IGO THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN SpuiNG. — A friend of mine saw a Coliaa eihisa flying 

 over the moat at Bramher Castle, in Sussex, on May Gth, 1889. — Harold 

 Mann; 9, The Drive, Brighton, May I'^th, 1889. 



Vanessa antiopa in Sussex. — While driving through Beckley, in 

 East Sussex, on April 29th, I saw a fine specimen of V. antiopa, which, 

 altliough strong on the wing, obligingly rested upon a dry bank, and so 

 enabled me to capture it. — Thos. Daws ; Ewhurst, Sussex, April 30, 1889. 



Vanessa antiopa in Kent. — On May 5th, 1889, I took a female 

 specimen of this insect in the vicarage garden of Horton Kirby, Dartford. — 

 J. R. Hale ; Horton Kirby, Dartford. 



Vanessa antiopa in Cambridgeshire. — A specimen of this butterfly 

 was taken by me on May 4th, in a plantation near my house. It showed 

 evidences of hybernation. — Philip T. Gardner ; Conington Hall, Cam- 

 bridgeshire, May 4, 1889. 



Varieties of Rhopalocera in Hampshire. — On July 94th, 1888, 

 whilst staying at Brockenhurst, I took a fine example of the black variety of 

 Limenitis sibylla. The normal form occurred in great numbers on the 

 same occasion. On this day also, which was the only really fine one during 

 a fortnight spent in the New Forest, Ar(jij}inis jxtpJiia, var. valesina, was by 

 no means uncommon ; some dozen specimens in beautiful condition being 

 ca[)tured. Two males of A. jxiphia were also taken, with light yellowisli 

 spots on the fore-wings, which latter form was, I believe, not very 

 uncommon, for I heard of several other examples being taken. — H. 

 Conquest ; 1, Mary Villas, Greenleaf Lane, Walthamstow, May 2, 1889. 



Erebia ^.thiops near London. — About the 2'2nd of July last a 

 friend of mine took a fine specimen of Erebia athiops [hlandina] in his 

 garden at Brixton. It flew over the wall, and he managed to capture it in 

 a net. As far as I know, there were only two gentlemen breeding Erebia 

 alhiops last summer in Brixton, and they are both able to account for all 

 their specimens, so it cannot have escaped from their breeding-cages. — 

 C. A. Tearoe ; 14, Ducie Street, Clapham, S.W., March 13, 1889. [The 

 specimen doubtless escaped from captivity in the neighbourhood. — Ed.] 



Lyc;ena corydon. Female var. — On September 12tli last I captured 

 at Lulworth, Dorsetshire, a female L. corydon, the under side of which 

 presented a striking variation from the general type. Instead of the usual 

 brown the ground colour is gray, inclining to white on the four wings. The 

 discoidal spot and tlie marginal series of compound eye-like spots are 

 present on all four wings; but, besides these, there are only two other spots 

 on each of the hind wings and none on the fore, instead of the usual 

 eleven and nine respectively. — Alfred T. Stiff; The Laurels, Clapham 

 Common, S.W. 



Pale Variety of Lyc.ena bellargus. — When the discussion con- 

 cerning the pale varieties of LyccBua heUavf^us (adonis) was taking place 

 (EntouL XX. pp. 207—209, 220—224, 253— 2(j0), I incidentally men- 



