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traordinary capture was that of Uropteryx samhucaria at light on 

 October 13th, in view of the fact that this species passes the winter 

 in the larval stage. — Leslie H. Mosse-Eobinson ; Margaret Villa, 

 Porchester, Hants, October 22nd, 1911. 



Agrotis exclamationis in September. — Eeferring to Mr. J. S. 

 Carter's record of the capture of three specimens of A. exclamationis 

 in September and the Editorial note on the same, in the ' Entomo- 

 logist ' for October, perhaps it is worth mention that I found this 

 species common at sugar on the Devonshire coast in September. 

 Furthermore, I took a long series at sugar a few years ago at 

 Shanklin, Isle of Wight, during the month of September, under the 

 impression that the species was A. corticea. I still have this series 

 in my cabinet. They are smaller, somewhat paler, and more dis- 

 tinctly marked than the first brood. It seems probable that the 

 species is normally double-brooded, at any rate on the South Coast. 

 I cannot recall the capture of the species in the Midlands during 

 September or October. — (Dr.) Beckwith Whitehouse ; 52, Newhall 

 Street, Birmingham. 



Agrotis exclamationis and Mamestra brassic^ in September. 

 — With reference to Mr. Carter's note in the October number of the 

 ' Entomologist,' it may be of interest to mention that fresh specimens 

 of Agrotis exclamationis came to sugar in my garden here on Sep- 

 tember 7th and 8th. Throughout September Mamestra brassicce 

 appeared at sugar in some numbers, and one was seen at ivy-bloom 

 on October 16th. — A. K. Kidner ; Swinney Garth, Hatherley Cres- 

 cent, Sidcup, Kent. 



Mamestra trifolii : Third Generation. — M. trifolii has been 

 very abundant here this season. A female taken early in August laid 

 a batch of ova. The larvae fed up rapidly and the moths are now 

 emerging — a third generation. — H. M. Edelsten ; Forty Hill, En- 

 field, October 3rd, 1911. 



Laphygma exigua in Cornwall. — On September 20th last a 

 specimen of L. exigua came to light in the Lizard district. — 

 B. Harold Smith. 



Ephyra pendularia var. subroseata, Woodforde, in Lincoln- 

 shire. — ^I have bred a number of this variety from ova laid by a 

 typical female taken in a wood near Lincoln in June, 1910. The 

 majority of those which emerged were this form. — G. W. Mason ; 

 Barton-on-Humber. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN West CORNWALL. — In October I saw a male 

 Colias edusa in the grounds of Penrose (near Porthleven) ; another 

 was seen on the way to Penrose by the cliffs from Porthleven, and 

 another (a few days earlier) on the towans near Hayle. I had been 

 staying in AVest Cornwall from September 1st but had seen no 

 G. edusa until the first week in October. It was just the same, I 

 remember, when I was staying in the same district a few years ago ; 

 but then in the first ten days of October I saw quite a considerable 

 number of C. edusa. — Harold Hodge ; 9, Highbury Place, London, N. 



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