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and the hind margin is a small silvery point edged externally with black ; a 

 small, pale, irregular sub-costal mark near the base of the wing ; and on the 

 costa, two-thirds from the base of the wing, a larger pale triangular mark, 

 followed by two pale irregular spots. $ and ? alike, except in size. 



Expanse of wings : $ , 18^ lines ; $ , 20 lines. 



Habitat : "Whitcoinbe's Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand. 



I liave described this butterfly from tliree dilapidated specimens 

 brought to me by J. D. Enys, Esq., who has favoured me with the 

 follo^Wng accoimt of their capture : — "I caught the three butterflies 

 on "Whitcombe's Pass, up the Eakaia, on the 8th March, 1879. The 

 Pass is over 4000 feet, and the first of the butterflies was caught 

 close to the top, the others were near it. They were knocked down 

 by my hat and put in paper, which must be my excuse for their state. 

 They seemed to be rather slow in their flight, and were chiefly found 

 on the snow-grass {Dantlwnia) which covers the slopes of the hills 

 at that height. I saw a number, but only got four." 



In the accompanying coloured drawing, fig. 4 represents the ^ ; 

 " a " the under-side, " b " the upper-side. 



I have named the butterfly after Mr. A. Gr. Butler, who has re- 

 cently contributed valuable lists of, and papers on, the Lejndopfera of 

 New Zealand, and to whom I am much indebted. 



Since writing the above, Dr. Julius Von Haast informs me that 

 it was a specimen of this butterfly which he took in 1866 on "Whit- 

 combe's Pass ; not of P. Pluto, as he before stated {vide Trans. N. Z. 

 Inst., vol. iv, p. 217). Dr. Von Haast speaks from recollection, not 

 having preserved the specimen he took. 

 Canterbury, New Zealand : 1879. 



LarvcB of Vanessa cardui in Septemler. — On the 22nd of September I found 

 larvse of Vanessa cardui in considerable numbers, and in various stages of develop- 

 ment, on the Crymlyn Burrows, Swansea. Many of the thistles were denuded of 

 leaves by them, and in place of their foliage were adorned with silken cells of various 

 sizes — the successive domiciles of the caterpillars. Before leaving the neighbourhood 

 I took some of the larvre, since become pupa;, from which I am daily expecting the 

 imagos to emerge. 



I know the fact of this species undergoing its metamorphoses in the autumn 

 has been previously noted, but still thought my observations worth recording. I 

 may add that I incline to believe that the larvse in question are a late, but not a 

 second, brood. — W. Gr. Blatch, Green Lane, Birmingham : October \^th, 1879. 



Larva of Vanessa cardui in October. — I hear from Mr. Harwood that he found 

 on the 6th inst. three larvse of V. cardui on Carduus nutans, two of them full-fed, 

 the other quite small. — W. Buckler, Emsworth : October 12th, 1879. 



[We strongly incline to the belief that both these cases concern a second brood 

 of larvffi, i. e., the progeny of the descendants of the butterflies that appeared so 

 abundantly in spring. — Eds.]. 



