346 THE entomologist's eecokd. 



AcHERONTiA ATEOPos AT Bexley. — I had a larva of A. atropos, 

 brought me on October 19th, which appears to me to be a very late 

 date. It was found in a potato field, but all the potato-haulm was 

 dead ; I was able to get sufficient, however, from my garden for it, and 

 it went down to-day. — L. W. Newman, Bexley, Kent. October SOth, 

 1900. 



AcHEEONTiA ATEOPOS in GuEENSEY. — A fine female Acherontia 

 atropos was brought to me to-day to set for a lad. — (Rev.) F. E. Lowe, 

 M.A., F.E.S., St. Stephen's Vicarage, Guernsey. October 25th, 1900. 



AcHEEONTiA ATEOPOS AT Hampstead. — On August 8th a full-fed larva 

 of A. atropos was brought to me ; on the 10th I found two more on a 

 small potato patch. I also heard of several others being found in the 

 neighbourhood. On the 26th a young friend picked up a freshly 

 emerged ? . One of the larvae buried on the 21st, next day it re- 

 appeared on the surface of the mould in a shrunken condition, and so 

 it remained for fourteen days before casting its skin. The pupa was 

 at first of a pale yellow colour, but within three days it had assumed 

 its normal tint. — M. F. Hopson. November 2nd, 1900. 



Acheeontia atropos in Essex. — I have some three dozen pupas of 

 Acherontia atropos this year ; the first emergence took place October 

 12th. — (Rev.) C. R. N. Bueeows, Mucking Vicarage, Stanford-le- 

 Hope. October 15th, 1900. 



Acheeontia ateopos at Pont-de-l'Arche (Eure) in 1900. — I had 

 a larva brought to me in September last which pupated satisfactorily 

 and emerged in October ; a second larva, being disturbed during the 

 time it was changing to a pupa, dried up without completing the 

 change. Seven imagines Avere obtained, one each on September 16th 

 and 30th, and five others between October 1st and 20th. The species 

 is found every year in this district, but generally I obtain only one or 

 two examples (usually brought by peasants or children). The pupa 

 is generally found in September, when the potatoes are being lifted. 

 At St.-Jean-de-Luz, in the Basses-Pyrenees, I took an imago flying at 

 night in a room on August 29th, 1899, that is, a month earlier than 

 the usual time in Normandy. — L. Bupont, 3, Rue de I'Orangerie, Le 

 Havre. Nocember 22nd, 1900. 



Caeadeina ambigua in Noeth Devon. — I captured a specimen of 

 Caradrina ambiffua on a heath flower at Saunton, north Devon, during 

 the first week of September. — C. Baetlett, 18, Henleaze Avenue, 

 "Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. 



Ennomos autumnaeia at Ramsgate. — On September 19th I took 

 a male and female of Ennomos autinnnaria on hawthorn at Ramsgate, 

 both very much worn, but the female has since laid a batch of eggs. — ■ 

 C. W. CoLTHEUP, 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E. September 

 22nd, 1900. 



Unusual visitoes at sugae. — On September 8th, I had a card 

 from a friend asking me whether I had ever taken Dianthoecia cucuhali 

 at sugar, as he had been surprised to find a specimen at sugar the 

 previous evening. I had never done so, but, by a curious coincidence, 

 that very evening one specimen of this (to me) most uncommon insect 

 paid a visit to my sugar, and paid heavily, too, for he got captured. 

 Phisia (jamma is constantly attracted by my bait, but it was not until 

 September 22nd last, that I took Flusia chn/sitis in this way. 

 Stenopteryx hjbridalis, which one is more accustomed to associate with 



