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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



in the evening, it was noticed to add two more eggs to the batch, 

 and this, although the sun was totally obscured, and had been for 

 some time. As there had been so little sunshine throughout the 

 day, it is probable that the first three eggs had been deposited 

 under similar circumstances. Up till June 8th sixty-three eggs had 

 been deposited by the one female, and these commenced to hatch on 

 June 12th. — A. t. Postans ; Portsmouth. 



Scarcity op Arctia caia in 1912. — I notice that on p. 187 of the 

 ' Entomologist,' reference is made to the scarcity of Arctia caia 

 larvae this season, and fellow collectors of my acquaintance have also 

 remarked on the same scarcity. In the locality where I usually take 

 larvae of A. caia, however, I have secured over one hundred this 

 season, and these were picked up quite casually along a sunny lane 

 about one hundred yards long. Of Arctia villica larvae, however, I 

 have not seen a single specimen where I usually take them every 

 season. — A. T. Postans; Portsmouth. 



EuPROCTis CHRYSORRHCEA IN NoRFOLK. — On July 7th last I 

 captured, near Eoughton, Norfolk, a female Eitproctis {Liparis) 

 chrysorrhoea drying its wings. I thought this was rather an unusual 

 occurrence for Norfolk. — A. C. Morris ; Leafield, Gibson's Hill, 

 Upper Norwood, July 16th, 1912. 



Agrotis puta in May. — Your correspondent, the Eev. C. E. 

 Eaven (antea, p. 208), may be interested to know that Agrotis imta 

 is rather common at our electric lamp. It was first observed this 

 year on May 2nd, rather earher than in 1911, when it was first seen 

 on the 15th of that month. Taniocampa gothica sometimes lingers 

 with us until quite the end of May. — F. G. Whittle ; 7, Marine 

 Avenue, Southend, July 6th, 1912. 



Percnoptilota (Camptogramma) fluviata in Surrey. — I should 

 like to record the capture of C. fluviata at a lamp in this village on 

 May 13th last. It was in good condition and apparently freshly 

 emerged. — H. Fleet, Junr. ; 7, Park Eoad, Esher, Surrey, June 10th. 



DiCYCLA 00 AND PaLIMPSESTIS OCULARIS AT WiNCHMORE HiLL. — 



I wish to record the capture of a perfect specimen of D icy da oo at 

 sugar on July 5th about 8.15 p.m. at Winchmore Hill, N. I had 

 only just finished sugaring and took it on almost the last tree I did, 

 and needed no light to see it. I also took a fine specimen of Palinip- 

 sestis ocularis {Cymatophora octogesima) at sugar on June 9th in the 

 same locality, but have not seen either species since, although I have 

 been many times. — L. E. Dunster ; 44, St. John's Wood Terrace, 

 N.W., July 19th, 1912. 



Butterflies, &c., at Freshwater, Isle of Wight. — Numbers of 

 Macroglossa stellatarum and Pyrameis cardui appeared in my garden 

 on June 19th, and continued in diminishing quantity till the end of 

 the month. P. atalanta was common at the same time. On July 

 4th I saw three specimens of Colias edusa in and around Freshwater, 

 and heard of others. As early as July 12th the second brood of 

 Cyaniris argiolus was on the wing. The first brood was noticed 

 here on April 5th. — S. L. 0. Young, M.D. ; Brooklands, Freshwater, 

 Isle of Wight, July 19th, 1912. 



