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and, if so, this fact would seem to indicate that A. myrtilU does not 

 usually attain the imago state twice in the year, although when 

 conditions are suitable it may do so. At the same time it continues 

 to be, in part at least, a one cycle species. — Ed.] 



Late Emergence of Apatura iris. — In the February number 

 of the ' Entomologist ' [antea, p. 79) I reported the emergence of a 

 specimen of Apatura iris as a second brood. The other larvae, with 

 one exception, fed up in a normal manner, the perfect insects 

 emerging last July. One lagged behind the others, and by the time 

 they had pupated it was only about one-third grown. Eventually it 

 changed to a chrysalis on September 1st, and the imago — a very 

 small female — emerged on October 2nd. — Edward Goodwin ; Canon 

 Court, Wateringbury, Maidstone, October 4th, 1912. 



Pyrameis atalanta, ah. — On Sept. 6th my little son captured a 

 fine variety of the above-named butterfly in the rectory garden here. 

 The normal red of the bands on the hind wings is replaced by yellow 

 for a third of the length on the left side, and two-thirds on the right. 

 South, in ' The Butterflies of the British Isles,' p. 81, records that 

 " a specimen with the bands of hind wings marked with yellow has 

 been noted," but I have been unable to trace the reference.— (Rev.) 

 Alfred T. Stiff; Grantham, Victor Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. 



Leucania unipuncta in Isle of Wight. — On Sept. 7th last, 

 whilst sugaring in the Isle of Wight I took what seemed to be a very 

 unusual looking L. lithargijria. By the light of day next mornmg I 

 was convinced that I had something much better than that common 

 object of the country, and I now find that my capture was a very 

 fine male L. unijnmcta {extranea). It was taken at sugar about 

 8 p.m. on a dull cold night when very few other insects were 

 about. — D. Dewar ; Altyre House, Stanley, R.S.O., Co. Durham, 

 October 21st, 1912. 



Dasypolia templi in Lincolnshire. — I took a specimen of 

 Dasypolia templi at rest on a gas-lamp on the evening of October 

 10th. This is the first authentic record of its occurrence in Lincoln- 

 shire. — G. W. Mason ; Barton-on-Humber. 



ToRTRix PRONUBANA, Hb. — About the middle of last month I paid 

 a short visit to the spot whei'e the late Mr. G. H. Conquest found 

 T. pronuhana last year, and having secured the few larvae and pupae 

 I required to enable me to complete my own short series and that of 

 a friend, I thought I would see what other food-plants I could find it 

 on. All the above, it should be stated, were on Euonymus japonicus. 

 I found, after a long search, two pupge in spun-together privet-leaves, 

 and one on Bohinia pseudacacia ; in this last instance the larva had 

 spun the last pair of leaflets to the terminal one, forming a covering 

 of a rough triangular outline. Although Bohinia is well known 

 abroad as one of its very numerous food-plants, I am not aware that 

 the larva of T. pronuhana has been found on it in this country before. 

 The insect is well established in that part of Essex, and I am quite 

 prepared to find it on this side of the county at any time. It seems 

 perfectly marvellous how this pretty moth has spread about in the 

 past six or seven years, for so conspicuous an insect is hardly likely 



