NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 155 



* British Moths,' p. 271. The chief character of the type (from 

 which the name has been derived) is a short black line at the base 

 of the anterior wings under the median nervure. 



Var. sinelinea, Farn. — In the * Entomologist,' vol. xi., p. 103, 

 Mr. Farn describes a variety of h7'evilinea under this name, 

 calling it "the form in which the line at the base of the wing 

 disappears." It is the var. alinea of ' The Entomologist 

 Synonj'mic List.' 



(To be continued.) 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Vanessa antiopa at Walthamstow. — A specimen of Vanessa 

 antiopa was brought to me to name on the 24th of May, taken by 

 a young gentleman near the Round Pond, Whips Cross, Wal- 

 thamstow, Essex. The last that was taken near that spot was by 

 my wife. — W. Downing ; Whips Cross, Walthamstow, Essex. 



Abundance of Rhopalocera. — With reference to the alleged 

 scarcity of butterflies (Entom. 113 — IIG) during the past season, 

 I venture to think, from what various correspondents say, that it 

 was a scarcity of some species and in some localities only. For 

 my part I found several species extremely abundant. For 

 instance, in different parts of Devon Lyccena argiolus was very 

 plentiful, and Thecla ruhi unusually common. In the New 

 Forest T. quercus abounded ; Apatiira iris was seen in con- 

 siderable numbers, as was also Vanessa polychloros. I took six 

 beautiful specimens of the latter in six successive minutes, for a 

 friend who had never before seen the insect on the wing. But the 

 commonest butterfly was Argynnis paphia; the note in my diary is, 

 " Vast swarms oi papliia, especially females." At no time during 

 the past five years have I seen it so plentiful; most bramble- 

 sprays were "alive" with them, and it was easy to take them 

 with the fingers. The variety valesina, too, was common, perhaps 

 one female in every dozen being the variety. I may add that I 

 saw many valesina in union with the typical male. — (Kev.) 

 Albert Bonus; Exeter, March 31, 1888. 



Pupation of Cossus. — In my notes on the pupation of 

 Cossus (Entom. 110), I used the word "cop," forgetting that it 



