2936 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
above is silvery white, it will be alba, Tutt, which is a modification 
of ab. schmidti, Gerh.— Ep.] 
Rearinc Larv or CucuLLiA umBRAtTICA.—Can anyone help me- 
with the treatment of C. wmbratica larve ? For three years I have 
reared a good number from ova and they have fed up very success- 
fully and quickly on sow-thistle varied by dandelion. But with very 
few exceptions they always die off when full-fed and never make any 
attempt to burrow in the earth. Perhaps others who have reared 
the species can tell me the cause of my failure, and the remedy.— 
J. 8. Carter; Suffield Park School, Cromer. 
Tue Burrerriis or rae Sour Sarispury Downs.—The 
following thirty-nine butterflies were all taken within five miles of 
the village of Damerham on the chalk downs to the south of Salis- 
bury: Pieris brassice, P. rape, P. napi, Euchloé cardamines, Colias 
edusa (very plentifulin 1912 and single specimens since), Gonepteryx 
rhamnt, Argynnis selene, A. euwphrosyne, A.aglaia, A. adippe, D. paphia 
(Woodgreen), Vanessa polychloros, V. wrtice, V. 10, Pyramets ata- 
lanita, P. cardwi, Limenitis sibylla (Woodgreen), Pararge egeria, 
P. megera, Satyrus semele, Epinephele ianira, HL. tithonus, A. hyper- 
anthus, Cenonympha pamphilus, Thecla quercts, Callophrys rubi, 
Chrysophanus phleas, Plebevus egon, P. astrarche, P. icarus, A. bell- 
argus, A. corydon, Cyamris argiolus, Zizera minima, Hesperia 
(Syrichthus) malve@, Thanaos (Nisoniades) tages, Adopea (Hesperia) 
thawmas, A. (H.) sylvanus, Augiades (H.) comma (confined almost 
entirely to the downs south of Martin). There is a record of Papilio 
machaon having been taken at Cranbourne in Morris’s ‘ British 
Butterflies.’ I may add that all the species enumerated above were 
taken by Lieut. G. F. Challis (who has been recently killed in action) 
and myself.—A. 8. Corset; 32, Hamilton Road, Reading. 
ENToMOLOGICAL JOTTINGS FROM THE F'Ront.—Enclosed with a 
letter written on July 30th, Lieut. Norman Riley, who is on service 
in France, kindly sent me a fine specimen of Araschnia levana that 
had been taken two days earlier. In the letter he writes : ‘ Melan- 
argia galatea is the most interesting of the butterflies around the 
camp, as it is absolutely swarming, but there are crowds of the usual 
common species about, and at night the tent is alive with moths, 
chiefly small things. Occasionally a Leucania from the marshy 
ground by the river finds its way in, and a few water-beetles,’””— 
RICHARD SOUTH. 
Tue TrimEN ConLection or SoutH AFricAN BUTTERFLIES.— 
We understand that this historic collection, which formed the basis 
of the late Roland Trimen’s classical monograph on the South 
African Butterflies, has recently been acquired by Mr. J. J. Joicey. 
It is representative of the whole of the Rhopalocera of extra-tropical 
South Africa and contains most of the types of the species described | 
by Trimen, Lepidopterists who are desirous of seeing types or other 
specimens contained in the collection may have access to it upon 
application to the Curator, the Hill Museum, Witley, Surrey. 
