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the presence of the orange spot accidental. He does not 

 mention ever having seen such a variety. It may be observed 

 that the late Mr. J. F. Stephens transposed the sexes of this 

 butterfly, describing male for female, and vice versa. The 

 variety of Pudibunda is not very uncommon ; such specimens 

 are generally late ones. — Edward Newman.^ 



Variety of Anthocharis Cardamines. — I am indebted to 

 Mr. C. S. Gregson for the loan of this very abnormal speci- 

 men. Hemigynous specimens of this pretty species are 

 uncommon, but the sexes are usually separated at a mesial 

 line passing longitudinally down the body. This specimen 

 is much more remarkable: on the upper side. the left fore 

 wing is entirely male, the right fore wing entirely female ; 

 the hind wings are normal in colour. On the under side the 

 left fore wing is male, a pure white stripe occupying nearly 

 the whole of the costal margin, and a second white stripe 

 passing nearly through the middle of the wing, but being 

 interrupted by the central black spot ; the right fore wing is 

 entirely female ; the hind wings are normal in markings. The 

 peculiarity to which I particularly wish to invite attention, is 

 that either wing should be male on one side and female on 

 the other. The difSculty of representing the colour induced 

 me to abandon my intention of giving a figure. — Edward 

 Newman. 



Nest-building Hymenopiera. — Last season, when on an 

 entomological ramble in the New Forest, I found a wasp's- 

 nest suspended from the branch of a beech shrub, about 

 eighteen inches from the ground. It was of a globular 

 form, nearly as large as a man's head, and of a grayish hue 

 in colour. A closer inspection convinced me that the inmates 

 of this " nest" had no notion of my taking away their home, 

 much as I wished to possess it. This took place in July, so 

 I determined to leave it till the end of the summer ; but a 

 subsequent visit revealed the fact of its having been torn to 

 pieces by some creature, — possibly a honey buzzard, as I saw 

 one of those noble birds not far from the spot where I first 

 found the " nest." A few days ago I was in the meadows, 

 and in the grass I saw what I at first supposed was a mouse's 

 nest: I took it in my hand, and at the same time I fancied I 

 heard a buzzing inside the ball-like structure. Having pulled 

 it to pieces, a humble bee of a yellowish colour made its 

 escape, and in the centre of the nest — which was chiefly 



