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flower-heads of the tall grass, Molinia ccerulea, Monck. Apparently 

 all that were brought away were females. They were found to have 

 fallen victims to a fungus-parasite, Empusa imiscce, Cohn. It was 

 rather curious that the flies were often attached to the grass by the 

 anterior point of the head only. — W. J. Lucas ; 28, Knight's Park, 

 Kingston-on-Thames. 



TORTEIX PEONUBANA ON YET ANOTHER FoOD-PLANT. — In a garden 



where I had previously taken Tortrix promcbana on Euonymus, I 

 found, in September last, three Tortrix larvae feeding in rolled leaves 

 of Chrysanthemum, on which plant they readily fed up, and ultimately 

 produced T. p)ronicbana. Although the species is known to affect a 

 wide range of food-plants on the Continent, it appears to have been 

 previously found only on Euonymus in this countiy, and so " far as I 

 am aware this is the first instance of it having been found wild on 

 any of the Compositae. — Egbert Aitkin; Lewisham, November, 1908. 



CoLiAs EDUSA, &c., NEAR Eastbourne. — It was not until August 

 30th that I had the chance of looking after the butterflies on the 

 south-east corner of the South Downs. By this time the " season " 

 was practically over in that neighbourhood, the stormy weather of the 

 latter half of the month having put the finishing touches to a some- 

 what early summer. However, that day happened to be a very fine 

 one, and in the course of a ramble of a couple of hours' duration some 

 six examples of Colias edusa came under my notice ; all of them, with 

 the exception of one that evaded both capture and examination, 

 proved to be males in more or less battered condition. One youngster 

 that I met confessed to having taken nearly a score on one day earlier 

 in the month, and during my subsequent peregrinations one or two 

 specimens were seen almost daily until September 19th. The only 

 one that I definitely ascertained to be a female was taken on 

 September 11th, and was in an equally dilapidated condition as the 

 males. Among the other " alien " species, Vanessa atalanta was 

 fairly frequent ; anything from one to four or five individuals were to 

 be seen on any day up to September 7th, when I left the neighbour- 

 hood ; but during the whole of my stay I saw only some half-dozen 

 examples of Cyyithia cardui. Plusia gamma was always common but 

 never abundant, and only one example of Nomophila noctuella was 

 met with. — Egbert Adkin ; Lewisham, November, 1908. 



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CoLiAS EDUSA IN CUMBERLAND. — A male Specimen of C. edusa 

 was captured on October 13th last, near this city. — M. C. Dixon ; 

 208, Warwick Eoad, Carhsle. 



AcHERONTiA ATRGPGS IN THE Co. Waterfgrd. — A fine Specimen 

 of the Death's-head hawk-moth was taken about two miles from 

 here, on the 9th October last, and given to me. It was alive when I 

 received it, but although I listened attentively for its cry or squeak, 

 it never uttered one. It must have only just emerged from the pupa 

 when captured, as the wings were quite fresh and perfect. — (Eev.) 

 William W. Flemyng ; Coolfin, Portlaw, Co. Waterford. 



