72 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



yellowish green, and then again to a reddish hue. This last tint grew 

 darker in colour, until the pupa had attained the ordinary aspect of the 

 chrysalis of ^'. llyustrl. The change occupied about five days alto- 

 gether. — Thomas J. Shelley ; 103, King's Eoad, Canton, Cardiff, Gla- 

 morganshire, Jan. 20th, 1903. 



Captures at Wimborne, October, 1902. — While on a visit to Wim- 

 borne, in October last, I sugared a few trees near the house where I 

 was staying, on four consecutive evenings (7th to 10th), and captured 

 the following eleven species: — Agrotis suffusa, Noctua c-nujyiun, Ancho- 

 celis rufina, A. pistacina, A. litara, Scopelosoma satellitia, Xanthia ferru- 

 ginea (circellaris), Kpunda nigra, Phloguphora meticidosa, Hadena protea, 

 and Xylina ornithopus [rhizolitha). The two last-named species were 

 also taken from tree-trunks in the daytime. — Philip J. Barkaud ; 

 Bushey Heath, Herts. 



Butterflies in the Maidstone District, 1902. — The following 

 notes may perhaps be of some interest, giving as they do a list of the 

 Khopalocera to be found in this locality, and taken by myself last 

 season (1902) within a radius of six miles around Maidstone. Con- 

 sidering the inclemency of the weather and poor results of other collec- 

 tors, I think it a very satisfactory one : — Pieris biassiccc, P. rapxB, 

 P. napi, Euchlo'e cardaudnes, Colias hyale (one freshly emerged specimen, 

 June 9th); C. ediisa (Sept. 6th), Goneptenjx rhainni, common ; Argynnis 

 aglaia, common (July 10th, Aug. 9th) ; A. adippe (Aug. 21st), common ; 

 A. euphrosgne, Vanessa polychloros, two (Aug. 9th) ; V. to, V. urtica;, 

 V. atalanta, V. cardui, Melanargia galatca, common (Aug. 9th) ; Pararge 

 megm-a, Satyrus aeniele, common (Aug. 3rd, Sept. 6th); Epinephele ianiia, 

 E. tithonus, E. hyperanthus, Ccenunympha pamphilus, Thecia quercus, T. 

 rubi, Chrgsophaniisphlccas, Lyccena astrarche, common ; L. [Ctipido) inmima, 

 L. agon, fairly common (July 13th, Aug. 3rd) ; L. argiulus, L. corg- 

 don, common (Aug. 3rd, 20th) ; L. bellargus, L. icarus, Hesperia malvcB, 

 Thanaos tages, Adopcca comma (Sept. 6th) ; A. sglvanus, A. thaiimas. It 

 was very noticeable how late many of the species were in making their 

 appearance. — Arthur J. Golding ; Lower Fant, Maidstone. 



Collecting in Ross-shire, 1902. — Last year (Entom. xxxv. 145) I 

 recorded some of my captures in an out of-the-way part of Ross-shire, 

 at the head of the River Carron, and now add a few more notes about 

 my collecting at the same place in 1902. Lasiocampa (Bombyx) callimcB 

 was the most interesting species. The larvas were in great numbers, 

 feeding on the heather, and in places upon sallow and other plants, but 

 I had no success in rearing them in captivity. 



On Aug. 9th about one hundred larvae were sent home to Ems- 

 worth, and other lots were sent at the beginning of September. These 

 were kept under the most natural conditions and not crowded, yet only 

 about two per cent, attained the pupa state. The same thing hap- 

 pened with those which I tried to rear on the spot in Ross-shire ; 

 nearly all died. 



About Sept. 11th I first noticed a good many dead larvae hanging 

 to the heather-stalks on the moor, showing that even in the wild state 

 the death-rate among them was very high. 



On Sept. 23rd I began to find the cocoons on the moor. Upon 



