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evening since, with no fui-ther success. — Edwin P. Sharp; 1, Bedford 

 Well Eoad, Eastbourne, October 26th, 1909. 



L. FAvicoLOR IN SussEX. — During the summer of 1908 I took a 

 specimen of this insect in East Sussex (exact locality suppressed for 

 obvious reasons). It was not till a recent meeting of the South 

 London Entomological Society that the specimen was identified as 

 the species named, although I personally had no doubt of its identity. 

 The specimen (almost var. lutea) is now in the collection of Mr. A. E. 

 Gibbs, St. Albans, who kindly got it identified for me. — W. Jarvis ; 

 73, Murchison Eoad, Leyton, N.E., October 26th, 1909. 



Note on the Pup^ of Nonagria geminipuncta. — I notice 

 (antea, p. 260) that Mr. Vinall mentions finding nine pupge of 

 N. geminipuncta in one reed. It may be interesting to note that, 

 in Kent, I once found five pupae between two nodes of one reed- 

 stem. — H. M. Edelsten ; Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, October 

 26th, 1909. 



Larv^ of Hadkna pisi on Bog-Myrtle. — Eeferring to Prof. 

 Meldola's note {antea, p. 281), I may say that the larvae of this 

 species are also common on bog-myrtle in the New Forest, especially 

 on the open bogs near the railway line at Holmsley, and I have also 

 found them in the vicinity on bracken occasionally. The species 

 occurs in this district, and I found one larva feeding on gooseberry 

 leaves in my garden, but it does not appear to be common here- 

 abouts. — C. Nicholson ; 35, The Avenue, Hale End, Chingford. 



Vanessa Io and Gonepteryx Ehamni.— Mr. F. W. Frohawk 

 calls attention to the great abundance of the former species in S. E. 

 Essex. I have been astonished at the abundance in this district, as 

 for years I have not seen many. Li. rhamni has l^een unusually plenti- 

 ful here. — E. Everett ; Letchworth. 



Abundance of Larv^. — Larvae of TriplicBua pronuba are in enor- 

 mous numbers in the garden here this autumn, feeding on almost 

 everything. I have never seen them so abundant. Perhaps other 

 entomologists may have noticed the same thing. — H. M. Edelsten. 



Lyc^na corydon in Devonshire. — With regard to my former 

 note {antea, p. 211) on the occurrence of Lyccena corydon in Devon, 

 this further information may be of interest. On August 13th last I 

 visited the same spot where I took one male corydon last year, and 

 caught three males, though I only stayed about half an hour ; 

 all appeared quite fresh. I had no time to search for females, and 

 was unfortunately prevented from paying another visit to the place. 

 However, I think it safe to assume that those three males were not 

 stragglers, but that there is a colony of the species in that locality 

 (which is on the slopes above the sea, about two and a half miles 

 west of Bear Head). I may add that on the bank where I took the 

 specimens referred to, the horseshoe vetch {H. comosa), which I 

 beheve is one of the food-plants, grows abundantly, and this plant also 

 supports there a flourishing colony of the beautiful L. adonis. — F. L, 

 Blathwayt ; 1, Stonefield Avenue, Lincoln, August 26th, 1909. 



