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CoUas Edusa, var. Helice, near Folkestone.— I took a specimen of this variety 
in very good condition, about seven or eight miles from here, on the 14th August.— 
Henry Ullyett, Folkestone. 
Occwrrence of Psyche crassiorella at Hornsey Food.— Some four months ago, 
whilst en roi(,te for Paedisca oppressana at Edmonton, I struck out of my path to 
visit the remains of what was once known as Hornsey Wood, thinking it not im- 
probable that Psyche calvella might not yet be extinct there. I found no trace of 
it, however, but in its stead an abundance of little Psyche cases, very distinct in 
appearance from those of P. nitidella— bo uniformly and constantly so, indeed, that 
I, and my son who accompanied me, devoted an hour or two to the collecting of 
them ; whereas, had I conceived that they pertained to nitidella, I should certainly 
not have troubled myself concerning them. Well, I divided my stock between my 
friends Messrs. Doubleday and Greening, keeping a few for myself, and from the 
latter have had the pleasure of breeding images (^ s and ? s) precisely similar to, 
and evidently identical with, those referred to by my friend Mr. Bond (at page 113, 
ante) in a note wherein he records his interesting discovery of this novelty. — 
H. G. Knaggs, Kentish Town, October 5th. 
Lepidoptera captured at Heme Bay.— During a three-weeks' stay in this locality 
in August and September, I devoted a portion of my time to Entomology, but met 
with no very great success. Butterflies were very scarce, and I did not once see 
either species of Colias, though both occur here, and the weather was truly glorious. 
EremoUa ochroleuca occurred at rest on thistles, on the chffa by day, and on the 
same ground Asjyilates citraria and Leucania straminea were pretty common; 
Fterophorus trigonodactylus and acanthodactylus also occurred, while the swarms of 
Eulolia menswraria were perfectly bewildering. 
Onmylastavailablenight for sng&v Agrotis saucia wasapparently rather common; 
but, unfortunately failing to recognise its identity, I only secured five : (I may 
remark en passant that the al. exp. given in the " Manual " as 1" 1'" is an evident 
misprint for 1" 11'" ; being unacquainted with the insect, this at first caused me 
some perplexity). Tripheena fimhria, Cerigo cytherea, and Pyralis glaucinalis were 
also visitants at sugar, accompanied by swarms of commoner species, not to forget 
the ever-welcome Catocala nupta — (a delicious reaction after my Eannoch expe- 
rience ; where, night after night, sugar produced nothing). 
One evening, which, though apparently perfectly similar to its predecessors, 
was chiefly remarkable for the entire absence of insects at sugar, kindly rewarded 
me by Emmelesia unifasciata at flowers of ragwort. Lastly, a number of pupae, 
extracted from thistle-stems, produced a fine series of Oortyna flavago. To obtain 
this insect it is quite unnecessaiy to examine the whole of the infected plant ; they 
ai-e almost invariably found about three inches from the ground.— G. J. Buckmastek, 
Southfields, Wandsworth, October 2nd. 
Occurrence of Acherontia Atropos at Wolverton.— Perhaps it may interest you, 
or some of your readers, to know that the larva of A. Atropos has been found here 
during the last week or so. I have taken one specimen myself, have had two 
