NOTES — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Acherontia atropos near Kendal. — Messrs. J. and G. Holmes and 

 Mr. Moss, of the Kendal Entomological Society, have taken seven larvae of 

 this species in the Natland and Foulshaw districts this season. — Harper 

 Gaythorpe, Barrow-in-Furness, 7th October 1900. 



Colias hyale in the Isle of Man. — My eldest boy, Erik, captured 

 a specimen on the Isle of Man Railway, between Port Erin and Port 

 St. Mary, about 21st August last. The variety was hyale. — James W. 

 Addyman, 15, East Parade, Leeds, 23rd October 1900. 



Colias edusa in Westmorland. — At a meeting- of the Kendal 

 Entomological Society it was reported that five examples of the Clouded 

 Yellow Butterfly had been captured, and others seen, near Kendal, by 

 Messrs. N. Robinson, A. Winder, A. Duncan, and G. Wilkes. This is 

 especially interesting, as fourteen years have elapsed since the species were 

 last taken near Kendal. — Harper Gaythorpe, Barrow-in-Furness, 7th 

 October 1900. 



Hummingbird, Death's Head, and Convolvulus Hawkmoths in 

 East Cheshire. — The Hummingbird Hawkmoth (Macroglossa stellatarum) 

 has again been in evidence in this district during the past summer. On 

 17th July I watched one hovering over some honeysuckle at Siddington, and 

 several others have been captured or seen at Alderley Edge and Wilmslow. 

 On 10th September I was shown a full-fed larva of the Death's Head Hawk- 

 moth {Acherontia atropos), one of two which had been taken at the Hough, 

 Alderley Edge, a few days before. A Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Sphinx con- 

 volvuli) was found crushed between the sash and frame of a window in 

 a house at Alderley Edge on 27th September. It had evidently settled on 

 the w r oodwork and had been killed when the window was closed on the 

 previous morning.— Chas. Oldham, Alderley Edge, 2nd October 1900. 



NO TES — HYMENOPTERA. 



Sirex gigas at Horncastle. — Two specimens of this rather uncommon 

 insect have been found at Horncastle. They are specially peculiar, because 

 one is more than one inch in length, and the other barely half an inch, 

 probably from the log in which it was buried becoming too dry and it lacked 

 nourishment. — J. Conway Walter, Langton Rectory, Horncastle, 3rd 

 August 1900. 



Sirex gigas at Beverley. — During the last month two specimens of 

 Sirex gigas have been taken at Beverley. One was taken on 19th August 

 and is now in my possession ; the other was received by Mr. J. T. Legard, 

 who also preserved the specimen. I have two specimens of this insect, taken 

 near Beverley in 1894 and 1899, and in 1897 I received >S. juvencus, which 

 was taken in the town. — J. R. LovVTHER, Crane Hill, Beckside, Beverley, 

 17th September 1900. 



Hymenoptera taken at Ashby, Lincolnshire.— The following 

 species were taken by me during the season of 1899 in the parish of Ashby, 

 Div. 2 of North Lincolnshire, and kindly named bv the Rev. Alfred Thornley, 

 M.A., F.L.S. :— 



ACULEATA. TENTHREDINID^E. 



Vespa germanica. $ and Athalia rosce. 



Andrena trimmerana. . Dolems ceneus. 



$ (var. of rosce). Sirex juvencus. $ . 



Andrena giaynana. $ . Rhogogastera viridis. 



Bombus agrorum. 

 — R. T. Cassal, Ashby, Doncaster, 3rd September 1900. 



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