288 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CAPTUEES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Vanessa c-album in Salop. — Two specimens of V. c-album were 

 taken in my garden on August 3rd. — (Rev.) Charles F. Thornewill; 

 Calverhall Vicarage, Wtiitchurch, Salop, Aug. 17th, 1896. 



EucHLOE CARDAMiNEs IN AuGUBT. — On August 2nd I saw a male 

 specimen of E. cardamines, flying in Tiddington Lane, between Thame 

 and Oxford. It appeared to have just emerged. — J. W. Shipp. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPos IN LINCOLNSHIRE. — Fivc fuU-grown larvsB of A. 

 atropos have been brought to me this year, and I have heard of others 

 having been taken. — W. Lewington ; Market Rasen, Aug. 14th, 1896. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS IN Herts. — On Aug. 4th I reccivcd a single 

 larva of this species from a friend living at Elsenham, near Bishop 

 Stortford. — F. Cornell ; 14, Wellesley Road, Leytonstone, E. 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN Co. Waterford, Ireland. — A Specimen, or 

 rather the remains of what was once a specimen, of A. atropos was brought 

 me dead by the gardener to-day (Aug. 6th). It was taken at rest in a 

 potato field near Ballindud a few days previously. Is not August an 

 unusual month to meet with this insect? — L. H. Bonaparte-Wyse ; 

 Manor of St. John's, Waterford. [Unusual but not exceptional. — Ed.J 



ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN Salop. — A fuU-growu larva of A. atropos was 

 brought to me on Aug. 18th from a neighbouring village, where it was 

 found crawling across a path, and is now safely ensconced under ground. — 

 (Rev.) Charles F. Thornewill; Calverhall Vicarage, Whitchurch, 

 Aug. 17th, 1896. 



Coleoptera at Cirencester.— On August 3rd I took two specimens 

 of Ptilium affine amongst rubbish in a garden at Cirencester. With them 

 I also found Ptenidium evanescens and Acritus minutus. — J. W. Shipp. 



Agrotis ashworthii. — On July 20th last I captured a specimen of 

 this moth in the Sychnant Pass, between Conway and Dwygyfylchi. 1 

 should be glad to know if many specimens of this insect have been taken 

 in recent years. — B. Harvey-Jellie, B.A. ; 61, Tyrwhitt Road, St. John's, 

 S.E., Aug. 15th, 1896. 



[Mr. Tait (Entom. xxviii. 233) records the capture of eight specimens 

 early in July, J 895. The species is probably bred each year from larvae 

 collected in the Penmaenmawr district. — Ed.] 



Plusia moneta in Hertfordshire. — My brother and I took eight 

 specimens of P. moneta near Tring, during the last week of June and the 

 first week of July this year. They were hovering around and settling on 

 the flowers of monkshood. Several were in splendid condition. — J. W. 

 Shipp; August, 1896. 



Plusia moneta in Kent. — Two specimens of P. moneta have been 

 taken near here this July. One at Ashford, by Mr. Lewis, on a carnation 

 blossom; and another, at light, near Wye.— F. V.Theobald, Wye, Kent. 



Acronycta alni and Aplecta occulta in Lincolnshire. — I have 

 beaten two larvae of Acronycta alni this year; one at Hartsholme, near 



