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specimen) on October Qth. Xylophasia monoghjpha turned up at sugar 

 this very day!— S. G. Reid ; Froyle House, Alton, October 18, 1893. 



PoLYOMMATDS BCETICA. — In July, 1890, I was at Brighton for two or 

 three days, and went on to the downs by the race-course about 6 o'clock in 

 the evening, where they were cutting the corn. I had, as usual, my net 

 with me, and caught what I thought was an ordinary "blue" (i.e. Poly- 

 omrnattis aleocis of Curtis). Having no entomological pins with me, I pinned 

 the insect with an ordinary black pin. I did not trouble, as it was rather 

 battered. Taking it home, I put it by, and did not look at it for over a year, 

 when I discovered it to be the Lycmna bcetica given in Morris's ' British 

 Butterflies.' T should then have written to your valuable Magazine, only 

 I had unfortunately a serious illness. I believe the above Lycatna bcetica 

 is the same as Polyommatus bcetica. The truth of the above statement and 

 of the capture at Brighton can be corroborated by several of my friends. — 

 J. N. Smith; 30, Shooter's Hill Road, Blackheath, S.E. 



Vanessa antiopa in South Devon. — The Rev. W. P. Tiernay, curate 

 of Kingston, near this place, tells me that while his brother, who was staying 

 with him, was walking down to the sea at Mothecombe, on Tuesday, Aug. 

 15th, he saw a beautiful specimen of the " Camberwell hea.nty" (Vanessa 

 antiopa). He knows the insect well, being an entomologist, and having 

 seen two specimens in his sister's collection which were caught in Yorkshire, 

 and he had a good view of this one quite close to him, both settled and 

 flying, but he did not try to catch it, as he had no butterfly-net with him. 

 I observe that the "clouded yellow " ((7oZi«s edilsa) has been making its 

 appearance again in this neighbourhood this year pretty frequently for the 

 last six weeks. — G. C. Green ; Modbury Vicarage, S. Devon, August 23 — 

 ♦ The Field; August 26, 1893. 



Clostera anachoreta, — It may interest some of your readers to know 

 that we found, on August 23rd last, a cluster of nineteen ova of Clostera 

 anachoreta on sallow at Bulverhythe, about three miles from here. They 

 all hatched between the 30th of the month and Sept. 4th, the young larvae 

 spinning up at once between the leaves of sallow, on which they fed well ; 

 when full-grown they were remarkably fine and very handsome. They 

 entered the pupae state about the middle of October. Out of the above 

 number I have sixteen pupae, three of the larvae giving in while going 

 through their third change. Thinking the fact of finding this species in 

 the wild state may be interesting to other collectors, I am hoping you will 

 publish this note in the next number of the 'Entomologist.' — A. D. 

 Edwards; 56, Marina, St. Leonards-on-Sea. [As it does not appear that 

 our correspondent has bred Clostera anachoreta from the ova he refers to, 

 we presume that he is well acquainted with this species in all its early 

 stages, and therefore does not consider it necessary to await the emergence 

 of the perfect insect to confirm his identification. — Ed.] 



Sterrha sacraria in Hants. — We took a fine specimen of Sterrha 

 sacraria on October 20th ; it flew into a bed-room, attracted by the lamp. 

 We have also taken a single specimen of Sphinx convolvuli at Nicotiana 

 flowers. With the exception of the above and the Plusia moyieta already 

 recorded, the season has been much less productive of good insects than 

 last year. Up to the middle of September I only saw one Colias eclusa, 

 but after that time they were fairly common on the cliffs. — R. E. Brameld ; 

 Ivy Cottage, Mudeford, Christchurch, Nov. 4, 1893. 



