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minutes this odd courtship was interrupted hy another male ; where- 

 upon the original wooer engaged his adversary, and in precisely the 

 same manner as he had engaged the female. Meanwhile she had 

 flown away. But I saw the same kind of approach adopted on a 

 subsequent occasion, this time without interference. — H. Eowland- 

 Brown ; Harrow-Weald, Middlesex, September 7th, 1918. 



Papilio machaon in Thanet.— It may be of interest to record 

 that a very beautifully coloured larva of the swallow-tail butterfly 

 was sent me on September 12th from Birchington-on-Sea. It was 

 taken by a boy wlio found it feeding on carrot. Late in July I saw 

 two swallow-tail butterflies close to Minster Station on the same 

 day and another on some marsh land some way distant. — Fred. V. 

 Theobald ; Wye Court, Wye. 



Polygonia c-album in Cheshire. — This species would seem to be 

 spreading steadily northward in the west of England. I met with 

 it in the Chester district on August 21st, and saw three or four 

 specimens between that date and the 24th. — T. W. Gardner (Major, 

 E.A.F.) ; Kingsnorth Air Station, Hoo, N. Kent. 



EriNEPHELE TiTHONUs AB. MiNCKi IN EssEX. — Some fifteen years 

 ago two of my pupils were collecting near here and caught a very 

 fine example of this aberration, in which the red-brown band was 

 replaced by soft pale yellow. Ever since I have been looking out 

 for something similar, but without success, until on August 29th 

 last I saw, and promptly captured, a female wliich was basking in 

 the sun upon a bramble-flower. The yellow in this specimen is not 

 quite so pale, but more of a chrome tint. As she was not in 

 the best possible condition, although not so worn as the typical 

 specimens I encountered that day, I determined to sacrifice her for 

 eggs, of which she laid some two dozen on a plant of Poa annua 

 which I potted, a few being also laid on the muslin cover of the 

 pot. — (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor ; Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, 

 September 10th, 1918. 



Agriades corydon ab. in Bucks. — While collecting butterflies 

 near Prince's Risboro' in August last I captured a fine dark grey 

 male of A. corydon. The normal blue colour is entirely absent in 

 this specimen.— C. H. Williams; 5, Lower Belgrave Street, Eaton 

 Squ.are, S.W. 1. 



CuPiDO MINIMUS IN SEPTEMBER. — It may be of interest to your 

 readers that Cujyido minivms was taken to-day on the Downs near 

 Rottingdean in perfect condition and evidently recently emerged. 

 So late a second brood is not mentioned by either Mr. Tutt or in 

 South's ' Butterflies of the British Isles.' Two specimens were 

 taken and both were typical. — G. K. Gregson (Major) ; Onslow 

 House, Dyke Road, Brighton, September 5th, 1918. 



AoOPiEA LINEOLA IN THE BEDFORD DISTRICT. — In Mr. South's 



' Butterflies of the British Isles ' it is stated that five specimens of 

 this insect were taken near Bedford in 1898. These were evidently 



