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ToRTRix PRONUBANA. — Having read and. digested Mr. Adkin's 

 remarks on this moth, I determined to try my luck at such seaside 

 places as I could get at. Tortrix larvae at Bournemouth in May were 

 as the sands in numher, but none of those I took were of the desired 

 kind. Being at Weymouth in August, I tried again, and, returning 

 home with my spoils, I found emerged yesterday afternoon a small 

 but unmistakable ievadXe pronuhana. — (Rev.) W. Claxton ; Navestock 

 Vicarage, Romford, September 10th, 1911. 



Lyc^na ICARUS ab. — On August 13th, in the same field referred 

 to in my record of C. phlceas ab. alba, I took an aberration of Lijcana 

 icarus, in which the spots on the under side of the hind wings are 

 almost obsolete, the basal series being represented by two minute 

 dots, and the submedian by one spot (the sixth). — Harold B. 

 Williams ; 82, Filey x\venue, Stoke Newington, N., Sept. 5th, 1911, 



Chrysophanus PHL.EAS ab. alba, Tutt, IN Bucks. — I captured a 

 perfect male specimen of C. phlceas ab. alba in a chalky field near 

 Little Missenden, Bucks, on Aug. 12th last. — Harold B. Williams. 



Chrysophanus phl^as var. schmidtii in Lancs. — I should like 

 to I'ecord that on July 31st, 1911, I took a specimen of Chryaophanus 

 phlaas var. schmidtii, in very fair condition, in Church Road, St. 

 Anne's. I believe this is the first one captured in this place, 

 although one was seen before in 1908. Also on July 6th I took an 

 almost black Satyrus semele (male) ; is this a named variety ? — J. W. 

 Muirhead ; 31, Fairhaven Road, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, September 

 7th, 1911. 



Chrysophanus phl^as var. eleus at Colchester. — On Friday, 

 August 25th, worn specimens of C. phlceas were common on Inula 

 flowers, and a single specimen of a new brood heralded the coming 

 of the next generation. Among the worn ones was an insect 

 which I could not make out, until I saw too late that it w^as a 

 very dark male C. phlceas var. eleiis, for it vanished the moment I 

 realized what it was. Its dark appearance may have been due to its 

 being somewhat worn perhaps. In any case, I tried to solace myself 

 with that conclusion, after watching for some time in the vain hope 

 of its return. — W. H. Harwood ; 94, Station Road, Colchester. 



Varieties of Chrysophanus phl^as and Dianthcecia con- 

 SPERSA. — On September 9th, 1911, I saw a small " copper " with 

 hind wings quite black, no trace of copper being visible. It was 

 settled on a flower, and, being without a net, I was fortunate in 

 securing it by enclosing it between the top and bottom of an open 

 pill-box. During the summer I bred a D. conspersa in which the 

 usual pale markings were almost black. — A. J. Spiller ; Godolphin 

 Cross, Helston. 



Papilio machaon AT CoLCHESTER. — Two fine larvae of P. machaon 

 were found feeding on carrot-leaves in an allotment here, and the 

 following week another was brought me which had been discovered 

 feeding on Dictamnus fraxindla-alba in one of Mr. R. W. Wallace's 

 flower-fields near my house. This has since produced a fine light- 



