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Ennomos autumnaria at Eamsgate. — Seeing that this insect is 

 far from common in a wild state in Britain, I thought it would be 

 interesting to note that ten specimens have been taken at light 

 between September 23rd and October 2nd. — N. C. E. Miller ; 66, 

 Ellington Eoad, Eamsgate. 



Acronycta alni and Cirrhcedia xerampelina near Shrews- 

 bury. — I have to record the occurrence, in the middle of August last, 

 of two larvae of Acronycta alni, one found by myself in my garden at 

 Meole Brace, the other by Mr. H. E. Forrest at Bayston Hill, about 

 a mile distant, in both instances feeding on roses. Also at light, on 

 the evening of September 5th, a fine but rather pale variety of C. 

 xeranipelina. Both species are mentioned in Mr. Newnham's Cata- 

 logue of Church Stretton Lepidoptera, but, so far as I can gather, 

 neither have been yet noticed so near the town of Shrewsbury. I 

 may add that both larvae of A. alni pupated healthily a few days after 

 they were found. — J. Cosmo Melvill ; Meole Brace Hall, Shrews- 

 bury, October 15th, 1909. 



Abraxas grossulariata ab. lacticolor. — A female specimen of 

 this insect was taken on July 30th of this year by S. Carlier in 

 Gladstone Eoad, Dorridge, being the third specimen recorded for 

 Warwickshire in 1909. — E. Wage Carlier. 



Phryxus (Deilephila) livornica at Blackpool.— a very fine 

 specimen of Deilephila livornica was brought me yesterday by a 

 friend of mine ; it was taken by a man who was playing bowls at the 

 No. 3 Hotel, Blackpool, who picked it up on the green there, and it 

 was alive when it reached me in a tumbler tied over with paper. — 

 T. H. Shepherd; 17, Slope View, Carr Lane, Shipley, Yorks, Oct. 19th. 



Sugar a Failure, June and July. — My experience has been 

 somewhat similar to that of Mr. Jones {antea, p. 259), with perhaps 

 the exception of June. In that month, up to the 21st, I found moths 

 came freely to sugar. At the same time some of the oak and ash 

 trees were absolutely bare of leaves. The first half of July I spent at 

 Sidmouth, but neither on the hills nor in the woods a few miles 

 inland would sugar attract. On my return home the same fate befell 

 me, and it was not until August 27th that I took any moths at sugar ; 

 even then they were quite common sorts and few in numbers, although 

 on August 10th moths were attracted to light in profusion, and a 

 large quantity were boxed off the window fronts. Since the middle 

 of September the weather has been so bad that collecting had to be 

 abandoned. I do not think the reason suggested is the correct one, 

 inasmuch as the flowers at Sidmouth and Swindon have not been so 

 abundant as in other years, when better luck attended one's efforts. 

 I may mention, too, that at Harpford Woods, where in 1908 Argynnis 

 paphia, Melanargia galatea, Epinephele ianira, E. tithonus, Aphan- 

 topus hyperantlms, Adopcea linea, and Augiades comma swarmed, I 

 only saw during this summer one Pararge egeria a,nd a few E. ianira. 

 — A. H. U-. Nethercot ; Woodland Leigh, Spring Gardens, Swindon, 

 October 15th, 1909. 



Notes from Inverness-shire, 1909. — During the month of 

 August collecting was carried on at Onich in the above county, and 



