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I have often noticed, over how long a time 

 this species continues to emerge. I once 

 saw it with its wings quite limp in the month 

 of November one fine, mild year. It is easy to 

 know on the wing, its white hind wings and 

 small size being veiy noticable. The males of 

 A. segetum have white hind wings also, but the 

 female is less easy to detect when flying, and 

 it has a way of sliding up to the outside 

 flowers, as if it were trying to escape observa- 

 tion, that makes a collector certain to attempt 

 its capture. My other captures must be 

 briefly noted. Jf. albicolon scarce, Anceps 

 one only, Abjecta not at all. 0. umbratiGa 

 one only; I wanted its darker hued brother, 

 but I probably commenced too late. M. 

 hrassiccB of course. X rurea one only, A. 

 hasilinea very common, M. fasiuucula one on 

 12th June. A exclamationis several, includ- 

 ing some very dark, and one unusually light. 

 P.pulcJirina 18th Jnne, X. polyodon 21st. A, 

 gemina 29tb, and soon very common. A. 

 valligera, one on 6th July ; not a species that 

 flies freely to campion, H. dentina on the 

 same date and later. After the first week in 

 July only the commonest species were obtain- 

 able at these flowers, except the festucce 

 already named. I may have something to say 

 afterwards about sugar and ragwort. — John 

 E. RoBSON, Hartlepool. 



ACHERONTIA AtROPOS AT HARTLEPOOL. — 



A specimen of this insect found its way into 

 my house the other day and was received as 

 a very welcome visitor. Three collectors live 

 in this street, and I am the second to which 

 the Death's Head has paid a visit ; nor do we 

 dread its appearance, notwithstanding the 

 superstitions attached to it. — J. J. Cam- 

 BEiDGE, Alliance Street, Hartlepool. 



NoTODONTA DicTCEoiDES. — On 3rd Septem- 

 ber last I found a specimen of this moth at 

 rest, on a building near the Council House, 

 Colmore Eow, Birmingham. It had prob- 

 ably been blown over from the south during 

 the gale the night previously, — W. Haecouet 

 Bath, Birmingham. 



Captuees at Wyre Toeest. — On Septem- 

 ber 17th, a friend and myself captured be- 

 tween us the following butterflies: — 1 A. 

 paphia, 1 A. adippe, 1 V. O-alhum, V. urticce 

 (common), V. lo (very plentiful), 1 V. ata- 

 lanta, 1 P. egeria, P. m egcera (very plentiful), 

 Ij, janira (yery plentiful), JH. tithonus (com- 

 mon), C. pampMlus (very plentiful), 1 T, 

 quercus, P. pliloeas (very plentiful), L. alexis 

 (extremely abundant), B. rhamni (extremely 

 abundant), P. napi (plentiful), P. rapce (very 

 plentiful), and P. Irassicce (several). We 

 also captured about a dozen species of Moths, 

 including E. cervinaria, O. hiliiieata, L. 

 testacea, M. r ivata, H plagiata, C testataj 

 and several others. — W: Haecouet Bath, 

 B.N.F.C, Birmingham. 



Arean Lepidoptera. — In answer to your 

 note I may say that the chief difference in 

 the Arran var. of Russata appears to be an 

 irregular white band, running from the pos- 

 terior to the anterior angle. Several of 

 Chortohius pampltUus were much lighter 

 than those taken in this locality, and the 

 only male Alexis caught was exceedingly 

 bright. In my list I unfortunately gave 

 Q. papilionaria instead of Metrocampa mar- 

 garitata ; by making this correction you will 

 much oblige. — James McGteouther, 1, Dun- 

 keld Place, Glasgow. 



BIRDS. 



A Late Nest. — On 3rd September I was 

 surprised at finding a nest of the Yellow 

 Bunting, containing two eggs. The young 

 ones are now half-fledged. — W. Haecouet 

 Bath, Sutton Park, 12th September, 1883. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Helix Aspersa two years and a half 

 WITHOUT FOOD. — Beading one day of a snail 

 that had been kept a long time without food, 

 I felt so doubtful about it, that I resolved to 

 try if I could keep one a year or more with- 

 out, I therefore enclosed a specimen of the 



