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in a few days. — Hugo Harpur Crewe ; Stanleys, Brockenhurst, 

 Hants. 



PiERis DAPLiDicE, &c., AT FOLKESTONE. — On July 6th of tliis year, 

 while collecting Lycmia bellargns at Folkestone, I took a female speci- 

 men of P. daplidke. One hind wing is slightly chipped, but otherwise 

 it is in very fair condition. I found L. bdlarf/iis fully out, and L. 

 minima was abundant. I think it is unusual for minima to be out at 

 the same time as the first brood of bellan/ics, and July 6th is a late 

 date for the latter species. — F, Kingsman ; 47, Parkstone Road, 

 Peckham, S.E. 



Leucania vitellina, &c., at Lewes. — During a recent short visit to 

 Lewes I captured a specimen of L. vitellina at sugar (Sept. 27th). It 

 is not in very good condition, being somewhat rubbed. Noctiia xantlw- 

 grapha was very common in the same locality, and I also noticed 

 Noctua c-ni(jram, and Anchocelis lunosa. On the 26th I sugared at 

 another spot about a mile from where I took the L. vitellina, and took 

 several Agrotis suffusa and A. segetum. Anchocelis pistacina was also 

 seen, and numbers of Phlogophora meticulosa. On one patch I counted 

 sixteen of the latter, besides other species. In the course of a long 

 walk on the 27th I noticed a good many Vanessa car did and Plusia 

 gamma, and netted a series of Stenoptert/x noctuella (hybridalis), and at 

 dusk Crambus inquinatelhis was taken. The total bag for one day and 

 two evenings was about forty specimens. — Philip J. Barraud ; Bushey 

 Heath, Herts. 



Pyrameis atalanta at Light. — I have to record the capture of 

 a Pyrameis atalanta while flying round an acetelene gas-lamp at about 

 ten o'clock last night in Wallington. I have never heard of this 

 species being taken in this way before, though I have noticed two or 

 three specimens of Pyrameis cardui inside the lamps during the last 

 two months. Both species have been exceedingly abundant here this 

 year, especially the first-named, and it was not at all an uncommon 

 thing to see from four to seven of this beautiful butterfly settling on 

 an old sugar patch in the morning. — Leslie H. Morse-Robinson ; 

 Wandle Bank, Wallington, Surrey, Oct. 20th, 1903. 



Pyrameis cardui at Electric Light. — At the Clapham electric 

 lights two specimens of P. cardui were taken on September 17th at 

 ten o'clock at night, and another specimen on the 18th. — H. G. 

 Webster; 147, Elsley Road, Lavender Hill, S.W., Oct. 8th, 1903. 



Pyrameis cardui, &c., in Kent. — I have seen this insect in almost 

 every lane and field round here for miles during September, and over one 

 field of mustard they absolutely swarmed ; had I been so disposed I 

 could have captured them by hundreds. Polia fiavocincta also, at the 

 time of writing, literally swarms at sugar. Mania maura in July 

 seemed to be very plentiful, flying into the house at dusk. — Herbert 

 H. Clarke ; Sidcup, Kent, Oct. 8th, 1903. 



Pyrameis cardui and Plusia gamma. — The following note may be 

 of interest with regard to the appearances of these two insects. I 

 went to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Sept. 9th, and stayed there until 

 the 21st of that month. Up to Thursday the 17th the weather was 

 very stormy, the wind being very high and blowing chiefly from the 



