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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Gynandromorphous Lepidoptera. — I am preparing a list of gjnau- 

 dromorphous (hermaphrodite) Lepidoptera, and am desirous of making the 

 list as complete as possible. I therefore venture to ask entomologists who 

 may have any such specimens in their possession, particulars of which have 

 not been previously recorded, to kindly communicate with me. — Richard 

 South; 12, Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, London, N.W. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS NEAR Chichester. — A Specimen of Aclierontia 

 atropos was taken in a village near this city, on June 15th. It had the 

 appearance of having hybernated, though this may have been due to its 

 having been roughly handled by its captor, a labourer, before it was brought 

 to me. — Joseph Anderson, Juu. ; Chichester. 



The Emergence of Notodonta trepida. — Like Mr. South (Entom. 

 217), I, too, was indebted to the kindness of Mr. Christy for a few pupse of 

 Notodonta trepida, and was similarly struck with the erratic manner in 

 which the moths emerged. It may be interesting to compare dates. The 

 first moth came out on May 23rd, the second on May 28th, another on 

 31st; one on June 2nd, another on June 30th; the last, a small female, 

 appearing on July 12th. — Joseph Anderson, Jun.; Chichester. 



Apatura iris and Argynnis paphia var. valesina near Basing- 

 stoke.— I had the pleasure of taking a fine male Apatura iris on July 1 8th, 

 in a wood near Basingstoke ; and, in company with my friend Mr. Holdaway, 

 I was fortunate in taking Argynnis paphia var. valesina in Hawkwood Park, 

 on July 26th, my friend taking two more the following week. Although we 

 have collected in the same place for the last twelve years, we have never 

 seen it there before or anywhere in the district. — A. H. Hamm ; Reading. 



Psyche pulla. — Can any of your readers give me any information as 

 to the habits of this species from personal observation or from any author, 

 excepting Bruand ? I always understood that the larva hatched at the end 

 of summer, hybernated while small, and fed-up towards the end of spring, 

 the imago appearing in the last week of May or early in June, sometimes 

 even as late as July {? radiella). But on July 28th last my friend 

 Mr. Vaughan found on grass a case, apparently of full size, which he 

 kindly gave to me, knowing the great interest I took in the group. The 

 case, when I received it, was firmly attached to the box, and remained so 

 for about ten days, when the larva suddenly woke up, and has been lively 

 and feeding ever since ; but I can detect no increase in the size of the 

 case. Other species of Psychidse this year were unusually late, so this can 

 scarcely be one of a second brood. Can it be that the larval state continues 

 for two years, and that the larva hybernates when full-fed, and scarcely 

 feeds in the spring at all?— C. A. Briggs; 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 

 Sept. 14, 1891. 



Captures at the Electric Light. — With reference to the note on 

 this subject {ante, 172), I can confirm the fact of electric lights being often 

 a great attraction for moths. The large incandescent lights on the Bund 

 here, opposite the Grand Hotel, frequently have about twenty moths 

 circling rapidly round them. The braaller lights on the Bluff, which give 

 a poor and gas-coloured light, do not seem to have any special attraction 

 for insects, although they are situated amidst trees, flowers, &c. ; whereas 



