NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 89 



tliey will be notes of usefulness, much more so indeed than 

 continuous theoretical controversies on the subject, which I can 

 scarcely think will be cleared up by the pen or observations of 

 any one individual. 



Single aberrations are of course more difficult to deal with, 

 but even with these the surrounding meteorological conditions 

 and circumstances, so far as we know them, should be duly set 

 forth ; then they too will supply us with food for thought. 

 Maidstone House, Dover, January, 1888. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Papilio machaon variety. — I have a specimen of Papilio 

 machaon, on the anterior wings of which the two squarish black 

 spots on the costal margin nearest the basal patch completely 

 coalesce and form one large blotch. Newman does not mention 

 any variety of P. machaon, and I have not seen one at all 

 resembling mine in the Doubleday Collection or in the Natural 

 History Museum at South Kensington. I should like to know 

 if such a variety is of common occurrence. — W. H. Jackson ; 

 15, Beechholme Boad, Upper Clapton, E. 



Vanessa antiopa aberration. — Having for several j^ears 

 successfully bred the above species, I was pleased last season, 

 for the jQrst time, to obtain two varieties. They differ from the 

 normal type by the yellow margin being much broader than 

 usual, and in one specimen completely obliterating the blue 

 spots. In the other variety this is the case only with the fore 

 wings. I have sent the latter, with a facsimile sketch of the 

 former, to my uncle, Mr. J. Jiiger, of Netting Hill, who intends 

 exhibiting them at one of the meetings of the South London 

 Entomological Society. — William Werner ; Biedenkopf, Ger- 

 many, January, 18(S8. 



Vanessa c-album in Surrey. — I have just seen a specimen 

 of Vanessa c-album, captured in a garden close to Sutton, three 

 years ago, by a friend. — H. M. Lee ; Gladstone House, Sutton, 

 Surrey, February 11, 1888. 



BoMBYX TRiFOLii CocooN WITH TWO ExiTS. — Mr. Warburg's 

 statement (Entom. p. 15) is well worthy of attention. B. trifolii, 



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