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on July 14th of that year (Entom. xl. p. 213). This was followed by 
other records of the species from the same district, also from Thornton 
Heath and from Kingston (Entom. xl. p. 237). I have now to put 
on record the capture of two specimens at Brondesbury. The 
moths, which were captured by Mr. Alec Urquhart, flew to the 
electric light in one of the lower rooms here at about 11 p.m. on 
June 18th last.—Ricuarp Soutu; 4, Mapesbury Court, Shoot-up- 
Hill, Brondesbury, N.W. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN Kent.—I had a male specimen of 
A. atropos brought to me on June 15th ult. It was flying, about 
9.40 in the morning, and was knocked down by the captor, conse- 
quently it is somewhat rubbed.—PeErcy Ricuarps; Seabrook, Hythe. 
PLUTELLA MACULIPENNIS (CRUCIFERARUM) ABUNDANT.—P. crwuct- 
ferarum is a veritable nuisance just now. It occurs everywhere in 
this district in thousands. I wonder if this abundance of the species 
is general throughout the South of England ?—Prrcy Ricuarps; 
Seabrook, Hythe, June 17th, 1914. 
[When in Scarborough recently I noted P. maculipennis in some 
numbers on the cliffs on June 9th and 10th, but on the moors above 
Goathland on June 11th the species was exceedingly common.— 
R. 8.] 
LyTHRIA PURPURARIA.—While examining recently a small col- 
lection of unnamed Lepidoptera, made by a schoolboy at Meads, 
near Eastbourne, in the years 1902-3, I was astonished to find 
amongst them a specimen of Lythria purpuraria. It is not quite 
typical, having the dark cross-bars very broad, as well as being under 
the normal size. With the exception of the L. purpuraria, all the 
specimens are of very common species; all are pinned with large 
white English pins, and ‘“ set”’ in the usual schoolboy style, and all 
are in very bad condition. Under the circumstances, I cannot but 
regard the specimen as a genuine British example of this species. 
It is now in the possession of a son of Dr. Rowland, of Lichfield, to 
whom the collection was given by the captor—a son of Dr. Homan, 
also of this city.—L. A. Carr; Lichfield, May 29th, 1914. 
ZYGHNA TRANSALPINA, Esp., var.—I think it may be worth while to 
record the capture, on August 4th last, of a variety—or aberration— 
of Zygena transalpina, Esp., to which I can find no parallel noticed 
in any works that I have been able to consult. There is no 
similar specimen in the collections in South Kensington or in 
Oxford. The distinguishing feature consists in the absence of the 
lower of the two usual red spots of the central group on the fore 
wings. (The absence of one of the owter group of spots appears to 
be not very infrequent in allied species, though I do not remember 
having seen any such variety of transalpina.) The specimen, which 
is a male, was taken on the shores of the Oeschinen-See (about one- 
and-a-half hour’s walk from Kandersteg) ; and asI did not notice its 
peculiarity at the time, and Zygzenas were swarming, I did not 
work for more. I was for some time uncertain to which species to 
assign it, but inclined towards transalpina, and this identification 
