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Pytho nivalis, n. sp. 



Elongatus, depressus, niger, vix nitidus ; elytris violaceis ; 

 antennis pedibusque brunneis. L. 16 — 17 mill. 



Elongate, depressed, shining ; head and thorax and under side 

 black, elytra violet or bronze ; mouth organs, antennae, tibiae, 

 tarsi, thoracic sutures, and lateral margins of the elytra narrowly 

 brown. Head uneven and very sparsely punctulate, rather 

 parallel, widest just behind the eyes, eyes granulate and rather 

 prominent; thorax with a slight medial canaliculation, with a 

 large lobe-like depression on each side, widest in the middle, the 

 lateral outline is semicircular anteriorly, and a little constricted at 

 the base ; elytra are smooth and raised in the humeral region, 

 with ten or eleven well-marked striae, for four-fifths of their 

 length. 



Wimbledon, December 9, 1887. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Vanessa antiopa Aberration. — In the year 1883 I reared 

 about a dozen of this lovely insect, and was fortunate enough to 

 obtain an interesting variety. The white marginal border of 

 both primary and secondary wings was broader, and its edge less 

 sharply defined towards the base of each wing than is usual in 

 the type. The two white spots on the costa of the primary 

 wings were small, the blue spots parallel with the hind margins 

 only faintly indicated, whilst they were entirely obsolete on both 

 secondary wings. This variety apparently corresponds exactly 

 with one of those specimens referred to (Entom. 89-9G). — 

 William Powley; Hounslow, March 5, 1888. 



Papilio machaon, Varieties of. — Concerning varieties of 

 Papilio machaon, the spots between the black margin and black 

 submarginal band are, in one of my specimens, twice the size of 

 those in another. There are also differences between the black 

 spots of the costa. These were both taken at the same spot, 

 near Eisenach, Germany. — R. C. Cyrian ; 33, Douglas Boad, 

 Canonbury, London, N., March 8, 1888. 



Sex of Winter-flying Butterflies. — In answer to Mr. 

 Clifford's remarks (Entom. xix. 178) upon the above subject, 



