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Apatura iris. — I took this year a specimen of Apatura iris, settling 

 on a clod of earth. At the time there was no apparent reason for its 

 choice of alighting place, but resting on the spot two days subsequently, a 

 most offensive smell became evident, which, on inspection, proved to arise 

 from the decomposing remains of a snake, partly hidden by grass, a few 

 inches away from the clod. — John T. Wikkworth ; 22, Wallwood Street, 

 Burdett Road, E., August 9, 1889. 



Vanessa antigpa in Essex. — I captured on September 4th, in a 

 garden in Wallwood Road, Leytonstone, a fine specimen of Vanessa 

 antiopa.—G. C. Frindell; 20, Wellesley Road, Leytonstone. 



Vanessa antiopa at CRoyDON. — On the 14th September a friend 

 came over and said he had seen a black butterfly bordered with yellow. I 

 took my net at once and found it was sitting on a conservatory. It was 

 high up, but I made a hit at it and missed ; my friend saw where it flew 

 to and we secured it. There were two or three plum-trees about and some 

 fallen fruit. — Sydney C. Hovenden ; Oaklauds, Haling Park Road, 

 Croydon, September 17, 1889. 



Vanessa antiopa in Sussex. — My brother captured a specimen of 

 V. antiopa here last week. This is the second specimen we have taken, as 

 I caught one in August last year, near the same spot. — F. A. JMullens, 

 Jun., Westfield Place, Battle, August 31, 1889. 



Epinephele hyperanthes var. arete. — While working the same 

 ground (S. W. Berks) where last year I took five specimens of the var. 

 arete of Epinephele hyperanthes (as recorded in the ' Entomologist '), I 

 have this year captured three more of the same variety. In a subsequent 

 issue (Entom. xxii. 20), Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell suggested that experiences 

 of others might prove that the damp summer of 1888 had much to 

 answer for in modifying the normal markings of our butterflies. While 

 admitting the possibility of last year's developments perpetuating their 

 peculiarities, yet, to my mind, my latest captures rather point to a strain 

 of this variety existing. — John T. Winkworth ; 22, Wallwood Street, 

 Burdett Road, E., August 9, 1889. 



PoLYOMMATUs PHLCEAS VAR. scHMiDTii. — Yesterday, on Dartford 

 Heath, I captured a specimen of Polyommatus phlceas, having the usual 

 copper colour replaced by almost pure white. Unfortunately it is damaged, 

 as I had nothing but my hat to effect its capture. — Clement T. Youens ; 

 Tower Cottage, Dartford, Kent, August 26, 1889. 



Spring Rhopalocera on the Riviera. — Mr. Norris's article, "On the 

 Spring Butterflies at Hyeres (Entom. 182), should be useful to intending 

 visitors to the Riviera. A list of a few additional species I have found in 

 Cannes and the neighbourhood, which Mr. Norris does not appear to have 

 met with at H3'eres, may serve as a supplement to his notes. Down to 

 Pieris dapUdice our Usts agree, the var. bellidice (?) I have once met with. 

 Euchloe belia var. ausonia, is common in May. Aberrations of Leucophasia 

 sinapis I have sought for in vain. Thecla spini and T. w-album (one 

 specimen), I have caught in the neighbourhood of Cannes, in the first days 

 of June. Several of the former were flying round an oak-tree on a hot 

 moor at mid-day. Thestor ballus does not belong to the Cannes fauna, 



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