322 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Pbofessor Robert Wallace is preparing for publication the 

 'Reminiscences' of the late Miss E. A. Ormerod. This was the 

 work of her later days, and was enjoyed by her as a relaxation from 

 the more arduous labours of Agricultural Entomology. Although the 

 Autobiography was not completed, yet there is much material of a 

 very interesting character on which to work. Professor Wallace would 

 be glad to receive such letters from Miss Ormerod as her correspondents 

 may deem of sufficient importance, together with any other information 

 which they think will be of interest to the general public. His address 

 is The University, Edinburgh. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN THE New Forest. — About Aug. 14th last I saw a 

 specimen of G. cdusa flying across Butt's Lawn, near Brockenhurst, 

 and a friend saw one in the same place a day or two later. — E. C. 

 Ansorge ; Bedford Park. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN Kent IN 1902. — I took fine specimens of C. edusa 

 at Margate, between Aug. 23rd and 30th; one example was seen flying 

 over Peckham Rye on Sept. 8th ; and at Deal, on Sept. 9th, I saw 

 two specimens. — C. W. Colthrup; 127, Barry Road, E. Dulwich, S.E. 



Vanessid/e in 1902. — Pyrameis cardui was by far the most plentiful 

 Vanessid in the Isle of Thanet ; it abounded in every clover or lucerne 

 field. I noticed only a few Vanessa urticte, and but one specimen of 

 V. atalanta. — C. W. Colthrup. 



Agrotis cinerea. — I captured a specimen of this insect, at sugar, 

 on the Sussex downs, in June last. — C. W. Colthrup. 



Dasycampa (Orrhodia) rubiginea. — From the egg my kind friend 

 Mrs. Fogden, of Apuldram, near Chichester, skilfully reared to the pupal 

 stage about a dozen 0. rubiginea, which she most generously handed 

 over to me in the flower-pot in which the larvte pupated. The first of 

 these beautiful " chestnuts " emerged on Oct. 9th, another on the 

 18th, another on the 14th, one on the 21st, one on tlie 22nd, another 

 on the 28th — six fine specimens up to the time of writing. It is 

 somewhat singular that one only emerged on each occasion. — Joseph 

 Anderson ; Chichester, Oct. 29th, 1902. 



Ennomos erosaria and Himera pennaria. — On Oct. 10th last I took 

 a specimen of E. erosaria on a gas-lamp in this district. H. pennaria 

 has been exceedingly abundant in this locality ; I counted no less than 

 sixteen in an evening's walk on Oct. 29th last. — H. G. Faye ; 3, Mary- 

 land Road, Bowes Park, N., Nov. 5th, 1902. 



Deilephila livornica in South Devon. — Mr. J. Jager {ante, p. 287) 

 records the capture of the larva of 1). livornica, and says, " I am told 

 that there is no record of this rare moth having been previously found 

 in the larval state in Britain." If reference is made to the ' Entomo- 

 logist,' vol. V. p. 169, it will be seen that it was obtained by me in 

 1870. I figured the larva, and the drawing is reproduced in Barrett's 

 • British Lepidoptera,' vol. ii. The same year Mr. Rickard obtained 



