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thorpe)." Andre, x. (1911) p. 925. — Paramesius spinosus, Kief., v. 

 atriventris, Kief., n. v. "Angleterre (H. Donisthorpe)." Andre, x. 

 (1911) p. 753. — Sinlomicrus liemipterus. Marsh., v. iiedissequus. Kief., 

 n. V. "Angleterre (H. Donisthorpe)." Andre, x. (1911), p. 774. — 

 Spilomicrus hasalyformis, Marsh., v. pilosiis, Kief., n. v. "Angleterre 

 (H. Donisthorpe)." Andre, x. (1911) p. 791. — Galesus fiUcornis, 

 Kief., V. ohscuripes, Kief., n. v. "Angleterre: Oxford en automne 

 (H. Donisthorpe)." Andre, x. (1911) p. 857.— Horace Donisthorpe. 



Herr Sprongerts has kindly sent me the following list of 

 Heterocera taken by himself (in addition to the species enumerated 

 by me in ' Entomologist,' xlv. p. 69) at Abisko in Swedish Lapland: — 

 " Agrotis speciosa var. arctica, A. _2jri?yi?<./<:g var. confliia, Anarta 

 staudingeri, Herminia tentacularia var. modestalis, Lygris i^opulata, 

 Larentia fluctuata var. incanata, L. incursata, L. montanata var. 

 lapponica, L. ferrugata var. spadicearia, L. polata, L. hastata var. 

 subhastata and var. mcBstata, L. affinitata var. turbaria, L. minorata, 

 Gnophos sordaria, Psodos coracina, PygmcBna fiisca, Fidonia carbo- 

 naria ya,i\ roscidaria, a,nd Phragmatobia fjUigmosa var. borealis." — 

 W. G. Sheldon ; February 10th, 1912. 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS AND SpHINX CONVOLVULI IN LANCASHIRE, 



1911. — I wish to record the occurrence of a specimen each of 

 A. atropos and S. convolvuli at St. Anne's last autumn. Both 

 specimens were reared, by a young collector, from larvae found in 

 a garden. — J. M. Muirhead; Norwood, Headroom Gate Road, 

 St. Anne's-on-Sea. 



Early Appearances of Lepidoptera. — On January 15th a 

 female Selenia lunaria emerged from a pupa which had been kept 

 with others in my dressing-room where there had been no fire. This 

 afternoon (February 15th) one of my colleagues, the Rev. E. A. 

 Hopkins, took a specimen of Tephrosia bistortata. — (Rev.) J. E. 

 Tare AT ; Fareham. 



Phryxus livornica in Devon. — I had the good fortune to have 

 brought to me a living male specimen of Phryxus {Deilephila) livor- 

 nica on January 19th ; it was caught on a shrub in a garden. As 

 I can find no record of the capture of this rare insect at this time 

 of the year, I thought it would be well to record it. — G. J. Enogk ; 

 Tavistock, February 15th, 1912. 



Phigalia pedaria in December. — I see in the ' Entomologist ' 

 (antea, p. 80) that P. p)e,dciria was out in the Reading district on 

 January 7th. I thought it would be interesting to record that I 

 took a perfect specimen on an arc lamp outside Messrs. John Barnes's 

 premises in the Finchley Road, N.W., on December 30th, 1911, 

 about 7 p.m. — L. E. Dunster; 44, St. John's Wood Terrace, N.W., 

 February 20th, 1912. 



Note on Vanessa io. — On February 7th a friend brought me 

 three live females of Vanessa io taken in his house at Greenhithe. 

 Altogether nearly a dozen have been taken by him in the house 

 during the last four weeks. On further inquiry, he tells me that 



