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the dark form with paler hind wings being males. Fraterna 

 occurs sparingly in all localities with the type. From 1881 to 

 1883 I bred a large number of arundinis from the neighbourhood 

 of Higham, Kent ; not more than one in thirty were fraterna, and 

 these always females. In 1884 I collected a few pupse on the 

 marshes a few miles further down the river Thames, and out of 

 about thirty insects bred I got about twenty dark males, two dark 

 females, the remainder being typical. Hiibner (fig. 437), under 

 the name of typhce, figures a male of this variety. His figure is 

 of an unicolorous reddish brown, with black nervures, hind wings 

 ochreous with dark hind margin, dusky nervures, and distinct 



lunule. 



(To be continued.) 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 

 Vanessa antiopa in Sussex. — My brother captured a fine 

 specimen of Vanessa antiopa flying near a pond in this neigh- 

 bourhood on the 13th August this year. — W. H. Mullens; 

 Westfield House, Battle, Sussex. 



Vanessa antiopa. — This afternoon I captured a fine specimen 

 of this butterfly, with the usual pale border, in the gardens of the 

 Totland Bay Hotel, Isle of Wight, flying over the flowers of the 

 privet, which was in profusion. Although I have collected insects 

 for the last fifty-five years, this is the first time I have seen it 

 on the wing in England. Vanessa io, V. atalanta, V. polychloros, 

 V. urticce, and V. cardui were all more or less abundant, flying 

 over the same flowers. — Samuel Stevens; August 14, 1888. 



Vanessa antiopa in Hants. — A specimen of Vanessa antiopa 

 was taken on the 10th inst. in Rhanmor Enclosure, New Forest, 

 by young Frank Gulliver. I saw it before ret. — A. J. Hodges ; 

 2, Highbury Place, Islington, London, N., August 15, 1888. 



Lyc^na ARGiOLus AT LucERNE. — This species was seen very 

 abundantly by myself in the marshes in the neighbourhood of 

 Lucerne during the end of July and the beginning of August. It 

 would be interesting to know what could supply its pabulum in 

 that situation. — W. Harcourt Bath; Ladywood, Birmingham. 



[Is our correspondent sure as to the identity of his species ? 

 -Ed.] 



