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with some beautiful variations of the fore wings. It seems to me that 

 this abnormal amount of variation this year must be put down to the 

 weather we have experienced, and I think it would be most interesting 

 to have reports from the observations of other collectors on the 

 subject. — William Beattie ; Glen Lodge, Mickleham, Surrey, Sept. 5th. 



Butterflies in Hyde Park. — Walking down a sunny path in 

 Hyde Park, on the Bayswater Road side, at mid- day on this hot day 

 (Sept. 25th, 1903), my attention was attracted by a brilliant specimen 

 of Vanei^sa atalanta on a clump of Sedmn spcctabile about two yards 

 long. On stopping to watch it, I noticed hovering over the same bed, 

 which was in full flower, two specimens of Plmia i/awma, and in- 

 numerable flies and bees. What, however, surprised me most was to 

 discover four specimens of V. cardiii, lazily sucking the honey of the 

 flowers, and sunning themselves with outstretched wings. On a sun- 

 flower was another specimen, and on a neighbouring bed of Sedum 

 were two more. Of the seven specimens one had one wing chipped, 

 all the other examples were in good condition, though not quite fresh. — 

 John C. Warburg; 21, Pembridge Gardens, W., Sept. 25th, 1903. 



Leucania unipuncta, L. loreyi, &c., in South Devon. — During a 

 short holiday of twelve days in South Devon in the early part of 

 September, I had the good fortune to capture one each of the above- 

 mentioned rare British species, which, I think, is worthy of placing on 

 record. L. lorei/i was taken on Sept. 6th, flying wildly over rough 

 herbage at dusk, and L. unipuncta came to sugared flower-heads on the 

 night of Sept. 8th. I also took at sugar one L. vitellina on Sept. 9th, 

 and one Heliothis peltigera on Sept. 14th. All were taken on the coast, 

 and with these exceptions no other good things turned up, though, in 

 spite of cold rough winds, some of the common species — such as Agrotis 

 snffusa, A. segetnnt, Noctna c-nigrinn, and Phlogophora meticulosa — 

 appeared in abundance, the latter being simply a pest at sugar. — 

 William H. Edwards (Curator) ; " Hastings " Museum, Worcester 

 Victoria Institute, Sept. 24th, 1903. 



Agrotis agathina, A. pr^ecox, and A. vestigialis in Worcester- 

 shire. — On September 19th, my friend Mr. G. D Hancock and myself, 

 when searching heather for larvre of Anarta myrtilli, were fortunate 

 enough to capture examples of the above species on a sandy, heather- 

 covered common in Worcestershire. Agrotis agathina was somewhat 

 worn, but still good enough for identification. Only one specimen of 

 A. jjracox was taken on this occasion, but another one was captured 

 in July, 1901, at the same spot, by Mr. J. Peed. The appearance of 

 such coast insects as A. ■vestigialis and A. prcBcox so far inland as 

 Worcestershire, as well as A. agathina, which is new to our county 

 list, seems worthy of recording. — Williabi H. Edwards. 



Mature Larv^ of Abraxas grossulariata in September. — I took 

 a larva of this species about a fortnight ago, in the garden ; it was 

 then about half grown, and has just (Sept. 21st) spun up for pupation. 

 There are many other larvse of A. grossulariata in the garden, but the 

 majority of them are quite small. — E. G. J. Sparke. 



Pyrameis cardui and Plusia gamma in Suffolk. — I thought you 



