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CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
Acherontia Alropos . — About ten days 
ago a perfect specimen of this insect was 
brought me by a woman, who observed 
it the evening before hovering at dusk 
about her bee-hives. She went into her 
cottage and brought out a plate of honey, 
with which she attracted the moth into 
her room, and there secured it in a 
tumbler. Sphinx Convolvuli has of 
course swarmed here during the autumn. 
— Rev. W. H. Hawker, Green Hook, 
Horndean, Hants ; Oct. 28. 
Camptogramma Fluviata . — On the 8th 
inst. I had the pleasure, for the first 
time, of taking a fine specimen of this 
insect at sugar, also a fine specimen of 
Calocampa Vetusta, at West Wickham. 
Hoporina Croceago was taken on the same 
evening by Mr. T. Huckett, with several 
commoner species. — James Bryant, 
63, Old Broad Street, London , E.C. ; 
October 29. 
Captures at Eye . — In August I met 
here with single specimens of Eremobia 
ochroleuca and Hepialus velleda. — R. 
Tyrer, jun., Hill House, Eye, Suffolk ; 
October 15. 
Captures near Wisbeach . — As has been 
my custom the last two or three years I 
now send you a list of insects captured or 
bred during the past season, which I have 
not previously met with in this locality, 
and one or two others of rare occur- 
rence. 
Grapta C-album. Two specimens, and 
others seen. 
Notodonta Dromedarius. Bred from 
larvte off alder. 
Leioeampa Dictaea. From pupte dug. 
Trichiura CraUegi. Three from larvce ; 
have now a batch of eggs. 
Cymalophora Ridens. From larvm off 
oak. 
Leucania Phragmilidis. 
Gosmia Alliuis. 
Plusia Festucae. 
Ennomos Tiliaria. 
Biston Hirtaria. From pupae dug. 
Amphidasis Prodromaria. Do. 
Acidalia Osseata. 
... Immutata. 
Corycia Taminata. 
Aventia Flexula. 
Thera Firmaria. 
Scotosia Dubitata. 
Cidaria Dotata. 
Chesias Spartiata. 
Aphomea Colonella. 
Chilo Phragmitellus. 
Chloephora Prasinana. 
— J. Balding, 15, Lynn Road, Wisbeach; 
October 24. 
Coleoptera. 
Phytonomus . — In my last notice (Intel. 
No. 159, p. 20), referring to some species 
of this genus found at Hammersmith 
Marshes, I find, on closer investigation, 
that I was wrong in attributing the 
elegant striped and spotless specimens to 
polygoni, Linn. ( arator , Marsh.), which, 
however, they much resemble, though 
more handsome. They appear to be the 
var. c ( alternans , Steph. Maud.) of pollux. 
Fab.; and the ordinary form of the latter 
in the same locality is the var. b palustris 
(Leach MSS.), Steph. The two are cer- 
tainly very dissimilar, though always 
found by me in company (the first much 
the most rare), but Mr. F. Smith has 
found alternans unaccompanied by the 
typical or any other form of the species. 
I have never found the true polygoni at 
the Marshes, but occasionally take pane- 
tatus, and Rumicis must be very abundant 
(though I have never met with it or 
noticed much dock there), judging from 
the round reticulated cocoons so olten 
turned up when collecting, since from 
these Mr. Gorham has reared the species. 
Nigrirostris and variabilis are both occa- 
sional visitors (the latter sometimes oc- 
curring in Hyde Park among the loungers 
under the trees), but in spite of the pro- 
