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yellow band" 20/-, " nigro-venata, a magnificent strongly marked 

 female," 30/-, " an exceptionally fine light female with clear yellow 

 ground colour," 32/6, "nigro-venata, a large and handsome radiated 

 female," 32/6, and " a somewhat similar specimen suffused with 

 black scales," 22/-. Of other forms, one described as "a magnificent 

 female of nigro-venata type with broad orange band," sold for 45/-, 

 and "a wild female deeply suffused with orange-yellow," made 42/-. 

 The majority of the other lots went for a few shillings apiece, 

 the total realized being just under £30 for the sixty-three speci- 

 mens. — R. A. 



Tortrix pronubana Reared from Ivy. — Some two or three 

 years ago I reared a couple of specimens of Tortrix pronubana from 

 rolled ivy leaves ; but, as in the case of others that I have from time 

 to time reared from privet, rose, and even Chrysanthemum, the 

 plants on which they were found were growing in very close proximity 

 to hedges of Euonymus japonica, on which larvae were known to be 

 feeding, and the insects were either in the pupal web or had actually 

 turned to pupae when found, I hesitated to regard the ivy as the food- 

 plant, as there was a possibility that the full-fed larvae might have 

 been disturbed from the Euonymus and spun up in the other plants 

 as the first suitable place that they came upon for pupation. In 

 September last, however, I met with .larvas feeding in ivy leaves far 

 from any Euonymus, and not only were many of them by no means 

 full-fed, but were distributed in little patches over the ivy for nearly 

 a mile, and every one that I took produced T. pronubana, excepting 

 in the case of two or three, from which a dipterous parasite known 

 to infest that species emerged. We may therefore, I think, now 

 accept ivy. as one of the regular food-plants of the species. — Robert 

 Adkin ; Lewisham, December, 1912. 



Sympetrum flaveolum, L., in Norfolk. — A fully mature male 

 example of Sympetrum flaveolum, L., has just been submitted to me 

 by the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild. This dragonfly was taken by 

 Mr. J. H. Woodger, who informs me that he found it on the sand- 

 hills of Blakeney Point, North Norfolk, between July 26th and 31st 

 of the current year. I have not heard of the capture of S. flaveolum 

 elsewhere in this country during 1912, and in view of the measure of 

 uncertainty which still exists about the status of the species as a 

 British insect, it seems desirable to record all such occurrences. — 

 Kenneth J. Morton ; 13, Blackford Road, Edinburgh, December 

 18th, 1912. 



Pyrameis atalanta. — My experience differs from that of Mr. 

 Postans (Entom. vol. xlv. p. 324). P. atalanta larvae have been 

 abundant here continuously, and in all stages, from the beginning of 

 July until well into November. The last I found was full-fed 

 Nov. 7th, and these pupated two days later. I noticed females laying 

 eggs at the end of May and also in mid-August. Surely there can 

 be no doubt that there are at least two broods of this insect ? — 

 C. E. Newnham ; Ringwood. 



Pachnobia rubricosa in November. — On November 16th last, 

 a moth flew to the window, attracted by my electric light. I opened 



