NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 281 
for bugs (C. lectularius) ; if this be the case, it must be a very 
well fed insect. The handsome but sluggish Saturnia pyri is not 
uncommon, and appears in April.—G. 8. Parry; Major, R.A. 
Lepmoprera NEAR Marpenneap.—I am very pleased to be 
able to add to the records of the appearance of Colias edusa. I 
noticed a male of this species in the meadows between Cookham 
and Maidenhead on Sunday, October 28th. On the same morn- 
ing, which was very bright and warm considering the lateness 
of the season, several specimens of Gonepteryx rhamni, Vanessa 
atalanta, and V.cardut were seen. Common Noctue are still 
coming freely to sugar in my garden, where I took, last month, 
amongst other things, Xanthia gilvago and Xylina semibrunnea, 
both species new to this district. I notice that a correspondent 
(Entom. xvi. 236) draws attention to the fact of Hepialus velleda 
occurring in the south. It occurs freely, sometimes in great abun- 
dance, in a copse near Pinkney’s Green, in this neighbourhood; last 
year it was not so common, on account probably of hard weather 
at the time of its appearance. JV. cardwi has been abundant all 
over this district during the past season; I have also noticed 
that Lycena alsus, which used to be very local, has established 
colonies in places where it never used to be found. Argynnis 
adippe continues to be as abundant as ever; it is one of the 
commonest butterflies in many of the woods on the Buckingham- 
shire side of the river. It is with regret, however, that I have 
to record the total disappearance of Macroglossa bombyliformis 
and M. fuciformis, both of which used to be quite common in 
the Dropmore Woods; it is now some years since I have seen 
either, and I greatly fear that they have disappeared in the same 
way that Limenitis sybilla has done from the neighbouring woods 
of Burnham Beeches and Black Park. Last June I visited, for 
the first time, the chalk downs at Chinnor, near West Wycombe, 
and found Thecla rubi and Procris geryon in abundance ; also a 
few good specimens of N. plantaginis. Judging from appear- 
ance, I should think the last-named locality ought to make a 
very fair entomological collecting-ground ; it is, however, rather 
difficult to reach from London.—H. C. Lana; Maidenhead, 
Berks. Nov. 1, 1883. 
VANESSA ATALANTA IN HuNTINGDONSHIRE.—Vanessa atalanta 
was very abundant this year in Huntingdonshire; it has not been 
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