NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 61. 



vol. ii. p. 242, Mr. Briggs informs me he has a specimen taken 

 by an uncle in Huntingdonshire many years ago. Mr. Stainton, 

 and other authors who followed him, excluded it from the British 

 list, but included C. chryseis (the purple-edged copper), a much 

 more doubtful species: try two of the records — "Taken atEpping 

 by a man,* name unknown ; taken in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, 

 by Mr. Plasted." "Who was Mr. Plasted? The reputed captor 

 of heiv, arcanius, catena, caloris, and eqiiestrata. 

 Glanville's Wootton, Sherborne. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



First and Last Appeakances of Lepidoptera. — In the January 

 number of the ' Entomologist ' for 1893, I suggested that lists of first 

 and last appearances of Lepidoptera observed throughout the year 

 would be of interest. Between forty and fifty correspondents, residing 

 in various parts of the country, intimated their intention of keeping 

 records on the lines suggested ; but I regret to add, so far, only some 

 two or three of these have furnished me with any evidence of their 

 having carried out their good intentions. Probably, however, the 

 abnormally early emergence of many species during the first part of 

 the season, and the scarcity of others later on, may have prevented 

 many from recording their observations systematically. I am inclined, 

 therefore, to believe that the small number of lists received is due to 

 this, rather than to lack of interest in the matter. — Richard South ; 

 12, Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, N.W. 



Cerastis vaccinii var. — I see in the report of the Entomological 

 Society of London (p. 72) that I am credited with the capture of this 

 Noctua (var. of ruhi<jinea or vaccinii). I did not take it here, but, as I 

 thought I had shown, had merely received it from Berkshire as Dasy- 

 cainpa ruhiyinea. Will you kindly note this in your next number. — 

 H. W. Livett ; Wells, Somerset, January 7th, 1894. 



Second Brood of Apatura iris. — This has been a year of surprises 

 and remarkable appearances in the entomological world, and amongst 

 the most extraordinary of these events may be placed the occurrence 

 of a second brood of Apatura iris. lu view of the fact that the young 

 larva of this insect usually hybernates whilst in the third stage, and 

 that the imago emerges the following Jane, a few notes on my 

 experience this season may prove interesting. Whilst searching for 

 larvae in the New Forest, during the week ending August 9th, I found 

 four specimens of A. iris. They were all in the second stage, and of 

 course quite a month in advance of the usual time. On returning 

 home I sleeved them on a fine healthy sallow, but on examination a 

 fortnight later there were only three larvae to be seen, one having 

 probably been destroyed by earwigs — which swarmed in the garden — 



* Was this the same person (supposed to be a dealer) from whom J. F. 

 Stephens, in 1817, received specimens of Calojjhasia linarice, from Wood- 

 side, near Epping ? 



