352 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Macroglossa stellatarom. — This species has been observed here 

 much less frequently than last year. — W. T. Harris ; 17, Micheldever 

 Road, Lee. 



Although not quite so abundant as last year, this species has been very 

 common in my garden all the summer, and I have this year noticed the 

 insect, on warm evenings, visiting the flowers at dusk, a circumstance I 

 never observed before. — (Rev.) A. Nash; Standish Vicarage, Stonehouse, 

 Gloucestershire. 



Chcerocampa nerii at Teignmouth. — A fine specimen of Chcero- 

 campa nerii was taken alive on Myrtle Hill, a street bordering on the 

 G.W.R. station, Teignmouth, on October 23rd. The gentleman who 

 picked it up brought it to me, and made me a present of it. As I have a 

 small collection he thought I should value it, although I make no claim to 

 be a naturalist. But, on showing the fly to Dr. W. C. Lake, a retired 

 practitioner, I was told that I was the lucky owner of a very rare catch. 

 The doctor had a note, in his copy of Kirby's ' Butterflies and Moths of 

 Europe,' to the eff'ect that a similar insect was caught in the gardens of 

 Trafalgar Cottage, in this town, about fifty years ago. Other specimens 

 have been taken at Brighton and Dover. Mr. A. G. Butler, of the British 

 Museum (Natural History), says that the Museum has one taken at 

 St. Leonards. Since this, a gentleman of Dawlish tells me that another 

 was found at Street, near Dartmouth. Later still, a writer in a local 

 paper claims to have seen one feeding on geraniums in his garden, also in 

 this county. My specimen measures 4f inches from tip to tip of wing, 

 and the body is 2^ inches in length. The colours, in sunlight, are a 

 velvety olive-green, graduating into greys, and the pink marking is 

 distinct. The condition is very good : the only injury is a short tear in 

 the left hind wing. Many ladies and gentlemen of this and neighbouring 

 towns have called to inspect the moth ; and would-be purchasers have 

 written from various parts of England (a notice of the capture having 

 appeared in the newspapers). It is my intention to off"er it to the Albert 

 Museum, Exeter, in a short time. There it may be seen by ardent 

 admirers of moths. — J. J. O. Evans ; Teignmouth. 



Lyc^na bellargus in Hertfordshire. — Mr. Arthur Cottam [ante, 

 p. 303) records Lyccena bellargus as new to this county. I took the 

 insect last year on Aldbury downs in September. The butterfly also 

 occurs about two miles from Tring, just beyond the Hertfordshire border, 

 though it is always rare. — N. Charles Rothschild ; Tring Park, Tring, 

 Herts, November 2, 1900. 



CoLiAS EDusA IN OcTOBER. — I saw a few specimens of C. edusa in 

 good condition at Kingsdown, on September 30th and October Ist. 

 Several Pieris rapcB were also seen, but not a single example of P. brassica 

 was observed. — G. W. Kirkaldy. 



I took, freshly emerged, C. edusa, in rides of the New Forest, on 

 October 17th last. — C. W. Colthrup ; 127, Bary Street, E. Dulvvich. 



I took a specimen of C. edusa here on October 31st last. It had but 

 recently emerged, and, although able to fly, the wings were still slightly 

 crumpled and soft, — Percy E. Freks ; 7, Limes Road, Folkestone. 



Colias hyale in Essex. — Colias hyale has appeared here (Waltham- 

 stow) for the first time in my experience, the first specimen being taken on 

 August 26th, in a small field of lucerne near Larks Wood ; and I have 



