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CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Agkotis ypsilon in early July. — While sugaring on the sand- 

 hills at Deal on Saturday last, July 4th, I found a very worn Agrotis 

 ypsilon, male, on one of the patches. I took it to make quite sure of 

 its identity. Surely tliis is a very late date for a hybernated specimen, 

 more particularly a male ? I see in South's ' Moths of the British 

 Isles ' a suggestion that this species migrates, so possibly this record 

 may be of interest if the question of its migration is not yet esta- 

 blished. — P. A. Cardew (Capt. R.A.) ; St. Aldwyns, Park Avenue, 

 Dover, July 6th, 1908. 



Plusia moneta at Peterborough. — The following item may be 

 of interest in your " Field Captures " column : — Plusia moneta. I 

 was fortunate enough to take a good specimen of this on July 5th, 

 1908, about 11.30 p.m., on a mixed herbaceous border in my garden, 

 Broadway, Peterborough. I have not heard of its being taken in 

 this district before, and should be glad to hear if there is any record 

 of its capture so far north or in this neighbourhood. — Geo. T. 

 Nichols ; Peterborough, July 7th, 1908. 



AciDALiA EMUTARiA IN SussEX. — This insect, which has only 

 once before been recorded as taken in East Sussex, was found by 

 myself and Mr. W. Jarvis in some numbers while searching for Senta 

 maritima in the valley of the Cuckmere ; we also found the species, 

 but in lesser numbers, on the Ouse, while trying to turn up S. mari- 

 tima on that river. The only other record, as referred to above, is 

 nearly thirty years old, a single specimen having been taken in the 

 Lewes Marshes (Ouse) by Mr. J. H. H. Jenner, F.E.S., of this town 

 in 1880. — A. J. Wightman ; Lewes. 



Argynnis paphia var. valesina in Gloucestershire. — I sent a 

 note to this journal in 1906 stating that Argynnis paphia var. valesina 

 occurred in woods near the town. Yesterday I was strolling through 

 the same woods, and again had the pleasure of viewing it at the 

 bramble-l^lossoms amongst a number of the ordinary type, all in fine 

 condition. A. aglaia was also fairly abundant, but appeared to be 

 rather worn. Melanargia galatea has been, and still is, the commonest 

 butterfly on the hill-sides this season. — V. R. Perkins ; Wotton- 

 under-Edge, July 21st, 1908. 



Hyloicus pinastri in the Bournemouth District. — It may 

 interest you to know that while dusking in my garden last night, 

 I captured at honeysuckle a fine specimen of Hyloicus pinastri. 

 I have not heard of any previous records of this insect in this 

 neighbourhood, and it will be interesting to observe if other captures 

 follow this one. Branksome Park would seem to be favoured 

 by Sphingidse, for within the last four years my garden has yielded 

 me no fewer than seven species, viz. : — SpJiinx ligustri, S. con- 

 volvuli (eight), Svierinthus populi, S. ocellatus, Phryxus livornica 

 (one), H. pinastri (one), and Macroglossa stellatarwn. — Edward P. 



