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insects. I have repeatedly seen the larvaj of Coccinella hipunctata engaged in ex- 

 tracting the juices of newly formed pupae of their own species. But no doubt they 

 ai"e appropriated by many other larvae, just as are the eggs of Chrysopa if they can 

 be obtained. In Hemerohius the eggs have only the rudiment of a stalk, yet it is 

 hardly possible to doubt that what obtains in Chrysopa obtains equally in Hemerohius. 

 —Id. : May, 1899. 



Drepanopteryx phalcenoiden at Windermere. — On June 6th last I obtained a 

 specimen of Drepanopteryx phaleenoides by beating the buslies over a little stream 

 at the back of Bowness, Windermere. I exhibited this, with other insects from 

 that district, at the North London Natural History Society's Meeting, September 7th. 

 — F. Milton, 7, Chilton Street, Bethnal Green, E. : September 2Qth, 1899. 



LyccBna Argiolus in a South London suhurh. — On August 1st I had an unex- 

 pected but certainly welcome visitor. Sitting at work at the table the shrubs 

 outside seemed brightened by the active movements of a " blue " butterfly, which 

 was recognised as a perfectly fresh male of L. Argiolus, and which settled on a 

 privet bloom within three yards of the window. On the 4th there was another, on 

 the 10th still another, and day after day a casual specimen has fluttered about the 

 limes. They must surely have been bred at no great distance, yet I know of no 

 locality for the species within some miles. — C. G. Barrett, 39, Linden Grove, 

 Nunhead : August, 1899. 



[_L. Argiolus was to be seen, practically every year, in varying numbers, in 

 Lewisham "Village," which is scarcely more "suburban" than Nunhead. The 

 attraction was the ivy on an old house lately pulled down. I have heard of its oc- 

 currence this year, not far off, but have not seen it myself. I do not think the late 

 Mr. Stainton used to find it at " Mountsfield," notwithstanding the quantity of 

 holly in his grounds. Does the larva feed upon the flowers or " grapes " of Ampe- 

 lopsis Veitchii ? I think this by no means improbable, and if it be so we may look 

 for an increasing quantity of this pretty "blue" in the London suburbs. — R. 

 McLachlan]. 



Colias Myale, ^c, in the Isle of Sheppey. — The exceptionally hot and brilliant 

 weather of August seems to have been highly favourable for Colias Hyale, which 

 has been observed here in larger numbers than in any season since the equally torrid 

 summer of 1893. A much damaged cJ was taken by a local collector on the 20th, 

 and about a week afterwards I saw at least a score in the lucerne fields during a 

 morning's walk on our cliffs. These were nearly all males in beautiful fresh con- 

 dition, but the intense heat rendered them even more lively and unapproachable 

 than is the wont with C. Hyale, and it was not without difiiculty that I was able to 

 secure half a dozen specimens. On September 3rd, a later date than I have ever 

 before observed the species in England, it was still on the wing in good condition, 

 altliough scarce. 



This year C. Hyale has quite outnumbered its congener JEdusa, of which I have 

 as yet seen only one worn ? , and have heard of no more than two or three others 



