364 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Butterflies in a Garden at Chichester. — On September 11th 

 last several Vanessa io and urtica, Pyrameis atalanta, and P. cardui, 

 were flying over and settling upon the flowers in the garden here. — 

 Joseph Anderson ; Aire Villa, Chichester. 



Butterflies in October. — At the present time a third brood of 

 Pararge megcera is out, and also a second brood of Satyrus semele. 

 Up to October 3rd I noticed specimens of a third brood of Pieris 

 brassiccB] is not this very late? — J. W. Muirhead ; 31, Fairhaven 

 Eoad, St. i\nne's-on-the Sea, Lancashire, October 18th, 1911. 



Pararge meg^ra. — A third brood of P. megcera began to appear 

 about the middle of September and has been common in all directions 

 hereabouts ; it is still well in evidence, though time is telling upon 

 it. — W. H. Harwood ; Colchester, October 10th, 1911. 



Chrysophanus phl^as. — This species seemed to be quite common 

 near Bedfoi'd on October 1st. — W. J. Lucas ; Kingston-on-Thames. 



This species has been unusually abundant here this autumn. — 

 H. M. Edelsten ; Forty Hill, Enfield. 



Chrysopanus phl^as in the City. — Whilst I was crossing 

 London Bridge on the afternoon of September 23rd, a specimen of 

 G. 'plilaas settled on my arm. This seems rather an unusual insect 

 to meet with in the City of London. — F. H. Stallman ; 6, Maley 

 Avenue, West Norwood, September 25th, 1911. 



Chrysophanus phl^as Varieties. — The third brood of this 

 species was out during the last week in August ; some specimens 

 look quite fresh yet, and I have one good-sized larva still feeding. I 

 have examined many hundreds of wild specimens, and to my surprise 

 have seen none of the var. ccerideopuncta, St. amongst them. Among 

 those I bred were some brilliant examples of this form. I have also 

 captured several nice varieties, including two similar to those figured 

 in South's ' Butterflies of the British Isles,' plate 101, figs. 11 and 

 12, The variety recorded {antea, p. 320), which I saw on Inula but 

 failed to capture, was a somewhat suffused example of var. schmidtii, 

 and not var. eleus, which through some inadvertence is given as its 

 name. — W. H. Harwood ; Colchester. 



LiMENiTis Sibylla: a Second Brood. — With regard to Mr. 

 Gervase Mathew's very interesting note {antea, p. 327) upon a second 

 emergence of the White Admiral in Essex, and his i-emark that " it 

 does not appear to be double-brooded on the Continent. ..." I 

 find that (Les Premiers Etats des L6pid. Francais, p. 150, St. Dizier, 

 1906) Professor Frionnet gives as the season of emergence June to 

 July, sometimes August to September. M. Dupont (Cat. des Lepid. 

 des Environs de Pont-de-l'Arche) writes as follows : " Twice in the 

 forest of Bord I have taken this species quite fresh in September ; one 

 example, Sept. 11th, 1898, another Sept. 23rd, 1900. Is there a partial 

 second generation in warm and dry years '? " And it is, no doubt, on 

 the excellent authority of M. Dupont, coupled with that of M. Alfred 

 Giard, who observed isolated examples in September (1902 ?) near 

 Valenciennes, that M. Frionnet relies ; unless we are to understand 

 that a second brood has been observed in his own Department of 

 Haute-Marne. 



