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on an elm in front of the house ; also in the same place and on the 

 same date, May 13th, two P. cardui. — Joseph Anderson. 



Vanessa antiopa in Kent, 1911. — It may be of interest to 

 record the capture of V. antiopa last August at Chelsfield, Kent. 

 The insect was taken by Master Arthur Kolls, and is unfortunately 

 much damaged. I have to-day seen it among some insects he has. — 

 B. Harold Smith ; Edgehill, Warlingham, Surrey. 



Acherontia atropos at Bradford. — On May 23rd a very fine 

 specimen of Acherontia atropos was picked up in the roadway at 

 Low Moor, Bradford. The moth was in excellent condition when 

 taken, although the weather was rough and wet at the time. — 

 Wm. Barraclough ; Holly Hall, Low Moor, Bradford, June 15th, 1912. 



Daphnis (Ch^rocampa) nerii in Kent, 1911. — I was lately 

 shown what would have been, had it fallen into " good entomological 

 hands," a fine specimen of that rare visitor to Britain, Ghcerocampa 

 nerii. It was taken by Mr. J. Diamond, of Chilmington, Great 

 Chart, near Ashford, in his dairy late last autumn. The wings are 

 still in fair condition, but the abdomen and thorax are almost denuded 

 of scales ; the antennae and legs are gone. I have set the insect, and 

 it is now in the possession of Mr. Gandy, of 63, Beaver Eoad, Ash- 

 ford, to whom it was given by the captor. — Charles Viggers ; 

 49, Sussex Avenue, Ashford, Kent, June 7th, 1912, 



Phryxus (Deilephila) livornica in Cornwall. — I have to 

 record the capture of twenty more P. livornica between May 18th 

 and 23rd also in South Cornwall. Several were females with fully 

 developed ova. — B. Harold Smith ; Edgehill, Warlingham, Surrey, 

 June 6th, 1912. 



Phryxus (Deilephila) livornica in North Wales. — I have 

 to report the capture by me of D. livornica (the striped hawk) at 

 Silene maritima flower on May 25th, 1912. Is this a new record for 

 North Wales ? — F. Seymour Jackson ; Hafod, Aberdovey, Merioneth- 

 shire, June 2nd, 1912. 



Phryxus (Deilephila) livornica in Norfolk. — On May 22nd 

 a nice specimen of Deilephila livornica was taken at rest on a shop 

 window in this town. It is the first I have heard of from this 

 locality, and is now in my possession. I see in ' The Field ' that 

 another specimen has lately been taken near Flax Bourton. I have 

 seen several specimens of Vanessa cardui about lately in this dis- 

 trict. — F. H. Barclay; The Warren, Cromer. 



Spilosoma urtic^ in Isle of Wight. — I am glad to be able to 

 record the capture of a female specimen of S. urticce (water ermine) 

 in Sandown Marshes, May 28th. Only one specimen has been taken 

 in the Isle of Wight before, and this is now in the collection of Mr, 

 J. Taylor, of Sandown. Another capture of interest was a very fine 

 specimen of Zygana trifolii var. confluens in Brading Marshes, taken 

 on May 29th. — Stanley A. Blenkarn ; " Norham," Cromwell Eoad, 

 Beckenham, May 29th, 1912. 



Diaphora mbndica in Ireland. — I obtained here yesterday a 

 typical female specimen of Diaphora mendica (pure silky white), with 



