136 NOTES—ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. W. C. Waller, M.A.,
F.S.A., for a translation of the Latin:—
Charges in respect of a whale per the Sheriff of Essex.—To John
de la Lee, Sheriff of Essex and Herts, for moneys paid by him to
divers persons in charge of a certain whale caught off the island of
Merseye [Mersea]; for one empty cask bought to put the whale in;
for salt bought to salt the same; for the carriage of the same from the
island aforesaid to Staunford2 to the court; together with the
expenses of one man with a team conducting the said whale there in
the month of May............................................ £0 14 8
INSECTS.
Plusia moneta at Buckhurst Hill.—I had the pleasure
of netting two specimens of this moth in our garden last
summer—one on the 7th of July and the other on the 11th of
the same month. I saw another a few evenings later, but did
not catch it. The moths were hovering over the flowers of the
Rose-bay, Epilobium angustifolium, of which we have a great store
in the garden. This adds another to the three or four records
of this moth in Essex. It was first recognised as British in
1890.—B. G. Cole, Buckhurst Hill.
Prodenia littoralis, Boisd., a New British Moth.—At
the meeting of the Club on January 27th, 1906, Prof. R.
Meldola, F.R.S., exhibited, on behalf of Major Robertson,
a specimen of this scarce European moth, which had appeared
in his breeding cage in July last. All the Major's larva? in this
cage had been collected in the Bournemouth district, Hampshire.
Prodenia littoralis has a wide distribution in S.E. Europe, Asia,
India, &c., and it is to be hoped that this handsome Noctua, like
Plusia moneta, has "come to stay." The coining summer may
bring further news of it as an immigrant in Britain.—B.G.C.
2 ? Staunford—sc. Stanford-le-Hope, near the Thames, and about 30 miles from Mersea.
It is not apparent what court is meant; Morant sheds no light on it,—W.C.W.