1872.] iQi 



Argynnis Latkonia at Dover. — On a slope of the downs near the Coastguard 

 Station at the Zig-zag, Dover, on the 16th September, a young friend and I captured 

 five perfect specimens of A. Lathonia in about two hours. Three days later we took 

 a sixth on the same spot, but it was much damaged by the weather. — Edith C. 

 FooKD, Allinum Lodge, Bcxley Heath, Kent : November, 1872. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Leicestershire. — Since my notice of this insect occurring in 

 Leicester, I have seen another specimen of it, caught in this county. The margins 

 of the wings were chalky-white ; and it was not in worse condition than might be 

 expected from its having been knocked down and caught with a hat.- — F. Bates, 

 15, Northampton Square, Leicester : 31s^ October, 1872. 



Vanessa Antiopa in Morayshire. — It may be as well to record the occurrence of 

 another specimen in this county. I received one yesterday from my friend, Dr. 

 Gordon, of Burgie Castle. It was sent to me to be set, being still alive, and had 

 been taken some time ago in the grounds at Bm'gie. 



I am strongly of opinion that my friend, Mr. Doubleday, is correct in maintain- 

 ing that the whole of the specimens recently taken in this country are native bred. 

 The perfect lustre of their wings and the uninjured state of the body hairs are 

 sti'ong points of evidence against the " flown-over " theory. 



I would, however, suggest the following as a solution of the mystery, supposing 

 the insect is not permanently established in Britain : — 



Hibernated specimens might easily be blown over from Scandinavia during the 

 prevailing N.E. winds of the spring months : the females would lay their eggs on 

 the sallows, and the perfect insects appear in August, without question, " true-born 

 Britons."— G. Noeman, Cluny Hill, Forres, N.B. : October 2Mh, 1872. 



Vanessa Antiopa in November.— I shall, I dare say, add the last in date to the 

 long list of captures of V. Antiopa. I have been watching-for it here all the summer, 

 but without success ; and was, therefore, surprised to see and take one last Friday, 

 November 1st, seated upon a piece of bare earth where some heath had been cut 

 down. I must also add one more to the number of those who entirely disbelieve 

 that this butterfly comes to us as a stranger ; although, once when Mr. Hancock 

 and I were crossing from Boulogne, we saw a specimen of it midway in the channel. 

 — W. C. Hewitson, Oatlands, Weybridge : 4th November, 1872. 



Crambus Verellus. — When recently naming my Crambites for me, Mr. Howard 

 Vauglian discovered an example of this species, which I find by my journal was 

 caught by Master Melville A. Addison, in Beachborough Wood, Folkestone, during 

 August, 1865. He was then quite a beginner ; and, not caring for small tilings, 

 allowed me to box the specimen from his net. It was flying on an oak-tree, and is 

 in fine condition ; and has escaped record before this time as it was named a few 

 years ago by a well known entomologist as a variety of prateUus. — H. Ramsay Cox, 

 West Dulwich : November, 1872. 



Cucullia absynihii in Somersetshire. — My brother has just brought me some 

 lai-vse of this species, which he found on the coast of the Bristol Channel, near Mine- 

 head. I do not think they have been previously met with in the county. — Alfred 

 E. HuDD, Eedland : October 8th, 1872. 



