314 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Margaeonia unionalis at Hythe, Kent. — I have much pleasure 

 in recording the capture last night of a very beautiful specimen of 

 M. unionalis. It was first noted by my father, at rest on the outside 

 of a window here, at 11.5 p.m. He called me, and I opened the 

 window, when the moth flew into the room and was secured. — 

 Percy Eichards; Seabrook, Hythe, Kent, October 28th, 1913. 



Cymatophora fluctuosa in Scotland. — Among a number of 

 insects captured last year by Mr. L. G. Esson in the Isle of Mull 

 are several examples of this moth. The species has not, I believe, 

 been definitely recorded from Scotland before. — N. Charles Boths- 

 child ; Arundel House, Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W. 



Unusual Pairing of Noctuid Moths. — Whilst searching for 

 Luperina cespitis in Eichmond Park on Saturday evening last 

 I was fortunate enough to take a male Noctua xanthographa 

 and female Charaas graminis in cop. The latter subsequently laid a 

 number of eggs, the rearing of which I intend to take particular 

 care with. Is this not a remarkable occurrence ? I should be glad 

 to hear if a hybrid of these two widely-separated species is at present 

 known. — A. E. Hodge ; 14, Astonville Street, Southfields, S.W., 

 August 26th, 1913. 



Endopisa gemmiferana in Devon. — When searching on the cliffs 

 east of Sidmouth for a possible locality for D. senectana, I was 

 delighted to capture several specimens of E. gemmiferana. On that 

 date, June 21st, the insect was beginning to go over, and was not 

 in the best condition. It was flying amongst masses of Lathyrus 

 sylvestris, which is probably its food-plant. Hitherto it has, as far 

 as I know, only been taken in the Isle of Wight. As the food-plant 

 occurs all along the cliffs in this locality, it should be found in some 

 numbers another year.— (Eev.) J. W. Metcalfe ; Ottery St. Mary. 



Note on Scoliopteryx libatrix. — While exploring an attic at 

 Fursdon, Thorverton, Devon, I came across seven fine specimens of 

 Scoliopteryx libatrix (five males, two females) hibernating in a row 

 on a beam about 2 ft. in length. — W. E. Taylor; Jesus College, 

 Cambridge, October 13th, 1913. 



Notes from Derbyshire, &c. — Freshly emerged specimens of 

 Lyccena astrarche were taken at Dovedale on July 22nd this year. I 

 understand that this butterfly is not common in the locality. I 

 secured a good series. I saw a fresh female specimen of C. edusa on 

 September 6th at Leigh, Staffordshire, and a good male on September 

 8th at Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire. I was out shooting on both 

 occasions, so had no net to effect a capture. I am informed that 

 several specimens of C. edusa have been seen this year at Barrow 

 while the corn was being cut. Two specimens of Aclierontia atropos 

 have been taken in Derby during the past month, both of the male 

 sex, and one is in my possession, the other in the Derby Museum. — 

 Winston St. A. St. John; Derwent House, Derby, October 9th, 1913. 



Emmelesia t^niata in Westmorland. — On July 19th last I 

 netted in a wood near Kendal a fine female of E. tceniata. Mr. 



