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than Lathouia; the male is rallier worn, but the female is a 

 lovely specimen, with the black spots very large. I have no 

 doubt whatever that these two specimens were captured in 

 Kent; they could not have been obtained from the Continent 

 alive in such dry weather as we have had lately." In a 

 second letter Mr. Doubleday writes thus : — "The butterflies 

 are most certainly Niobe, and quite distinct from Adippe and 

 Aglaia. The moment I opened the box I saw what they 

 were, without looking at the under sides. — Henry Doubleday ; 

 Epping, July 10, 1874." I have also examined the speci- 

 mens so kindly sent to me by Mr. YVigan, and can see no 

 reason whatever to doubt that this is a hondjide capture. I 

 would ask Mr. Wigan's permission to have a pair drawn and 

 engraved for the 'Entomologist.' I have written to Mr. 

 Wigan soliciting farther information, and have also requested 

 the loan of a pair to figure in the 'Entomologist;' that 

 gentleman has replied very explicitly to my enquiries, and 

 has kindly given me permission to figure the insects. — 

 Edward Newman.] 



Argynnis Niobe (second letter from Mr. Wigan). — Agree- 

 ably to your request I beg to inform you that the living 

 specimens of Niobe, forwarded to yourself and Mr. Double- 

 day, were taken in a hilly district between Wye and 

 Ashford, in Kent. 1 generally have a day every year about 

 the end of June, and take as many Aglaia as I require. 

 Going there a fortnight earlier last year, and paying a visit 

 to my sugaring-grounds, where I take Leucophaea (which I 

 do the end of May), I saw several of what I took to be worn- 

 out specimens of Aglaia. Knowing that they are not done 

 for till the end of July, or later, I, hap-hazard, took a speci- 

 men, and pinned it up; I never set it, but luckily kept it. 

 Going to a pic-nic party a month later, near the same spot 

 (Godmersham), there was Aglaia, in all the panoply of his 

 silver armour, glittering in the sunlight, and apparently but 

 just out. Feeling convinced that a few miles could not 

 affect the time of their appearance by nearly a month, I 

 carefully examined the specimen previously taken, on my 

 return home. I think it was the longest day I ever 

 experienced ; and had it not been for discourtesy to the 

 ladies, I must have returned by the next train. There it 

 was, and is, and just suflScient to swear by, as being a large 



