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at Bognor, in August last, by my friend Mr. S. Cowper. It 

 was beaten out of a hedge in the daytime. — E. A. Fitch ; 

 90, Queen's Road, Bayswaier. 



Xylina Zinckenii at Darenth. — I have to record the cap- 

 ture of a most splendid specimen of Xylina Zinckenii at 

 sugar, in Darenth Wood, on the 3rd of October: I took it 

 from the reverse side of the tree to that which I had sugared. 

 I was accompanied at the time by Messrs. F. Standish, Pryer, 

 and other friends. — J. Moore; Willow Place ^ Stamford Hill, 

 London. 



Anticlea sinuata at Tuddenham arid Icklingham, — I 

 ought to have told you that 1 took three caterpillars of 

 Anticlea sinuata at Tuddenham and Icklingham in August. — 

 {Rev.) A. H. Wratislaw ; School Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, 

 October 9, 1870. 



Chcerocampa Celerio at Lytham. — On Tuesday last I had 

 a beautiful specimen of Chcerocampa Celerio brought alive 

 to me. It was found in the street, opposite my house, in a 

 heap of bricks, by a bricklayer's labourer. It appears to 

 have only just come out of the chrysalis, and is a perfect 

 gem. — William Greyson ; Lytham, October 14, 1870. 



Flight of Aphides. — During the warm hours of the fine 

 days that usually occur at the end of September and in the 

 beginning of October the air is sometimes filled with myriads 

 of Aphides, which are for the most part the last winged 

 viviparous generation of the year. They were especiall}'^ 

 numerous during this season, and probably Aphis Rumicis 

 in its various forms contributed largely to their numbers. 

 Two other species were then in great swarms, the first on 

 peach-leaves, the second on leaves of the vegetable marrow. 

 The first is Rhopalosiphum Persicae of Sulzer, and the most 

 extraordinary instance of its abundance was in Belgium, in 

 1834. It was very numerous near London in 1866, but has 

 occurred in larger numbers during this season. The swarms 

 come to a full end on the peach-leaves, which they thickly 

 cover, and do not perpetuate their existence by the egg-state. 

 The winged females die soon after their arrival on the leaves, 

 and the ensuing inclement weather destroys their offspring 

 in* an early stage of growth. Ihe other species or sub- 

 species may be named Aphis Cucurbita?, and has been 

 mentioned in the ' Zoologist,' and is here described : — Body 



