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Melanippe tristata. — I should like to record the capture at Church 

 Stretton, in this county, last month, of a goodly number of M. tristata. I 

 found it on the Longwynd, at an elevation of at least a thousand feet above 

 the sea, where alone it seemed to occur. I had previously taken it only 

 in tv?o North Derbyshire localities, both of which are also at high eleva- 

 tions. Is this the experience of others? — (Rev.)CHAS. F. Thornewill ; 

 Calvershall Vicarage, Whitchurch, Salop. 



Note on Xanthia ferruginea and X. gilvago. — I have been breeding 

 this year, from larvae found in this parish, the two closely allied species, 

 X. ferruginea and X. gilvago, the larvae of which are practically undistin- 

 guishable. My first imago of X. ferruginea emerged on August 18th, 

 while X. gilvago did not begin to appear till September 5th. Is this the 

 experience of others, or is it merely an accident ? — (Rev.) C. F. Thornewill; 

 Calvershall Vicarage, Whitchurch, Salop, September 12th. 



Aleucis piotaria in Kent. — I have to record the capture of a specimen 

 of A. pictaria on April 23th last near Ashford. It was flying after dark, 

 and is the only example of the species that I have ever met with in the 

 locality, although I have collected there for a number of years past. — 

 D. Chittenden ; 98, Court Hill Koad, Lewisham, S.E, 



LiPARis chrysorrhcea Abundant at Hove. — I was pleased to find the 

 above-named insect very abundant in this neighbourhood this year. — Alan 

 W. Cardinall ; 18, Cromwell Koad, Hove, July 29th, 1900. 



Abundance of Plusia gamma. — You published a note from me {ante, 

 p. 129) to the efi'ect that during the whole of last year I did not see a single 

 specimen of Plusia gamma \n Hayling Island. Although this is usually 

 a very common species here, this year it is more abundant than I have ever 

 known it. Hundreds are to be seen during the day-time flying from flower- 

 head to flower-head in every clover field. — Albert May; Hayling Island, 

 August 21st. 



[P. gamma appears to have been generally abundant throughout the 

 country this year. — Ed.] 



Odonata in Kent. — I took a female specimen of ^schna mixta at 

 Ramsgate on September 19th. Sympetruin striolatuni was swarming at 

 Ramsgate on the same day, at Sandwich on Sept. 2l8t, and at Folkestone 

 on October 3rd. — C. W. Colthrup; 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E., 

 October IQih, 1900. 



Rhyparobia MADERA IN LoNDON. — I found an example of this species 

 in my desk at Covent Garden this morning. — Henry J. Dixon ; 29, Suther- 

 land Avenue, Maida Vale, September 25th, 1900. 



Sirex gigas. — This sawfly seems to have taken up its quarters perma- 

 nently in the neighbourhood. I have caught half-a-dozen specimens in 

 Kendal and Windermere during the past three years, the most recent falling 

 stunned by the blow of a straw hat in Stramongate, Kendal, on July 21st 

 this year. — (Rev.) A. M. Moss ; 12, Greenside, Kendal. 



Collecting at Sidmouth. — A few days' collecting at Sidmouth, with 

 Mr. B. R. Roberts, of Cornwall, during the latter half of June, were 

 faily successful, although the weather was so cold and wet. Leucophasia 

 sinapis was abundant in its usual haunts on the cliff, and was in good con- 

 dition. We found beating during the day far the most productive work, 

 and took the following moths : — Anticlea rubidata (very abundant and in 



