-_ NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 185 
CAPTURES IN 1883.—I have taken the following Lepidoptera 
up to this time :—Gonepteryx rhamni—one, at West Wickham ; 
April. Cymatophora flavicornis—one, at a lamp near Croydon ; 
April. Calocampa vetusta—one at sugar, West Wickham; April. 
Brephos parthenias—a few, West Wickham; April. Pachycnemia 
hippocastanaria—one, Addington hills. Tephrosia biwndularia— 
several, West Wickham; April. Hibernia defoliaria—two, West 
Wickham ; January. Lobophora lobulata—several, West Wick- 
ham. Larve of Thera variata, one of Ellopia fasciaria, and a 
number of small larve on juniper which I do not know.— 
W. M. Getpart; Croydon, April 24, 1883. 
Tuecita ruBI.—I do not know whether the appearance of 
Thecla rubi on April 12th is sufficiently early to be unusual, or of 
any interest to your readers. I mention the fact that I took one 
on this date on the cliffs here. I have only lived in this island 
for three years, but find on reference to my diary that in 1881 and 
1882 the first specimens which came under my notice were on 
May 1lith and 12th respectively. In all other instances this 
season appears extremely backward here, as I believe elsewhere. 
—(Rey.) Frank E. Lowe; St. Stephen’s, Guernsey, May 7, 1883. 
Lyc@=NA AcIs IN Sussex.—It may interest some of your 
readers to know that I have in my collection a specimen of 
Lycena acis, caught by my late friend Thos. C. Hedley in the 
White Fields, Abbots Wood, in July, 1881. I saw the insect 
caught, so that I am sure of its authenticity.—J. A. Dynus; 
8, Hardwicke Road, Eastbourne, May, 1883. 
HERMAPHRODITE ORGYIA PUDIBUNDA.—A hermaphrodite imago 
of O. pudilunda, exhibited alive at the Royal Aquarium in 
March last, with the abnormal larva of Melanippe montanata 
figured in this number, was noticed in the breeding-cage by me 
on March 4th. It had the antenne and wings of the male, with 
the body of the female, and was one of a brood of seventy which 
I obtained from a batch of ova. This specimen deposited eggs 
which were, as might be expected, infertile. They were all fed 
alike on the leaves of the common hazel.—K. H. Jonus. 
Bompyx QupRcus.—Whilst walking from Siena to Monastero 
my attention was attracted by an insect flying slowly by me, and 
making a noise like a large grasshopper on the wing. I followed 
it till it settled on the road, and on coming up to it I found it 
