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from the valley at Purlev, which is a similarly waterless spot (chalk). — 

 W. L. Distant ; Upper Warlingham, Surrey. 



Mamestra furva. — The specimens of M. furva recorded by me in my 

 notes on the " Macro-Lepidoptera of the Galashiels District in 1899 " {ante, 

 p. 44) were taken at the end of July, not in May, as there stated. — James 

 C. Haggart. 



Dwarf Vanessa atalanta. — In September, last year, I captured a 

 couple of V. atalanta, both of which are very much smaller than the usual 

 size. One measures one inch and a half (37 millim.) in expanse, and the 

 other is only a little larger. Both were captured in a garden at Tendring, 

 near Colchester. — Alan W. Cardinall ; 18, Cromwell Road, Brighton. 



[Such small e.Kamples of V. atalanta are not perhaps often met with on 

 the wing, but dwarf specimens are not infrequently produced from larvae 

 reared in confinement. — Ed.] 



Thamnotrizon cinerds in the New Forest. — I took a specimen of 

 this grasshopper in the New Forest, Sept. 20th, 1898.— C. W. Colthrup ; 

 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E., Jan. 12th, 1900. 



Note on Phlogophora meticulosa. — I obtained two female P. meti- 

 cidosa at Portsmouth, at rest on a wall near electric-light lamps, on 

 Dec. 6th last. They both laid eggs on the following day, from all of which 

 caterpillars emerged on Jan. 1st, 1900, and which are still feeding up on 

 cabbage and wallflower leaves. Both the moths were in good condition. — 

 C. W. Colthrup; 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E., Jan. 12th, 1900. 



Captures at Electric Light in Chester District. — During last 

 year I took the following species, among others, at the electric lights 

 here: — September 3rd, one example of Cirrhoedia xerampelina, and one of 

 Epunda lutitlenta ; the latter had settled on the ground and been trodden 

 on by someone passing by, but, strange to say, was practically none the 

 worse. Ennomos fuscantaria and E. alniaria [tiliaria) were both extremely 

 common. I also secured one specimen o( E. erosaria. Xylophasia viono- 

 glypha (polyodoti) occurred in hundreds ; two of the examples I captured 

 were of the dark form, without any light markings whatever on the fore 

 wings. — T. H. Court ; 7, Cambrian View, Chester. 



Lepidoptera at Light in 1899. — During the greater part of last 

 season I used a light trap in our garden for the first time ; and on the 

 whole the result has proved very satisfactory. Excluding Micros, I 

 captured sixty-one species. The first captures were made on April 28th, 

 when 1 obtained single specimens of Taniocami^a gothica and T. stabilis. 

 In May I took, in addition to several more specimens of the above species, 

 Spilosoma menthastri and Anticlea nigrofasciaria [derivata). Captures 

 became somewhat more frequent in June: Spilosoma menthastri turned 

 up in some numbers ; and Hepialus lupuUnus, Cilix spinula, Agrotis 

 exclamationis, Noctua /estiva, Rumia crategata, Odonoptera bidentata, 

 Hemerophila abrnptaria, and Melanippe fluctuata also occurred. July 

 proved a very productive month, and on favourable nights moths came to 

 the trap in large numbers. On the 30th of the mouth I captured a 

 specimen of Orthosia suspecta in the trap ; and on August 2nd another 

 specimen came to light at my window. These have been kindly identified 

 by Mr. C. G. Barrett, to whom they were shown by Mr. Arthur Cottam. 

 Is not this a new species for Hertfordshire? On July 21st I obtained a 



