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East several violent storms which might easily have brought them. I have not
seen a single specimen in Surrey this year, but here they seem to be the commonest
butterfly."
With a change of wind to furious S.W. gales, and torrents
of rain, the butterfly and moth quickly became rarer, and on a
long walk through St. Osyth parish on October 14th, scarcely
one was to be seen, where hundreds had been previously.—
W. C.
Bats Catching Moths.—In continuation of the obser-
vations given in the Essex Naturalist last year (ante pp. 42-3)
we have again this summer remarked the wings of many species
of moths on the floor of the verandah at my house at Buckhurst
Hill. Most of the species recorded before have been noticed,
with the following additions, making 25 species in all:—
Arctia lubricipeda H. oleracea
Apamea oculea Plusia chrysitis
Xylophasia lithoxylea Ourapteryx sambucaria
X. polyodon Abraxas grossulariata
Hadena dentina
The destroyers were certainly bats, as they were constantly
"hawking" in and about the verandah in the evenings, and the
"signs" of their resting places were plainly to be seen under the
eaves. Gilbert White, in his eleventh letter to Pennant, wrote,
alluding to a tame bat which was fed with insects," the adroitness
it showed in shearing off the wings of flies, which were always
rejected, was worthy of observation, and pleased me much."—
W. Cole, September, 1903.
BOTANY.
Notes on Essex Plants.—I send a few notes, which may
be of interest:—
Vicia lutea.—A plant of this species, with nearly white flowers
was found on the seawall at Goldhanger, on Saturday, August 8th.
It is a curious coincidence that two persons should be able
to record the finding of this plant in consecutive issues of the
Essex Naturalist. Within a very short distance one came
across two other plants, viz.: Bupleurum tenuissimum and Typha
latifolia.
Valerianella auricula.—It is a pleasure to be able to record
another county district for this species (District 5), as it was