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above. They seemed most to favour such trees as were somewhat 

 exposed to the rays of the sun, and especially such as had seed 

 hanging on them ; and on one of this kind we took nearly twenty 

 larv8B. A high wind had been blowing the day before, which 

 might partly account for the numbers we found crawling up the 

 trees. All, however, were ascending, not descending. May this 

 be an indication of the fact that they pupate towards the top of 

 the tree? — Chas. F. Tiiornewill; Burton-on-Trent, June 15. 



Gynandrochromorpiiic Lyc.ena ICARUS. — I took on June 

 10th, on the downs near here, a fresh specimen of Lyccsna 

 icarus. The left wings are the colour of an ordinary female ; 

 the right wings have the colour of the male, with the excep- 

 tion of a dark narrow band reaching from the tip to the 

 base of the anterior wing, and a similar band along the upper 

 edge of the posterior wing, with one indistinct red spot. The 

 right antenna is longer than the left. — Alfred Brazenor ; 

 Lewes Road, Brighton, June, 1888. 



[Vide Entom. xvi. 172.-J. T. C] 



Spring Brood of Lyc^ena argiolus. — I have met with this 

 elegant little butterfly this spring in the utmost profusion in 

 nearly every locality I visited on Ashdown Forest. A few 

 specimens were also noticed a^ "various places close to this 

 village, and on three occasions i was seen flying round a holly- 

 tree in the garden. The earliest date at which I observed them 

 was about May 10th, and they re nained on the wing till about 

 June 12th. The species was m )st abundant at a spot called 

 " Chuck Hatch," where holly j lantations are numerous, the 

 hollies in some cases growing to ;■ great height. The immediate 

 surroundings are wild and barren, there being nothing but moor- 

 land for miles around, with a solitary wild-crab or a yew-tree 

 dotted here and there. One of my visits to the locality was on 

 May 28th, and the day being very dull not a specimen was to be 

 seen on the wing ; however, by beating the bushes with a stout 

 stick, I succeeded in netting a fine series. The sexes appeared 

 to be in equal proportion as to numbers. I noticed tliat when- 

 ever a gleam of sunshine occurred they began immediately to fly 

 lazily round the tops of the hollies, but soon again settled on the 

 sky becoming clouded. Several specimens were discovered at 

 rest on the under side of the leaves, and also amongst the grass 



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