292 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Leucania loreyi in South Devon. — A specimen of this excessively 

 rare British moth was captured by me at Torquay (at sugar) on Sept. 

 27th, 1900.— Alfred E. Holdaway, Lonouh, Newton Abbot, Oct. 26th. 



Chrysopa aspersa and C. flava at Balham. — On June 21st last I 

 took two specimens of Chrysojm off a fence at Balham. These, on ex- 

 amination, proved to be G. aspersa and C. fiava. From their condition 

 at the time I should say that the insects had just emerged. — W. J. 

 Lucas ; 28, Knights Park, Kingston-on-Thames. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Ireland. — While dusking on the evening of 

 Sept. 6th last, in Ireland, I took two specimens of S. convolvuli at 

 flowers of Nicotiana afiinis. They are unfortunately both very worn. — 

 F. W. Y. Jackson ; 2,' Vicarage Gate, Kensington, W., Oct. 11th, 1903. 



Sphinx convolvuli and Ch^rocampa nerii in Warwickshire. — I had 

 brought me yesterday a lovely male specimen of C. nerii. It was found 

 at rest on a yew cut hedge in a gentleman's garden on tbe outskirts of 

 the town. Evidently it had just emerged, and is in perfect condition. 

 This does not agree with Newman's theory that one now and again is 

 blown over from France ; it could hardly have got to the middle of 

 Warwickshire by that method. A fortnight ago I had a male S. con- 

 volvuli brought me, found at rest on a door in a close yard in the 

 middle of the town. — Chas. Baker; 25, Long Street, Atherstone, 

 Oct. 10th, 1903. 



Ch^rocampa celerio at Brighton. — I have just received a speci- 

 men of 0. celerio from Mr. F. Trangmar, of Brighton. It was captured 

 on October 24th last at the Brighton railway works by Mr. J. Clayton, 

 who caught it with his hands, and consequently the specimen is 

 slightly rubbed. — H. McArthur ; 35, Averill Street, Fulham Palace 

 Eoad, W., October 26th, 1903. 



Phibalapteryx fluviata (gemmata) at Chichester. — Seeing but 

 few notices of this pretty little geometer, and as it is the first time 

 that I have ever seen or taken it alive, it may be interesting to record 

 the capture of a female specimen at a gas-lamp here on Sept. 22nd 

 last. — Joseph Anderson. 



Notes on Lepidoptera at Chichester, 1903. — In common with 

 very many collectors of Lepidoptera, my experience has been that of a 

 succession of bad seasons, this has been absolutely the worst which 

 I ever remember. I began sugaring early in June, and on the 8th of 

 that month took Bipterygia scabriuscula for the first time in this 

 locality. On July 18th Mania maura first made its appearance, and 

 at the end of the month Apamea iinanimis and Hadena didynia, the 

 latter varying greatly. I also took Miana literosa. Zeuzera pyrina 

 (cBsculi) occurred in August. In September Agrotis suffusa and Xanthia 

 (jilvago came to sugar. — Joseph Anderson. 



Lucanus cervus at Chichester. — This fine beetle has been some- 

 what abundant here this season. — Joseph Anderson. 



Acronycta alni in Hampshire. — On August 12th last a larva of 

 this scarce moth was found and brought to me by the daughter of one 

 of my gardeners, who noticed it on a hazel bush not far from this 

 house. Unfortunately it proved to be " ichneumoned," and died 



