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spirit, at that time of life when all is new, and all is for the best, when 

 the highest tree-top is not too high for a big climb, and even if no speci- 

 men is got, the joy of exercise satisfies. Such an one kept me going, 

 and by searching and cutting, we got pupa? of JEgeria sphegiformis and 

 jE. cynipiformis, and in the evening returned not altogether un- 

 successful. — J. Clarke. June 6th, 1907. 



Callophrys rubi and Brenthis euphrosyne at Westerham. — 

 Callophrys rubi was out at Hill Park, Westerham, on May 29th ; on 

 that day only one Brenthis euphrosynew&s seen. — (Rev.) E. W. Bowell, 

 Penshurst, Kent. June ith, 1907. 



Breeding Hellinsia carphodactyla. — 1 am pleased to chronicle 

 the emergence, during the last week, of half-a-dozen specimens of 

 H. carphodactyla, from larva? found in this neighbourhood. I learn 

 also that Dr. Chapman and Mr. Sich have been successful in rearing 

 specimens from larva? with which I was able to supply them. — J. 

 Ovkndex, Frindsbury Road, Strood, Kent. June lAth, 1907. [Those 

 lepidopterists who wish to rear the second brood of this species should 

 search for the larva? on the seedheads of Inula conyza in July. — Ed.] 



Hybernation of Pyrameis atalanta. — As bearing on the discussion 

 on this subject, and as presenting a fact of the species actually being 

 observed whilst hybernating, the following may perhaps be worth 

 repeating : 



" When watching some straw being taken out of a barn on January 15th last, 

 I observed three specimens of Vanessa atalanta on one of the bundles. Two were 

 dead, but the other was living, and on being removed to a warm room, was soon 

 flying about. Might not the dead specimens give a clue to the comparative rarity 

 of hybernated specimens of this species being observed, some being too delicate to 

 live through the winter. They were close together when seen, and very much 

 worn." (R. Freer, Gouville and Caius College, Cambridge, Entom., 1885, p. 121). 



This, at any rate, deals with the species in a state of hybernation in 

 January. — (Rev.) C. R. N. Burrows, The Vicarage, Mucking, Stanford- 

 le-Hope. June 15th, 1907. 



Strymon pruni, etc., in the neighbourhood of Geneva. — I took 

 ten specimens of Strymon pruni in half-an-hour at Hermance, on June 

 9th, 1907, Hying round a few dwarf oaks and low shrubs, in a tiny 

 valley formed by an equally tiny stream. All the captures made were 

 males, which, after flitting through the shrubs, settled on the leaves 

 and sunned themselves. I took five, one after the other, on a little 

 branch of scrub oak, which seemed to have some attraction. On June 

 12th I found another locality for the species, in a place about three 

 miles from Geneva, in the direction of the Jura. I captured fifty-five 

 examples, all on oak-leaves, only a few females among them. Why 

 oak ? There was not a sign of plum or sloe or other wild fruit-tree in 

 the wood. I am trying for eggs, and shall attempt feeding the larva? 

 on " oak." — P. A. II. Muschamp, F.E.S., 20, Chemin des Asters, 

 Geneva, Switzerland. June 19th, 1907. 



Aberrations of butterflies on the Saleve. — On June 16th, I 

 captured a specimen of Agriades bellargus ah. striata on the Baleve, 

 where I also captured four examples of Hesperia malvae&b. taras. — -Ibid. 



Slef.pini; position of Pararge egeria. — Late in the afternoon of 

 May 19th, 1907, 1 saw a specimen of Pararge egeria take up its position 

 for the night. It flew up into some ivy growing round the trunk of a 

 tree, and settled a good twelve feet from the ground on one of the 

 inner leaves, where, after opening and shutting its wings two or three 

 times, it composed itself for the night. To make sure it had settled 



