhopalocera to be found in this locality, and taken by myself last 

 season (1902) within a radius of six miles around Maidstone. Con- 

 sidering the inclemency of the weather and poor results of other collec- 

 tors, I think it a very satisfactory one : — Pieris brassicce, P. rapes, 

 P. napi, Euchlue cardamines, C'vlUts hytde (one freshly emerged specimen, 

 June 9th); C. ediisa (Sept. 6th), Gonepteryx rhaiimi, common ; Aryynnis 

 aylaia, common (July 10th, Aug. 9th) ; A. adippe (Aug. 21st), common ; 

 A. euphrosyne, Vanessa polychloros, two (Aug. 9th) ; V. io, V. unices, 

 V. atalanta, V. cardiii, Melanaryia yalatea, common (Aug. 9th) ; Pararye 

 meymra, Satyrus semele, common (Aug. 3rd, Sept. 6th); Epinephele iaiiiia, 

 E. tithonus, E. hyperanthus, Cm^ionympha panipliilus, Tliecla quercus, T, 

 rabi, Chrysophanusphlceas, Lycmna astrarche, common ; L. {Ciipidu) vmiima, 

 L. (Byon, fairly common (July 13th, Aug. 3rd) ; L. argiulus, L. cory- 

 don, common (Aug. 3rd, 20th) ; L. bellaryiis, L. icarus, Hespeiia malvce, 

 Thanaos Uiges, Adupcea comma (Sept. 6th) ; A. sylvunus, A. thaumas. It 

 was very noticeable how late many of the species were in making their 

 appearance. — Arthur J. Golding ; Lower Fant, Maidstone. 



Collecting in Ross-shire, 1902. — Last year (Entom. xxxv. 145) I 

 recorded some of my captures in an out of-the-way part of Ross-shire, 

 at the head of the River Carron, and now add a few more notes about 

 my collecting at the same place in 1902. Lasiocainpa [Bombyx) calluim 

 was the most interesting species. The larvte were in great numbers, 

 feeding on the heather, and in places upon sallow and other plants, but 

 I had no success in rearing them in captivity. 



On Aug. 9th about one hundred larvsB were sent home to Ems- 

 worth, and other lots were sent at the beginning of September. These 

 were kept under the most natural conditions and not crowded, yet only 

 about two per cent, attained the pupa state. The same thing hap- 

 pened with those which I tried to rear on the spot in Ross-shire ; 

 nearly all died. 



About Sept. 11th I first noticed a good many dead larvffi hanging 

 to the heather-stalks on the moor, showing that even in the wild state 

 the death-rate among them was very high. 



On Sept. 23rd I began to find the cocoons on the moor. Upon 



