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is the first recorded British capture. It was taken in a strong 
south-west wind, off an elm-tree, about eight o’clock. It is 
now in the possession of Mr. Meek, of Brompton Road.— 
A, Vine; Temple Street, Brighton, October 15, 1875. 
[Mr. Meek writes as follows:—“ When at Brighton last 
Saturday I bought what | supposed to be a var. of Catocala 
nupta; but, upon comparison with a European collection, I 
find it is Catocala electa. What a grand addition to our list! 
I may add that Mr. Vine is a gentleman in whose statement I 
have the fullest confidence. The moth was also seen, when 
scarcely dead, by Mr. Trangmar, Mr. McArthur, and others, 
who all thought it an extraordinary var. of Catocala nupta.— 
E.G. Meek ; 56, Brompton Road, S.W., October 14, 1875.”] 
Acentropus niveus at Sheerness. —In the middle of August 
last I found this insect in great abundance at a locality where 
it was scarce in 1874. There were hundreds of dead speci- 
mens floating on the water, accompanied by many apparently 
half-dead. Living examples clung to the reeds, or to any 
weeds which raised them so much as a head out of the 
water; and at dusk they were to be seen flying in all 
directions close to the water. The easiest mode of capture 
was to turn over some stones which lay at the water’s edge, 
when as many as a dozen or twenty might be seen on a 
single stone. With one exception, the specimens that I set 
are of uniform size. The ordinary size is less than half an 
inch, but one female specimen measures nearly an inch. I 
searched carefully for more large examples, without success. 
—J. Platt Barrett; 34, Radnor Street, Peckham, October 
12, 1875. 
Vanessa Antiopa near Norwich.—On the 9th of August a 
fine specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was taken by a gardener in 
a greenhouse at Thorpe, Norwich.—J. Parker; 6, Surrey 
Terrace, Norwich, October 25, 1875. 
Astynomus edilis at Cardiff.—On the 29th of November 
last I had the good fortune to take a fine male specimen of 
Astynomus edilis upon a lady’s dress in a tram-car. The 
antenne are very fine. Is this a common beetle ?—T. LZ. 
Howe ; Cardiff, October, 1875. 
{It is common in Scotland, not in Wales.—£. Newman.] 
Correction of an Error.—\ wish to correct an error made 
by me in advertising my capture of Hadena peregrina (Entom. 
