284 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
DEILEPHILA LivorNicA IN Sussex.—Having seen that several 
captures of the above-named insect have been recorded in the 
‘Entomologist’ during the last two months, I think it may 
interest the readers of that magazine to know that I took a very 
fine specimen on June 29th last, sitting on a truss of straw in a 
field.—W. H. Buaser; Beckworth, Lindfield, Sussex, Oct. 31st. 
Tue DistrRIBuTion oF ABRAXAS ULMATA.—This species is by 
no means rare in Cheshire, but is very local: here it is found on 
the borders of Dunham Park, and in various places on the banks 
of the Bollin. In Derbyshire, however, it is exceedingly abun- 
dant in Lathliell-dale and Cressbrook-dale. I have seen it by 
hundreds on the grass in the daytime in Lathlill-dale; the 
specimens are usually of a pretty light form. In Cressbrook-dale 
they are generally dark, some being very beautiful varieties. You 
may quietly walk among them and select what you like as they 
rest on the grass.—JosEPH S1IDEBOTHAM; Bowdon, Nov. 6, 1883. 
ENNOMOs AUTUMNARIA AT Dover.—Possibly after the exten- 
sive breeding of this species by Messrs. Tugwell and Harbour, it 
is hardly worth while to chronicle captures. I may, however, just 
state that Mr. Davis, of Dover, has taken several specimens there 
this season, and hopes to breed the insect [next year, having 
a goodly number of eggs, deposited by two females.—E. SaBine ; 
17, The Villas, Erith, September, 1883. 
ABUNDANCE OF HEMEROBIUS, AND GENERAL Notes. — At the 
suggestion of Mr. McRae (Entom. xvi. 235) I write to say that L 
have noticed a very large number of the above-mentioned insects 
in this neighbourhood during the present year, and also that rose- 
trees have been much freer from Aphides than usual. With 
regard to Lepidoptera, the season has, in my experience, been 
again characterised by a remarkable scarcity of nearly all the 
usual species, with a few exceptions, notably that of Vanessa 
cardui, which I saw in large numbers on the South Devon coast 
during August, and Argynnis paphia and Arge galathea were also 
plentiful in the same locality; but, besides these three species, I 
observed very few insects in any number. On August 6th, during 
a few hours’ collecting round Kemsing, near Sevenoaks, very few 
Lepidoptera were on the wing, such Diurni as Lycena corydon 
and Arge galathea, which usually swarm in that locality, being very 
