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NOTES on LEP1D0PTERA. 



Heliothis dipsaceus at Woodhall Spa. -I should like to record the 

 occurrence of Helioihis dipsaceus on the heath at Woodhall Spa in August 

 last. I took two specimens. I understand this moth is rare in these parts. 

 — J. C. Lane-Claypon, Aswardby Hall, SpiLsby, Lincolnshire. 2nd Sept. [901. 



Brimstone Butterfly at Silverdale, West Lanes. —On 7th June, 

 whilst driving from Silverdale Station to the village-, a very fair specimen 

 (apparently) of Goneptcryx rhamni L. flew alongside the carriag-e for about 

 a hundred yards. See 'The Naturalist,' 1885, p. 167. — S. L. PETTY, 

 Ulverston, 1st July 1901. 



Hawkmoths at Spurn. The larva of the Death's Head Moth 

 {Acheron I'ut atropos) lias been very common here; I never remember seeing 

 more than we have had this season. 



A nice lot of Sphin x convolvuli have occurred here this season ; the last 

 one I saw was very busv on the Tobacco plants in the early part of the 

 evening", when not quite dusk, on the 5th of October. — Philip W. LOTEN, 

 Easington. 12th October iqoi. 



Death's Head Moth near Cleckheaton, York S.W.— I obtained on 

 the 30th September last a specimen of Acheron/ in atropos near here. It was 

 dead and slightly battered. 



I have only heard of one specimen ever being taken in this district 

 before, and that was forty years since. 



I have both specimens. The old one is' 133 mm. across the wings, the 

 new one only 123 mm. — R. W. CROSLAND, Oldfieldnook, Cleckheaton, 20th 

 November 1901. 



Hawkmoth Chrysalids and Hummingbird Hawkmoth in South 

 Lincolnshire. — Dr. P. Sharp, of Brant Broughton, Div. 13, has now in his 



possession five chrysalids, taken either in or near the parish, viz.: — Three 

 of the Death's Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos), one of the Privet 

 Hawkmoth (Sphinx ligustri), and one of the Lime Hawkmoth {Snierinthns 

 tiliae I. I saw the two last when in the caterpillar state. 



The Hummingbird Hawkmoth [MacrogJossa stellatdrum) has been fairly 

 abundant in this neighbourhood this season. — S. C. Stow, Court Leys, 

 Brandon, Grantham, 24th October iqoi. 



Marbled White Butterfly near Helmsley.— I happened to see in 

 your paper mention of the occurrence this year of the Marbled White 

 (Melanargia galathea) near Scarborough. 1 thought it might be of interest 

 to know that I came upon a specimen of that insect in Sleightholmdale. 

 about four miles from here, in July last. Though I was unable to capture 

 it I have no doubt whatever of its identity, and, though we spent some 

 time in searching, we were unable to find any more. I have been collecting 

 here for nearly seven years, and have never before seen the insect in this 

 neighbourhood or heard of its appearance. Hubert B. Drew, c/o The 

 Earl of Feversham, Duncombe Park, Helmsley, 5th October 1901. 



Occurrence of the Marbled White Butterfly near Louth, 



Line. N. On 5th August last, paying ;i thing \isit 10 Lincolnshire, and 

 walking on tin* steep grassy bank which runs off from the chalk-pit at 

 Redhili, Gouleeby, I was delighted to encounter this old acquaintance — the 

 Melanargia galathea — in a locality not previously known for it. The first 

 seen was at rest on a flower, and subsequently others were seen on the 

 .wing. Former collectors in Louth were acquainted with this butterfly on 

 the grassy margins of a chalk-pit in Haugham Pasture and in the chalky 

 valley known as Grisel Bottom in Burwell Wood ; and in the former place 

 1 well remember seeing it on the wing in good numbers. This was twenty 

 years ago. In the meantime, as I learn from Mr. R. \V. Goulding, the 

 insect has been reported also from the chalky bank at the end of Hubbard's 

 Hill. 11. YVau.is Kew, London, 9th November 1001. 



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