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however, the moihs found it quite impossible to resist the attractions of sugar, and 

 there was a larger muster than on any night this autumn ; of the more aristocratic 

 kinds I got 2 Anchocelis lunosa, 2 Epunda nigra, 3 Xylina rhizolitha, and 7 X. 

 petrificata, and it was one of those rare occasions when insects keep on coming to 

 the sugar, and one has the pleasure of finding a good many fresh visitors at every 

 round. — Eustace R. Bankes, The Rectory, Corfe Castle, Dorset : Dec. loth, 1891. 



Dasycampa rubiginea in the Isle of Purheck. — Fortune has certainly favoured 

 me this autumn, as by working the ivy bloom round our shrubbery I secured four 

 grand Z). ruhiginea, all taken between 6 and 7-30 p.m., on November 13th, and 

 another on the following evening : the latter was found sheltering under an ivy leaf 

 during a regular deluge of rain. Although I have worked for the insect pretty 

 regularly for many years past, the only other one I ever met with was taken in the 

 shrubbery here on November 3rd, 1883. — Id. 



Polyommatus PhlcBas pupating under earth. — Not long since I was surpi'ised to 

 see a specimen of the above species in a breeding cage from which I had removed 

 (as I imagined) all the pupae. On turning up the earth, however, I was interested 

 to find an empty pupa case completely covered by soil, and enveloped in a loose 

 cocoon composed of particles of earth. All my other larvse had turned to pupae on 

 the glass sides of the cage. — R. M. Peideaux, 9, Yyvian Terrace, Clifton, Bristol : 

 January Uh, 1892. 



Butterfly Notes. — Pararge JEgeria in Dorset is by no means confined to woods, 

 being common wherever there are trees and shade. It is particularly fond of stormy 

 weather, appearing at Glanvilles Wootton in the wet summer of 1879 in the greatest 

 abundance, but very sparingly in the dry summers of 1870 and 1887. It is generally 

 on the wing by the middle of April, but I have earlier dates as March loth, 1830, 

 and March 25th, 1868, and I once bred one on March 7th, 1868. The latest date 

 on which I have captured it is November 2nd, 1866. Safyrus Se^nele I have seen 

 on the trunks of fir trees, feeding on turpentine. Anthocharis cardamines in some 

 seasons appears in April, my earliest dates being April 2nd, 1854, April 7th, 1835, 

 and April 15th, 1868. My latest dates are July 1st, 1875, July 6th, 1833, and 

 July 16th, 1888. It has been recorded by Mr. Dell as being taken at Plymouth in 

 1862 as late as September. There is a noticeable distinction in the ground colour, 

 the earlier examples being whitest, the later of a yellowish tint. Leucophasia sinapis 

 I have seen in lanes clinging on to the under-side of leaves with wings pointed 

 towards the ground. All other butterflies, I believe, rest on the upper-side of leaves. 

 Pieris napi {female) I took at Lairg, in North Scotland, on June 14th, 1890, of a 

 cream ground colour, resembling some examples of rapce. Pierist rapca I have taken 

 of a cream colour in Portland, and likewise hero ; it appears to be the effect of heat. 

 My earliest and latest dates of its appearance are February 17th, 1868, February 

 26th, 1871, March 6th, 1835, October 29th, 1873, October 18th, 1890. Pieris 

 hrassicce was taken here on February 22nd, 1890. Satyrus Janira has a peculiar 

 habit in stormy weather of forsaking the grass at evening and of retiring to roost on 

 oak and other trees. The next evening it returns to the grass. My earliest and 

 latest dates for it are May 28th, 1834, June 20th, 1870, October 11th, 1866, and 



