136 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vanessa antiopa in Surrey. — In reply to inquiries made, Col.. 

 G. J. Farmar has kindly given me the following particulars respecting 

 a specimen of V. antiopa seen by him at Camberley, Surrey, on April 

 10th last : " It was a warm, bright day and the butterfly was sunning 

 itself on a bank bounding the Portesbury Eoad, just off the High 

 Street, which is not much frequented, and at that particular part 

 separates the road from a small plantation. It was a very perfect 

 specimen, wings and body not in the least rubbed. I watched it for 

 some minutes at a distance of a couple of yards. It was still there 

 when I left." It is always interesting to record the appearance of 

 antiopa in this country, especially those which have hibernated, as 

 comparatively few have been recorded during the spring months. In 

 my series of twelve British-caught antiopa only two are hibernated, 

 examples. — F. W. Frohawk. 



Vanessa c-album in Bucks. — On May 6th I was surprised to 

 capture a specimen of Vanessa c-album ; it was flying at Aston Hills 

 near Tring. Apparently there are no other records of this insect 

 from the Tring district in the back numbers of the ' Entomologist.' — 

 G. E. Tite ; Park Eoad, Tring. 



Hippotion celerio in Devonshire. — Cadet T. E. Podger, who< 

 is an enthusiatic young collector, has written to me from Dartmouth 

 Eoyal Naval College, stating that a female specimen of this insect 

 has been taken at rest in one of the College sheds on May 13th. — 

 F. G. S. Bramwell ; 1, Dyke Eoad Drive, Brighton. 



A Striped Hawk Moth (H. celerio) was found here last Saturday, 

 (May 13th) by Chief Stoker Seccombe fluttering about the boats near 

 the river. It was caught, and I have the insect. I think it is a 

 male.— E. M. Milne ; E.N. College, Dartmouth, May 18th, 1922. 



Vanessa io ab. belisaria. — It may be of interest to record that a 

 specimen of this aberration of V. io (the "blind" Peacock) was 

 captured at Selworthy in August, 1919, by Miss Thompson, of 97,. 

 Albemarle Eoad, Beckenham, and recently shown to me. — N. D. E. 



Notes prom Brockenhurst. — Cicindela campestris : The green 

 Tiger Beetle is exceedingly abundant ; I never saw so many. 

 Apparently the hot summer was good for them. Gonepteryx 

 rhamni has been common on suitable days, as usual. Vanessa io- 

 appeared on April 19th, apparently just out of hibernation. V.atalanta: 

 On May 5th I saw two, which I think must have hibernated. P. egeria 

 was first seen on April 26th : it has since become very common. 

 Cyaniris argiolus was first seen on May 6th ; it is now pretity common. 

 1 have seen only one Aglais urticae — on May 7th — and but one Heodes 

 phlaeas* — on May 12th. The season of course is very late — perhaps a 

 fortnight behind. — W. J. Lucas. 



Percnoptilota fluviata and other Captures in Westmorland. 

 — I should like to record the capture of P. fluviata in Witherslack on 

 May 11th last. This moth was taken at car head-lights in a lane at 

 10.30 dusk. Its identity has been confirmed. Night work has been 

 difficult this year, much snow in the mountains off and on until mid 



* One or two H. phlaeas have been seen on parade banks at Clacton each 

 sunny day from 12th May. — E. S. 



