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THE ENTOMOLOGISTS RECORD. 



example. I paired the black with one of the intermediate forms, and 

 obtained a large batch of ova. These I gave to Mr. Potts, a local 

 lepidopterist, and he has inbred large numbers of the race every year 

 since, and these, unfortunately, appear to be accepted as Hull speci- 

 mens. Mr. Edmonds said he took the black form in Windsor Forest, 

 but the evidence later went far to prove that they were really from 

 continental stock. All the L. monacha sent out of Hull are, therefore, 

 not only not native Yorkshire specimens, but possibly not even of 

 British origin, although inbred here so many years. — J. W. Boult, 

 50, Washington Street, Newland, Hull. March 1st, 1907. 



Pieris napi var. Bryonia. — Reported $ in error. — The specimen 

 of P. napi var. bryoniae, which was shown at the meeting of the 

 Entomological Society, in February, as a male, I submitted to Dr. 

 Chapman for examination, who pronounces the specimen to be an 

 ordinary female. Of course his judgment is final. I wish at the 

 earliest possible date, therefore, to correct the mistake, to which, 

 unfortunately, I have given publicity. —Frank E. Lowe, F.E.S., St. 

 Stephen's Vicarage, Guernsey. March 11th, 1907. 



^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Hybernia defoliaria in January. — In reply to Mr. Raynor's note 

 on this subject (antea, p. 46), if he will refer to Ent. Rec, xvi., p. 212, 

 he will see that here, at all events, the occurrence of freshly emerged 

 specimens throughout January is the usual thing. — -E. F. Studd, 

 Oxton, Exeter. March 23rd, 1907. 



Hybernation of Pyrameis atalanta. — It may be of interest to 

 note that I saw a specimen of the above near Exeter, on March 12th, 

 and another here, flying about and settling on garden walls yesterday 

 (22nd inst.). Owing to the distance apart of the two localities (some 

 six miles) they could hardly have been the same insect. Both were 

 settled near me and were in perfect condition. — Ibid. 



Early Pyrameis atalanta. — You will be interested to hear that I 

 have to-day watched a hybernated specimen of Pyrameis atalanta, a $ , 

 for a considerable time in my garden. Several members of my family 

 also observed it. It seems a pity that old observers such as F. O. 

 Morris and others are not credited with intellect. — G. 0. Sloper, 

 F.E.S., Westrop House, Highworth. March 30th, 1907. [The 

 question raised by Mr. Head (antea) is not whether early P. atalanta 

 occur in England, but whether they have hybernated here. — Ed.] 



Early spring examples of Pyrameis atalanta. — On Monday last, 

 April 1st, a specimen of the above (a female I think, but did not 

 capture) was sunning itself on my garden paths. As hybernated 

 Gonepteryx rhamni and Vanessa io only made their appearance a few 

 days previously, and Aylais urticae about March 20th, whilst im- 

 migrant Pyrameis cardui do not arrive on our coasts till early June or 

 the very end of May ; there surely can be no question that this P. 

 atalanta was a hybernated specimen. Perhaps it is because its hyber- 

 nation has generally been taken for granted that no one has thought 

 it necessary to take or publish notes on the dates of its appearances, 

 and so this idea of non -hybernation has been started from lack of 

 positive evidence on the question. Will all who have this species 



