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Unrecorded occurrences of Vanessa antiopa. — As it is always 

 of interest to note the appearance of V. antiopa in this country, 

 owing to the migratory habits of this species, I place on record two 

 specimens (both of which I have lately added to my series of British 

 caught examples) that were captured by a lady in her garden, one at 

 Southchurch, Essex, in September, 1880, and the other in a conserva- 

 tory in her garden at Eayleigh, Essex, in August, 1901. Also Mr. 

 R. C. Banks informs me that on Septeml^er 1st, 1909, while shooting 

 with a friend near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, they saw a fine 

 specimen of this buttei-fiy sunning itself on a gate post within two or 

 three feet of them.— F. W. Frohawk ; November, 1910. 



Sirex gigas. — From time to time I see the capture of Sirex gigas 

 recorded in this journal ; it would seem, therefore, that the captors 

 consider it a rare insect in this country. I should like to remark 

 that in my experience I find it appears to be not only quite a 

 common species, but very widely distributed, as I have during many 

 years past received numbers for identification every year, from July 

 to October, from various localities throughout the British Isles, and 

 in many instances my correspondents remark on the number of 

 specimens met with. — -F. W. Frohawk ; November, 1910. 



Captures at Light in Isle of Wight. — Poccilocampa i^opuli 

 and Asteroscopus sphinx (cassinea) are both common at lamps in the 

 island, this month. — G. Nobbs ; North Lodge, East Cowes, Isle of 

 Wight, December, 1910. 



Notes prom Haslemere for 1910. — ^The first record in my note- 

 book worthy of mention is under the date of March 25th, when a 

 search of tree trunks and among the undergrowth of a copse yielded 

 Polyploca flavicornis, Xylocampa areola, Xylina ornithopus, Tcenio- 

 campa pulverulenta, Phigalia pedaria, and Tephrosia bistortata. 

 The lamps were visited with the usual results, the most noteworthy 

 feature during the latter part of March and the first week of April 

 being the great profusion of Amphidasys strataria. On several 

 nights between April 21st and May 12th good results were obtained 

 by searching for larvie among the sallows, birches, hazels, alders 

 and bilberry, the insects which emerged therefrom being : — Noctua 

 f estiva, June 12th, a nicely varied series ; Boarmia rcpandata, June 

 12th, very fine ; N. hrunnea, June 15th ; Aplecta nehulosa, June 18th 

 N. triangulum, June 18th; N. ditrapezium, June 22nd, a very fine and 

 varied lot, including one interesting variety, where the black mark- 

 ings are almost entirely absent, being merged in the ground colour of 

 the wings; Triphcena fimbria, July 4th, in great variety; N. baja, 

 July 7th; T. ianthina, July 7th; T. comes, July 15th, and sundry 

 parasitic flies of different kinds. On April 27th I found a very fine 

 female Saturnia pavonia sunning herself on the top of a tuft of 

 heather, and I was successful in taking a good number of males by 

 "assembling" with her. From May 10th onward Euchloe cardamines 

 was unusually plentiful, and the ova were to be found in great num- 

 bers on garlic mustard; from May 14th Cyaniris argiolus was out in 

 profusion, and the second brood appeared to be equally in evidence 



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