1 6 The Scottish Naturalist. 



VANESSA ANTIOPA. 



By THE EDITOR. 



FT seems advisable that the recent so-called invasion of 

 A Britain by this butterfly should not pass unnoticed in the 

 pages of the Scottish Naturalist. At pp. 266, 267 of Vol. I. 

 several captures of Vanessa Antiopa are recorded. I have since 

 received notices of several others. 



The following is a list of all that (as far as I have been able 

 to ascertain) have been noticed in Scotland during the past 

 year : — 



Tweed / Berwickshire, 6 specimens. 

 ( Selkirkshire, 1 „ 



Forth — Fife, 2 „ 



rp ( Perthshire, 5 „ 



y ( Forfarshire, 5 



Dee — Aberdeenshire, 8 



-w- ( Banffshire, 1 



y ( Morayshire, 3 



Solway — Dumfries-shire, 3 

 Argyle — Inverness-shire, 1 



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In all 35 specimens, or, as in one or two instances, the same 

 specimen may have been twice recorded, at least upwards of 

 30 specimens have been captured or seen in Scotland in 1872. 



The dates vary. The first of which there is any record, was 

 seen in early spring in Perthshire. The next is one recorded 

 in the Field newspaper, as having been taken in Inverness-shire, 

 near Loch Lochy, on August 3rd. The majority occurred about 

 August 22nd, and the remainder on various dates from then tilL 

 October 24th. 



The condition of the specimens seems to have been variable, 

 but many were fine. One (taken near Methven, in Perthshire, 

 in September, by Mr. Wilson), was exhibited at the November 

 meeting of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, and was 

 in most perfect condition. 



Finally, all the specimens appear to have belonged to the 

 white-bordered form. 



