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my diary is May 20th, when I noticed it flying round holhes in the 

 garden. Of the autumnal brood specimens were seen on the wing as 

 late as the third week in September. — Joseph Anderson. 



AcRONYCTA ALNi IN LINCOLNSHIRE. — On September 17th I took 

 a larva of Acronycta alni on the upper side of an oak-leaf in the 

 Pelham's Pillar Wood; and in the same month another larva was 

 taken in Bradley Wood by Mr. F. W. Sowerby, of Cleethorpes, The 

 keeper in Bradley Wood, who pointed it out to Mr. Sowerby, said it 

 had been on the same leaf for the last three days. Both larvae spun 

 up successfully. — G. W. Mason ; Barton-on-Humber. 



Daphnis nerii at Sydenham. — A perfect specimen of D. nerii 

 was taken at Sydenham on September 24th, 1910, and is now in the 

 collection of Mr. Joicey, Bourne End, Bucks. — A. Noakes ; The 

 Homestead, Bourne End, Bucks. 



PoLYPLOCA ridens Three Years IN PuPA. — A fine Poly])loca 

 ridens emerged in my breeding-cage on March 22nd last, from a 

 number of pupse obtained in 1907. — Joseph Anderson. 



Acherontia atropos in Ireland. — On Tuesday the East Surrey 

 Kegiment left Plymouth, where they had been stationed for about 

 two and a half years, for Kinsale. We arrived at Queenstown about 

 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, where about half a battalion disembarked. 

 On leaving Queenstown about " 12 p.m. the Sergeant Drummer 

 discovered a very large specimen of Acherontia atropos running about 

 the deck. I seized it and brought it here with me. It is a very 

 large specimen but much damaged, the left fore wing being nearly 

 without scales. It gave the well-known mouse-like squeak when 

 handled or irritated. This makes the third I have got in the last 

 two years in the British Isles. — Hugh P. Stoneham ; (Lieut.) 

 1st East Surrey Eegiment, Kinsale Barracks, County Cork, Ireland. 



Eupcecilia udana in Essex. — Eeferring to Mr. Whittle's note 

 {antea, p. 295), it may be interesting to him to know that I have 

 occasionally taken this species in the neighbourhood of Witham, 

 Essex. My first capture of it was in June, 1871. — W. D. Cansdale ; 

 Sunny Bank, South Norwood, S.E. 



Sesia andreniformis in Gloucestershire. — On July 7th last I 

 had the good fortune to take a specimen of S. andreniformis amongst 

 Viburnum lantana. — John W. Metcalfe. 



NocTUA depuncta in Devonshire. — The capture of a fine speci- 

 men of N. depuncta at sugar, in a wood near Sidmouth, may be 

 mentioned, as it seems to be a rare event in this county. The speci- 

 men is much greyer than those I have from the north. — John W. 

 Metcalfe. 



Stigmonota palliprontana and Ephestia semirufa in Glou- 

 cestershire. — The capture of two specimens of *S'. p)allifrontana at 

 Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, is perhaps of interest. I took them on 

 July 4th and 7th, flying over some kind of vetch. In a garden at 

 the same place I also took this year one E. semirufa, on the exact 

 spot where I took a specimen of this species two years ago. Both 



