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abundant on thistles and by general sweeping. Otiorrhynchus clavvpes 13onsd., 

 several from furze, 1915. Phytonomus {Hypera) 2nmctatus, once at Stanmer, 

 September 1917. Balmiinus venoms, one under a beech tree at Stanmer. 

 Rhinosimm rujicolh's, several under beech bark (April 1918) in Stanmer 

 Park ; H jjlanirostrts, common. Pyrochroa serraticornis, abundant on nettles, 

 Stanmer Park. 



(3) The Lowlands, includitiy River valleys atid the Weald. 



Carubus arvensis, once near Ticwes, on the bank of River Ouse (C. L. 

 Traft'ord). Bemhidion conciiinum, plentifully in the same place. Chlaenius 

 nigricornis, one near the Adur, above Shoreham, on the muddy bank of a 

 ditch ; it was apparently trying to catch some young tadpoles which were 

 swimming in very shallow water. Pterostichns niyrita, common under logs, 

 etc., in a very damp place on Chaily Common. Drojuius -i-niaeulatus, on an 

 oak tree near Mareslield. Dytiscus punctulatus, several (S J in {i small pond 

 on Chaily Common. Omosita depressa, abundantly in sawdust on some freshly- 

 cut trees in Tilgate Forest, April 1918. Otiorrhychus picipes and Phyllobitis 

 argentutus, beaten oft" beeches in Ashdown Forest, June 1918. Silpha smuata, 

 in a dead rabbit, with Necrophorus mortuorum, at Horsted Keynes (C. L. 

 Trafford). Geotrupes typhosus also occurred at Horsted Keynes two or three 

 times (C. L. T.). 



(4) Brighton, the toivn. 



Brighton is not exactly what one might call a " happy hunting-ground " 

 for Coleopterists ; however, a few species have been found within its boun- 

 daries. Cercyon imipunctatus, one pair caught flying near a stable manure-pit, 

 March 1916. Attagenus pellio, once on a wall. May 1918. Typical town 

 beetles, as Niptus hololeucus, Blaps mucronata, and Tetiebrio molitor, are, of 

 course, commonly met with. — George B. Ryle, 15 Madeira Place, Brighton : 

 Aiigust I7th, 1918. 



Plusia moneta in Cheshire, etc. — On July 17th last I took a male of this 

 species hovering in front of some roses at dusk in my garden at Lymm. 

 Mr. O. J. Wilkinson informs me that he captured eighteen examples at 

 flowers of Delphinium between June 23rd and July 14th, also at Lymm. Four 

 of these specimens I have seen. On July 19th Miss Pugh took a single 

 specimen at Hale, also in Cheshire. I am publishing these few facts in order 

 to record the extending range of this Noctua both northward and westward in 

 this country. I may add that I found larvae plentiful this spring among the 

 terminal shoots of Aconitum in a garden at Birmingham, and have also 

 received sixteen cocoons from Enville near Stourbridge (Staffs.), where it has 

 become very common. — A. D. Imms, D.Sc, Dept. of Agricultural Entomology, 

 Manchester University : Jidy 22nd, 1918. 



The ^' swaryning " of Zephyrus guercus. — In the very comprehensive account 

 of the habits of Zephyrus {Bithys) qnercus by the late Mr. J. W. Tutt, in his 

 '' British Butterflies," vol. ii, pp. 261 et seq., a number of observations on the 

 "swarming" of this butterfly, in Britain and on the Continent, are included. 

 In July last year, at Tubney Wood, Berks, I noticed that Z. quercus particu- 

 larly affected two or three adjacent trees in a long line of small scrubby oaks. 

 Revisiting these trees on the 3rd of the present month, I found the butterfly there 



