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above ; the same date I took eight or nine freshly emerged porpho- 

 ryea which were some months before their time. Noteivorthy occur- 

 rences which I have taken during the year 1921 for this district are- 

 as follows : exigua, vitellina, praecox, formiciformis, straminata r 

 complana, hexapterata, subsericeata, unca, costiestrigalis, emutaria, 

 senex, cribrum, venosata and interjectaria. — Alfred V. Hedges ;: 

 Sandbanks, Parkstone, Dorset. 



COLIAS EDUSA AND C. ELECTRA ; PROPORTION OF PALE FORMS. 



Eef erring to Mr. Westropp's notes in the February issue of the 

 ' Entomologist,' and his theory that the ratio of pale to normal females 

 may be higher in warmer climates, I may say that during four years' 

 residence (from 1913) in the Cape Peninsula, S. Africa, I found the 

 proportion of pale forms of G. electra little, if any, higher than in the- 

 case of helice in England ; I should estimate the proportion at rather 

 less than 5 per cent, of the total seen. Natal is, of course, considerably 

 hotter than the Cape. At Knysna, where I made a short stay, about 

 one-quarter way from the Cape to Natal, a higher ratio of pale electra 

 forms certainly seemed to prevail, but the total numbers seen were 

 hardly sufficient to make a definite pronouncement. At Malta the 

 relative numbers of helice, as compared with normal eclusa, appear to 

 me about the same as in England ; of several scores of edusa seen at 

 Tunis and vicinity during a holiday last year, I secured only one 

 helice and saw no more. As far as my limited experience in the 

 Mediterranean goes, helice forms do not seem to preponderate in 

 hotter climates any more than at home. It would be interesting to 

 know whether the two closely-allied species, C. electra and edusa,. 

 exist side by side in any country, such as Abyssinia, which appears 

 to be roughly the limit of their respective zones. — H. F. Hunt ;. 

 5, Dockyard Terrace, Malta, February 10th, 1922. 



Plusia moneta in Lancashire. — Dr. Lowther does not say on 

 p. 63 [anted) which of the six localities he mentions produced P. moneta, 

 but I assume it was Grange. In any case this is not a " farthest north " 

 record, for that species has been recorded from Hart, which is in 

 Durham (see vol. lii). I am awaiting with interest any records of 

 this species beyond that. — C. Nicholson, F.E.S. ; 35, The Avenue,. 

 Hale End, E. 4. 



Early Appearance of Vanessa urtic^:. — On March 12th, 1922,. 

 I saw a specimen of Vanessa urticae in a sunny spot in a meadow 

 here. The insect was evidently newly emerged and in good con- 

 dition. The earliest specimen that I saw last year was in a local, 

 garden on March 24th. — L. H. Bond; Welby Gardens, Grantham,, 

 March 15th, 1922. 



Argynnis lathonia at Gravesend. — I should like to record my 

 capture on September 4th, 1921, of a specimen of Argynnis lathonia 

 in the neighbourhood of Gravesend. It is in fair condition, though 

 obviously not fresh — probably an immigrant I suppose. — Douglas 

 Watson ; Stuart House, Overcliffe, Gravesend. 



Pyrameis atalanta : Immigrants or Hibernated Specimens ? — 

 On Saturday, February 25th, a warm and sunny day, I saw three- 



