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bred four imagos during tho present month. These appear to be much darker than 
any Irish specimens I ever remember to have seen ; one is entirely without white 
markings, and is moreover shot with a delicate blueish bloom, somewhat reminding 
one of the rosy-purplish tint of D. cucuhali. I have also bred from the seed-capsules 
J), ca'psincola, differing scarcely at all from our ordinary English examples, except, 
perhaps, in being a little darker. 
The larvae of Ahrostola urticw were not uncommon on stinging-nettle ; and 
chaniomilcs produced Homa'osoma nimhclla in plenty, nearly every flower-head 
having a tenant. 
In the imago state I only caiight two species that are not common or abundant 
eveiywhere, viz., Sfdlbia anomala (1), and Melanippc galiata (1). — Howard Vaughan, 
Kentish Town, J^i,ne 27th. 
Psyche calvella at Hainp stead. — Yesterday my friend Mr. McLachlan and I took 
a walk to Bishop's Wood, Hampstead, to look for the cases of this species ; we, 
howevei', only succeeded in securing two, one on hawthorn, the other on horn- 
beam. In previous years my experience has indicated bramble and hazel as the 
plants to which it is must attached. I expect our want of success was due to a 
strong easterly wind, which must have shaken the cases from their positions. — 
H. G. Knaggs, May 15t7i. 
Colias Edusa. — Some of your correspondents seem to think the appearance of 
CoUas Edusa in May and June as something remarkable, and are evidently unac- 
quainted with the oeconomy of this species, which is precisely the same as that of 
Gonepteryx rhamni. There is only one brood in the year, and both sexes hybernate 
and re-appear in May and June, when the females deposit their eggs on white 
clover, lucerne, &c. — Henry Doubleday, Epping, Julij 13i7i, 1867. 
Vanessa urticm. — A short time since, Pi'ofessor Westwood expressed his surprise 
that a specimen of Vanessa urtica;, captured in the spring, proved to be a male. 
Both sexes always hybernate, and I believe this is the case with every species of 
butterfly that passes the winter in the perfect state. — Id. 
Captures in Kent, Essex, and Surrey. — During the months of June and July 
I have taken the following -. — Euthemoyiia russula, Limacodes asellus, Miltochrista 
ininialia, Erastria venustula, Epione advenaria, Coremia picata, Madopa salicalis, 
Hypmna crassalis, Pempilia formosa, Antithesia sauciana, Olindia idmana, and 
Chrosis Andouniana. I have also had the pleasure of taking six of that most 
beautiful species, Hypercallia Christiernana , in splendid condition. — Thomas Eedle, 
9, Maidstone Place, Goldsmith Row, Hackney Eoad, July 12th. 
Correction of an error. — Ccenonympha Tphis, W.V. — Mr. Butler having, at my 
request, kindly examined the types on which I founded C. Mandana (Proc. Ent. 
Soc, 1862 ; and Man. Eur. Butt., pp. 66, 67, fig. 7), informs me that it is merely 
the female of C. Iphis, as I have suspected for some time. It will be seen, on 
referring to my Manual, that I had even then serious doubts as to its distinctness ; 
and I now wish to correct my error by withdrawing the name, C. Mandana, alto- 
gether.— W. F. KiKEY, Dublin, June 23rd. 
