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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



they did likewise. Walking across the room would also cause the 

 pupae to tap again. — J. H. Fowler ; Ringwood. 



The Insect Fauna of Hampshire. — Mr. H. Goss's interesting 

 article, in the new ' History of Hampshire,' on the Lepidoptera, is not 

 quite exhaustive as to the species which have been found in Hampshire 

 and the Isle of Wight. There is a favoured nook in the downs near 

 Winchester where Procris gerijon has been not unfrequently met with. 

 Sphinx convolvuli has been often taken in gardens near Southampton. 

 Sesia sphef^iformis and S. formici/ormis have been often taken near 

 Basingstoke. I have found Melanippe hastata in some numbers in a 

 wood near Southampton, and Ghesias obliquaria frequently near the 

 same locality where the broom abounds. Leucania conic/era and Miana 

 fasciuncula are not at all uncommon. CymatopJiora or has been fairly 

 frequently taken at sugar in a wood near Winchester. Leucania extranea 

 was taken at sugar in a wood near Lyndhurst Road station in the 

 autumn of 1897. Laphygma exigua has been taken more than once 

 at Freshwater. I might add that Callimorpha domvmda is abundant 

 in the water meadows between Winchester and Twyford ; that Phiba- 

 lapteryx tersata and vitalbata are quite common in the chalk districts ; 

 and that I have taken many specimens of Triphaina subsequa (though 

 unfortunately generally in a worn condition) in Parnholt Wood, 

 between Winchester and Romsey. Is Mr. Goss quite sure that Thera 

 simulata occurs in the county ? I believe it to be a northern species, 

 though there are specimens of T. variata which may be very like it. I 

 have collected now for many years in this neighbourhood, but have 

 never come across Ennomos fascantaria (though I have bred it from 

 ova sent me from Yorkshire), and have never heard that it "is common 

 in the neighbourhood of Southampton." — J. C. Moberly; Woodlands, 

 Basset, Southampton, Dec. 4th, 1900. 



Scales in Lyc^na. — Kohler discusses the battledore scales in 

 Lycoina (1900 Zool. Jahrb. xiii. 247-58; 1 Plate and 6 figs.), and 

 regards them as sexual scent-scales. He combats Kenuel's con- 

 clusions, and asserts that they are not degenerating structures. — 

 G. W. Kirkaldy. 



Vanessa c-album in Ireland. — Up to the present time there has 

 been no satisfactory proof of the occurrence of this butterfly in Ireland. 

 Birchall, it is true, gave a record of it from Powerscourt (E. M. M. 

 1st series, viii. p. 6), but Mr. W. F. de V. Kane has shown (Entom. 

 xxvii. p. 17) that this record was unreliable. I have now the pleasure 

 of putting on record what is, I believe, an undoubted instance of its 

 occurrence in this country. I have submitted the matter to Mr. Kane, 

 and he appears to be satisfied. Last month the Rev. C. L. Garnett, 

 Rector of Ardtrea, Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, was on a visit in this 

 neighbourhood, and came to have a look at my collection. In the 

 course of conversation he mentioned that he had met with V. c-album 

 in Ireland. I asked for a detailed account, which he very kindly gave. 

 Unfortunately Mr. Garnett is not sure of the year, but it was several 

 years ago. This is his account : — " It was about one and a half miles 

 from Malahide on the Dublin road ; July or August. I could not be 

 mistaken, as I saw the creature settled, and it basked in the sun for a 



