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appearance of the "Mazarine Blue" may be not altogether uncon- 

 nected with the now (or until the war) almost universal custom of 

 grass farmers in dealing with their meadows in this way. — H. E.-B.] 



Hibernation of Pyrameis atalanta. — -Eespecting the hiberna- 

 tion of P. atalanta in this country referred to by Mr. C. E. Morris, I 

 may add that in the February number of this journal for 1913 I 

 recorded three instances of this species hibernating which came 

 under tlie observation of Mr. W. Barnes, of Orpington, Kent ; also 

 other interesting facts concerning this butterfly surviving the winter 

 months in this country which Capt. Purefoy had under his observa- 

 tion. Therefore, I think what I then published in the ' Entomologist ' 

 was sufficient proof that this species does at times successfully 

 hibernate in Britain.— F. W. Frohawk ; May 18th, 1918. 



EuvANESSA ANTioPA IN SCOTLAND. — I am happy to be able to 

 report the appearance of a fine specimen of the Camberwell Beauty 

 on May 22nd last. It was resting on a sunny stretch of road on the 

 eastern shore of Loch Long, about three miles north of Garelochhead, 

 Dumbartonshire. My brother, a careful observer, was with me, and 

 w^e both had a close view of the butterfly, well displayed, so that 

 there was no possible doubt of its identity, though, not having a net 

 with us, we were unfortunately unable to capture it. — (Rev.) Arthur 

 S. HooLE ; 4, Beaumont Street, Portland Place, W. 1. 



EuvANEssA ANTIOPA OVIPOSITING IN CAPTIVITY. — On May 5th last 

 Mr. L. G. Esson captured a female Euvanessa antioiM at Rannoch, 

 in Perthshire, Mr. A. J. Lawrance, of London, being a witness of the 

 capture. As she appeared to be full of eggs she was sleeved on birch 

 and fed with sugar and water in the hopes that she would lay. After 

 eight days she had failed to deposit any ova, though apparently quite 

 lively and feeding well. I happened to be the fortunate possessor of 

 this insect, and, acting on Mr. Lawrance's advice, had her transferred 

 to Mr. L. W. Newman, of Bexley, in Kent, as we agreed that this 

 would give the best chance of obtaining ova. Mr. Newman writes 

 informing me that she arrived quite safely and that he was glad to 

 tell me that she had commenced ovipositing on the evening of 

 May 16th. Up to the time of writing this, I have news of one batch 

 of ova having been laid, numbering about thirty. I believe I am 

 xight in stating that two other specimens of antiojM have been taken 

 at Rannoch lately, one by Mr. Esson himself, so that the chances of 

 the eggs being fertile are certainly good. — Arthur H. Foster ;. 

 Sussex House, Hitchin, May 18th, 1918. 



Vanessa antiopa at Banchory, N.B. — As hibernated examples. 

 of this species are but very rarely captured in Britain, I have pleasure 

 in placing another instance on record. On April 3rd last Mr. E. J. W. 

 Wood, of Stone, Staffordshire, took a very fine male example at 

 Feughside, Banchory, N.B., and sent it direct to Mr. John R. B. 

 Marsfield, of Cheadle, Staffs, who set the specimen and recorded it 

 in the ' Field ' of April 20th. To both these gentlemen I am indebted 

 for their kindness in presenting this interesting example to me. 

 Excepting a small portion missing from the apex of the right primary 

 it is in unusually good preservation for a hibernated individual. It 



