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brassiccB. I may also mention that at 10.30 p.m., Aug. 2nd, a fine 

 specimen of M. steUatarum came in at the open window of my bedroom, 

 apparently attracted by the light. Is this anything unusual ? — Thos. B. 

 Blakeborough ; " Ashlea," Brighouse, Nov. 17th, 1900. 



Notes from Brodick, Arran, N.B. — In reply to your note in the 

 December number of the ' Entomologist,' as to the few reports of Colias 

 hyale and G. ediisa in the northern districts of England and Scotland, I 

 may mention that I spent the month of August and the beginning of 

 September at Brodick, Arran, N.B , and during that time I did not see a 

 single specimen of either of these species. The following, however, were 

 some of my captures : — Argynnis aglaia, Nonagria fulva, Hydrcecia nicti- 

 tans, H. micacea, Charaas graminis, Polia chi, Mania maura, Larentia 

 olivata, L. miata, Cidaria russata, M. trlstata, Melanthia ruhiginata, 

 Anaitis plagiata, Choreutes scintillulana, Hedya jjaykuUiana, Peronea 

 schalleriana, P. comparana, Leptogranima [Oxygrapha) literana, Dictyo- 

 vteryx contaminana, Paniplusia monticoJana, GraphoUtha [Calosetia] nigro- 

 maculana, Evpoecilia aiigustana, Plutella cruciferarum, Cerostovia xylo- 

 Stella, Depressaria umhellana, Chelaria huhnerella, Pterophorus acantho- 

 dactylus. — Archdale Sharpin ; 23, Kimbolton Road, Bedford. 



Notes from Somersetshire. — From August 9th to 17th I stayed with 

 my friend Mr. W. W. Lane, at his house in Weston-super-Mare. Though 

 the time was very much taken up with other things, I managed to do a 

 little eutomologising, of which the following is the result. Pieris rapcB and 

 napi were of course common. In the woods at the back of the town I saw 

 two Argynnis paphia, and also a lovely var. valesina, which was in perfect 

 condition, but, alas, I was unarmed. In these woods, too, Pararge egeria 

 and Epinephele ianira were both common. On the rough stony ground 

 which fringes these woods I found Vanessa io, atalanta, cardui (the last of 

 these seemed to come out just before I left), Pararge megara, Polyommatus 

 phlceas, Lyccena icarus (alexis), and L. argiohis very plentiful. Macroglossa 

 steUatarum was very common flying about in the sunshine. Some old 

 poplar trunks in the Park were very badly bored by Cossus ligniperda. 

 Triphmna comes [orhoiia) and pronuha were very common, while Plusia 

 gamma was more plentiful close to the woods than was pleasant. We went 

 to Cheddar to see the world-famed caverns, and, after having done this, we 

 climbed the cliffs which border the roadside. Here I noticed the follow- 

 ing : — P. rapcB and napi, Vanessa io, Satyrus semele, Epinephele ianira, 

 LyccBna astrtrache [medon), and Hesperia thaumas {linea) ; also one young 

 larva of Bombyx rubi and three or four of Euchelia jacobcecB. Gonopteryx 

 rhamni and E. tithonus were common along the hedges, where I also found 

 a few Phalera bucephala larvae. Returning home, I found a male Bombyx 

 quercus on Yatton Station platform. Locusta viridissima was very common 

 at Weston-super-Mare among the raspberry canes in the garden, where, I 

 am told, it established itself about three years ago. — Oscar Whittaker ; 

 Morelands, Heaton, Bolton, August 21st, 1900. 



The Season of 1900. — The season just passing has been again a good 

 one for the Rhopalocera generally in localities I have visited. But I think 

 the midsummer and autumn species have been on the whole more numerous 

 than those of the spring or early summer. This seemed specially to be the 

 case with Euchloe cardamines and Argynnis euphrosyne, both of which I did 

 not notice so frequently in South Wales as in some seasons. In the month 

 of May several days were cold in temperature, which may have had some 



