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evening fully maintained their reputation for futility, but we netted 

 Calligenia miniata and Lithosia mesomella. On the next day (our last in 

 the Forest) we had excellent sport on the same ground, taking many 

 valezina, of which, however, several were torn and worthless ; five grand 

 specimens (four taken by Mr. Charles) represented our morning's work 

 with this insect. In the afternoon we worked Lyndhurst Common for 

 Selidosema plumaria and Gnophos obscurata. The latter failed to turn up ; 

 hut p)lumaria, though not common, was in splendid condition. The same 

 remark applies to Satyrus semele and Pseudoterpna cytisaria. We also took 

 Bupalus piniaria (which, somewhat to my astonishment, was also in fine 

 condition) and one more Calligenia miniata. We left next morning. Had 

 the weather been a little more favourable, we should, no doubt, have added 

 largely to our bag, as insects, though late, were plentiful and in good 

 variety. — E. Gr. Alderson ; Worksop, Notts. 



Late Appearance of Agrotis ashworthii. — My own general experi- 

 ence, in common with that of correspondents, shows the lateness of the 

 season. Taking Agrotis ashworthii, for example, I find my first bred 

 specimen in 1889 emerged on June 27th, in 1890 on June 23rd, and this 

 year (1891) on July 12th— all bred on the same spot. An attempt this 

 season to obtain eggs met with a fair amount of success. I fed the moths 

 on fresh blossoms of the lime tree. — J. Arkle ; July 18, 1891. 



Lithosia quadra at King's Cross.— On July 20th I bad the pleasure 

 of taking a fine female of L. quadra, at rest, in the York Road, King's Cross, 

 N.W.— S. Robinson ; Winchmore Hill, N., August 24, 1891. [Probably 

 this and the specimen recorded ante, p. 196, were escapes. — Ed.] 



NOLA CENTONALIS, &C., IN THE HASTINGS DISTRICT. On July 15th I tOOk 



a fine specimen of N. centonalis'^' , flying at dusk on the cliS's near the 

 town ; and at the same locality I have taken Sesia ich7ieumoniform.is'^' (1), 

 Acidalia osseato (common), Stenia punctalis, Platytes cerussellus, Homceosoma 

 sinuella, Conchylis francillana/>' Platyptilia gonodactyla (all somewhat 

 common), Ceratophora rufescens, &c. Those I have marked with an asterisk 

 are new to our district. — A. Ford ; Claremont House, Upper Tower Road, 

 St. Leonards-on-Sea. 



Plusia bractea in Worcestershire. — Collecting near Bewdley, with 

 my friends Messrs. E. and H. Tye, of Birmingham, on the 26th July last, 

 I took a fine freshly-emerged specimen of Plusia bractea. It was flying 

 among the herbage on a railway-bank, and, on settling, was easily 

 captured. — George W. Wynn ; 192, Lozell's Road, Handsworth, Bir- 

 mingham, July 28, 1891. 



A Day at Tuddenham in Suffolk. — I went over to Tuddenham from 

 Bury St. Edmunds, on the 13th of August last, to look for larvae of 

 Dianthcecia irregularis, but was disappointed to find that all the Silene 

 capsules had been cleared off. There were several Epinephele tithonus 

 flying about ; and beating the hedgerows disturbed sundry specimens of 

 Acidalia bisetata, Coremia ferrugata, 0. unidentaria, and C. quadrifasciaria. 

 A few of each were good enough to box. Altogether the excursion was not 

 an entomological success. — Richard South. 



Chcerocampa nerii in Britain. — The following record should be 

 added to the list given, ante p. 195. ' Entomologist,' xvii. 273, one imago, 

 Blandford, Dorset, 1884.— R. S. 



