806 THE entomologist's record. 



appears, I am credited with taking P. solandriana in the larval state 

 in August, whereas it is feeding in May and flying in August. — F. H. 

 Day, 6, Currock Terrace, Carlisle, (ktoher iHt/i, 1899. 



Saturnia pavonia passing two years as pupa. — Referring to the 

 note {ante, p. 280), we have several times had (S. pavonia pass two 

 years in the pupal stage. — (Mrs.) M. E. Cowl, 42, Spencer Park, 

 Wandsworth Common, S.W. October Itith, 1899. 



Portiietria dispar at Sandgate. — It will, I think, interest your 

 readers to know that on August 3rd, 1899, a male (kncria <Us])ar flew 

 to light in a bed-room of a house I had taken at Sandgate. It is a 

 good specimen, and is now in my collection. — Jos. F. Green, West 

 Lodge, Blackheath. October Idtl,, 1899. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPos IN YORKSHIRE. — In August, 1898, a larva of A. 

 atropos was taken at Staithe, which pupated in September, it went 

 through the winter in a cool place, and emerged on July 14th, 1899. I 

 also had a single larva brought to me on August 28rd (full grown), 

 taken off potato at Thornaby, this w-ent down on August 27th, 

 and has not emerged yet, although put in a warm place. — T. A. Loft- 

 HousE, The Croft, Linthorpe, Middlesborough. October ^AtJi, 1899. 



Macroglohsa stellatarum in Yorkshire. — M. atellatarniii has 

 occurred all over the Middlesborough district, as in other parts of the 

 country this year. The first noticed in this district by me was a single 

 specimen on June 4th, at Thornaby, whilst on June 10th I noticed 

 two or three dashing about over moors, near Creat Ayton and observed 

 another (in one instance the moth hovering over a wall in the sun). The 

 next specimen was noticed in our garden at Linthorpe, Middlesborough, 

 on August 23rd, and on September 1st, in both cases hovering over 

 phloxes. I also heard of specimens being noticed during August at 

 Eedcar and fMlsdale, whilst yet another specimen was noticed hovering 

 over wall in sunlight at Linthorpe, Middlesborough, on September 9th, 

 about 9 a.m.^ — Ibid. 



PoLYOMMATiis coRYDON IN EssEx. — As there appear to be no recent 

 records of Poli/owniatua corj/don occurring in Essex, it may be as well 

 to mention that I detected a specimen of this butterfly in a box of 

 Lepidoptera collected during the past summer at Havering-atte-Bower. 

 The example is a small male, and was taken by Miss Gertrude Pem- 

 lierton-Barnes. — B. A. Bower, F.E.S., Lee. October \lth, 1899. 



A(;rotis puta in May and June. — I find that I have May and June 

 records of this species from the Bristol district, in 1887 and 1890. It 

 seems to be regularly double-brooded there, but usually more abundant 

 in August and September than in the spring. — R. M. Prideaux, 

 Reigate. October 19/A, 1899. 



Dianthoecia conspersa and Eupithecia venosata from Oban. — 

 During the past summer I have bred about two dozen specimens of 

 D. conspersa. from capsules of Silene viaritivia collected at Oban 

 the preceding year, they are of the ordinary southern type. Collected 

 with them, at the same time, were a few larviP of luipit/iecia renosata, 

 the resultant imagines were likewise most disappointing, being exactly 

 similar to specimens in my collection from North Devon, bred from 

 the same plant. It is of course well known that K. renosata bred from 

 this plant are slightly darker than those from the usual inland food- 

 plant, Silene intiata, but otherwise typical. — W. G. Sheldon. Sep- 

 tember, 1899. 



