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children who pick them up in the road. — H. M. Edelsten, The Elms, 

 Forty Hill, Enfield. October IQth, 1899. 



Since August last I have found larvie and imagines of both Macro- 

 and Micro-Lepidoptera far from common. There have, however, been 

 a few exceptions to the rule, e.(j., Catocala niipta and Ennowos anfju- 

 laria, which have been unusually common on fences and tree-trunks, 

 and larvjB of Enicostoina lobelia and Rhodophaca formosclla have 

 occurred freely. Sugar and light have been useless. In this district, 

 as appears to have been the case generally, Stoiopteryx noctuella 

 [hybridalu) has been a perfect nuisance. — B. A. Bower, F.E.S., 

 Langley, Eltham Road, Lee, S.E. October I4.th, 1899. 



Throughout September and October sugar and light were in this 

 district practically useless, only the commonest species putting in an 

 appearance, and very few of these. I have done little larva-beating, 

 but what I did do produced only earwigs and an occasional Rioiiia 

 luteolata. Storms destroyed the ivy bloom, of which there is not much 

 within reach. Among the Lithocolletids and Nepticulids I have done 

 better, mines of several species, especially Lithocolletis sorbi, L. carella, 

 L. ulniifoliclla, L. salicicohila, Nepticida scptembrella, N. arr/entipedcUa, 

 being abundant. With the exception of a short period in July and the 

 beginning of August, when sugar and light were fairly productive, the 

 season has been an exceptionally bad one here.— (Rev.) C. D. Ash, 

 Skipwith Rectory, Selby. Noccniber Qth, 1899. 



On September 1st I took a fine female Sphinx convolvuli at rest, but 

 have only heard of two others being taken here during the past autumn, 

 so that it has evidently been a bad season for the species. Achcrontia 

 atropos, on the other hand, appears to have been common, for a couple 

 have been brought to me, whilst another collector has had five or six 

 brought from potato fields in the neighbourhood. Macroyloam atel- 

 latarion has also been very common ; I found them about 12 noon, at 

 rest on a stony bank with the sun shining on them. Comparatively 

 few were taken hovering over flowers, the majority being captured 

 whilst basking in the sun. I took one Camptocjrcntivia Jiuriata whilst 

 getting pupte of Gortyna flavayo. I bred a nice lot of the latter, 

 losing only one by mould. Light has been no good, and ivy and sugar 

 also useless, Orrhodia vaccinii only coming to the latter and Amhocelis 

 lunosa and A. pistacuia to the former. On September 13th I captured 

 a female Colias cdiiKO, the only one, I believe, observed in the neigh- 

 bourhood. — (Major) R. B. Robertson, Forest View, Southbourne Road, 

 Boscombe. Xuvciidn'r StJi, 1899. 



AvENTiA FLEXULA AT Re.u)ing. — I had the pleasure of taking a fine 

 specimen of Arottia flcxnla, on August 12th, at sugar, the first time I 

 have taken that species here. — W. E. Butler, Hayling House, Reading. 



Spread of certain species of Lepidoptera. — Mr. Studd has men- 

 tioned the spread of Calliniorpha hera in Devonshire, I can say the 

 same of Caradrina aiiibitjua. For the last few years it seems to have 

 been taken very freely on the South Devon coast ; during the last 

 autumn one was taken on the heather of the uplands near here, and 

 about 10 or 11 miles from the sea.— W. S. Riding, M.D., F.E.S., 

 Buckerell, E. Devon. Norcwbcr 25th, 1899. 



Autumnal emergence of Acherontia atropos. — The Achcrontia 

 atropvs, mentioned [ante, p. 306) as having pupated on August 27th, 

 emerged on November 19th (indoors). — T. Ashton Lofthouse, The 

 Croft, Linthorpe, Middlcsborougb. D^ceviher Ut, 1899. 



