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females scarce, and En(jnnia pohjchloros, worn. Aglais urticae larvaB 

 in plenty, and thousands of small larvfe of Malacosowa franconica. 

 The commonest butterflies are Anthocharis belia var. amonia and 

 Fontia daplidice, which are everywhere, but getting worn. — J. Platt 

 Barrett (P.E.S.) May 23>y/. 



Lepidopterous Notes around Birmingham. — During the last month 

 I have been trying to collect around this district, and have visited 

 Earlswood, Umberslade, and Wood End, but have taken very little. 

 April 1st brought me one Hijheniia leucophaearia at rest, and six H. 

 prot/einmaria to the net, whilst sugaring only brought Taeniocanipa 

 pidvendenta, one T. incerta, and two Orrhodia vaccinii. At sugar on 

 the 8th we got more 0. vaccinii, whilst T. stabilis, T. pidvendenta, and 

 Scopelosoma satellitia were fairly plentiful. T. gotldca was scarce, only 

 one T. incerta in company with two H. pro/jeminaria were attracted by 

 the sweets prepared for them. On the 15th the same species were again 

 taken, and in addition one Vachnohia rnbricosa at rest on a little sallow 

 outside the wood. It seems to me that T. rnbricosa and T. gracilis 

 keep out of the woods, preferring instead the lanes near by. On the 

 16th I took Caradrina inorpheus, and when I got home thinking it was 

 a T. pulverulenta, I was hesitating to set it when I noticed the silvery 

 underwings, and had a pleasant surprise considering the time of the 

 year. On April 17th I went to the Wye Valley with my two sons, and 

 between us we searched from eight to ten miles of palings and used 

 our nets as much as we could, and out of a total of twenty hours 

 hunting we secured one T. gracilis at rest on moss, two Lithosiids, one 

 Tephrosia biundidaria of very large size, two black narrow winged Pugs 

 and two other Eupitheciids as yet unnamed, whilst we caught on the 

 wing one Anticlea badiata, one Lohophora carpinata, and one A. 

 nigrofasciaria. On the 23rd we took our first larvae of A. coya just fresh 

 from their moulting, whilst a week later we took two Selenia bilnnaria, 

 several Cerastis vaccinii again, and one larva of Aplecta ncbnlosa. This 

 is a very poor result for a month's work, but at places where last year 

 I took hundreds by searching only, this year, using all means at our 

 disposal, my two sons and I have taken just twenty-four insects. — 

 T. T. Fountain, Darwin Street, Birmingham. Alajj 8th, 1911. 



Geneva's Butterfly Week. 



By P. H. MUSCHAMP, F.E.S. 



Geneva's butterfly week began on the May 13th, and terminated on 

 May 22nd. Three years ago the Geneva Lepidopterists' Society were 

 notified by their treasurer that their last publication had run them so 

 far into debt, that there was no possibility of producing a Bidletin 

 that year. It was then, that one of the members had the brilliant 

 idea of filling the cash box from profane pockets by inviting the man 

 in the street to pay a franc for the privilege of seeing what interesting 

 things butterflies really are, and of comprehending what this strange 

 madness, that causes respectable elderly men to run about the country 

 in the glaring sun and to furtively climb up lamp-posts on moonless 

 nights, can show to excuse itself. This first exhibition was a distinct 

 success, the public were interested and willingly gave the mite which 

 enabled the young society to produce a well illustrated Bulletin. 



The funds being once more at a very low ebb this year, it was 



