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Lampides bcBtica bred in Ouernsey. — I have succeeded in discovering the larva 

 of Lampide.i bcBtica this summer on Colutea arborescens, and as I am now 

 breeding some fine specimens, I send this notice, thinking it would be inter- 

 esting to some of your readers. — Geo. Baker, 11, Saumarez Street, Guernsey: 

 September \Uh, 1900. 



Lyccena BeJlargus {Adonia) in Hertfordshire. — I have this month (September), 

 for the first time, found this butterfly on the chalk downs at Aldbury, where I have 

 often looked for it, as Hippocrepin comosa, its food plant, grows there abundantly, 

 and I thought it ought to bo found there. There is no record that I can find of this 

 insect having been previously taken in this county. L. Corydon occurs every year 

 on these hills in the greatest profusion. — Arthpb Cottam, Eldercroft, Watford : 

 September, 1900. 



[The extension, year by year, of the range of this pretty butterfly on the chalk 

 liills north of the Thames Valley is well worthy of notice. — Eds.] 



Deilephila livornica near Croydon. — On the evening of June 22nd, 1900, while 

 walking about the garden I observed a large moth hovering about the flowers of the 

 red Valerian ; the insect I easily netted, and upon casually looking at it was un- 

 certain what it was, but upon careful examination it proved to be the Striped Hawk 

 Moth, Deilephila livornica. It is in very good condition. — Hakbt D. Gowee, 55, 

 Benson Eoad, Croydon : August 30M, 1900. 



Hermaphrodite Argynnis Paphia-Valezina. — The following var. of ^. Paphia 

 captured in the New Forest on July 28th seems worth recording. Eight wings, $ , 

 var. Valezina ; left wings, <? , ordinary type, with the exception of a splash of 

 Valezina colouring on the fore-wing. I should be glad te know if this var. has ever 

 occurred before. As it is now in my cabinet I should be very pleased to show it to 

 any one whom it might interest. — W. F. Urwick, 34, Great Tower Street, London, 

 E.G. : August 27th, 1900. 



[Hermaphrodite examples of ^. Paphia, in which the $ side is represented by 

 the dimorphic form l^alezina, are not unknown, but are cerlainly rare. Examples 

 in this condition must be very conspicuous on the wing, that which renders their 

 rarity more evident. — Eds.]. 



The " Schill Collection" of Lepidoptera. — We take the following from the 

 Report of the Manchester Museum, Owens College, for the year 1899-1900.— Eds. 



" During the past year the Museum has had the privilege of receiving another 

 collection of first-rate importance, Mr. C. H. Schill having handed over to it his 

 collection of Butterflies and Moths. This has long been well known to specialists 

 for its extent and the perfection of its specimens. It includes, among other items, 

 the collection of Butterflies formerly in the possession of Mr. J. Cosmo MelviU, 

 acquired in 1893, and since then has been the subject of much assiduous attention 

 and many additions. It comprises over 6000 species of Butterflies, and several 

 thousand species of Moths, this portion being exceptionally 4ine. Mr. Schill also 



