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morning hovering over flowers during a smart shower of rain. — Walde- 

 GKAVE ; The Priory, Chewton Mendip, Somerset, Sept. 24th. 



Deilephila livornica in North Staffordshire. — The Rev. W. H. 

 Heale took in his garden at Wolstanton Vicarage a male specimen of D. 

 livornica in excellent condition, flying at pinks, on July 11th. This is its 

 first recorded appearance in our district, and is a most welcome addition to 

 our list, — Tho. W. Daltrt ; Madeley Vicarage, Staffordshire. 



Chcerocampa NERii IN IvENT. — A fine female of this rare species was 

 captured by Master Guy Wickham, in his father's dining-room at Willow 

 Grove, Yalding, about 6.30 p.m., on Sept. 18th last. The window of the 

 room was open, and there was a lamp burning on a sideboard at the far 

 end ; there were some plants of Nicotiana afflnis in the garden outside. 

 Unfortunately it was very much damaged, as the boy had only a very small 

 " sea-side " net and no killing-bottle, so the moth took a deal of hunting 

 before it was caught, and had to be killed like a butterfly, by severe pinches 

 under the thorax. — (Capt.) S. G. Reid ; Yalding, Kent, October, 1900. 



Note on a Pupa of Gonoptera libatrix. — Both Newman and the 

 Rev. Seymour St. John give as the food-plants of G. libatrix sallow and 

 white willow only. This autumn I found at Hayward's Heath a pupa in a 

 curled-up leaf of the black poplar, and from this a specimen of G. libatrix 

 emerged a few days ago. — T. Goddard Williams ; The Neuk, Danehill, 

 Sussex, October 15th, 1900. 



Notodonta DicTiEoiDES DouBLE-BRooDED. — On Juue 6th last I took a 

 pair of N. dictceoides on the bough of a birch. The female I sleeved on 

 birch. She deposited eggs from which fifty-two larvae resulted. These 

 pupated, the last on August 4th. On the 28th of the same month four 

 insects had emerged ; and on the following day two more were out ; the 

 others are still in pupae. On August 8th I took another pair, from which 

 I obtained forty larvae ; the last of these pupated on October 5th. The 

 earliest date I have taken the insect was June 6th this year ; the latest I 

 have taken it was August 31st, 1894. — C. Hamlin ; Forest Cottage, Bal- 

 combe, Sussex, October 9th, 1900. 



Xanthia gilvago in Surrey. — I took a nice specimen of X. gilvago 

 at sugar on September 26th last. I have not heard of the species being 

 taken in this county before, and should like to know if this is so. — L. M. 

 Seth-Smith ; Alleyne, Caterham Valley, Surrey, Oct. 5th, 1900. 



[There are several records of the occurrence of this species in Surrey, 

 some of them as recent as the year 1898 [vide Entom. xxxi. pp. 267, 293). 

 —Ed.] 



Plusia moneta at Merstham. — On July 28th of this year 1 took a 

 specimen of P. moneta flying over Nicotiana ajinis at Merstham, Surrey. 

 — F. W. J. Jackson, 2, Vicarage Gate, Kensington, W., Sept. 27th, 1900. 



DiANTHCECiA cucuBALi IN AuGUST. — I took au apparently freshly 

 emerged specimen of D. cucubali at sugar on August 14th at Merstham. 

 — F. W. J. Jackson, 2, Vicarage Gate, Kensington, W. 



NocTUA CASTANEA IN THE New Forest. — With reference to the note 

 on this species [ante, p. 271), it may interest you to hear that I took a fine 

 specimen of the typical red form of N. castanea at sugar in the New Forest 

 in August, 1895. — E. A. Cockayne; 6, Tapton House Road, SheflBeld, 

 October 6th, 1900. 



