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V. polychloros, urtiocs, io, atalanta, carclui, M. galatea, P. egeria, 

 megczra, S. semele, E. ianira, tithonus, hyperanthes, G. pamphilus, 

 T. hetulcB, w.-album, quercus, rubi, P. phlaas, L. agon, astrarche, 

 icarus, corydon, argiolus, minima, N. lucina, S. malvce, N. tages, H. 

 thaumas, sylvanus. It would be interesting to know if any other 

 district of similar size can exceed this record. — W. B. Butler ; 

 Southgate, Wellington Eoad, Taunton. 



Gynandromorphous Smerinthus ocellatus X Amorpha populi 

 (hybridus, Steph.). — From the brood I obtained of this hybrid 

 (mentioned in the ' Entomologist ' of September last, p. 251) a 

 gynandromorphous specimen, exactly halved, emerged on Feb. 9th ; 

 left side male, right side female. The left wings are pinkish, as in 

 ocellatus, while the right wings are entirely grey. The eye-spots of 

 ocellatus are well developed on both hind wings, as is also the red 

 basal patch of populi. Eight antenna like female populi, left like 

 male ocellatus. Eight half of body light grey, left half brownish 

 grey. The thorax has the brown dorsal patch of ocellatus, but it 

 stands up much higher and more tuft-like on the left {ocellatus) half — 

 the right half looking exactly as if it had been sheared off. In many 

 other respects the gynandrous character is apparent. It is a very 

 curious though rather handsome-looking insect, and is quite perfect 

 and well developed. As I imagine such an insect must be very rare, 

 I thought it would be of interest to record it. — Sydney Whicher ; 

 Westmead, Liss, Hants. (Plate VI., fig. 4.) 



Pyrameis atalanta, ab. — I beg to enclose a photograph of an 

 aberration of Pyrameis atalajita, which I had the good fortune to 

 capture in my garden here in October, 1914. The red marginal band 

 on the hind wings is pushed up as a symmetrical rounded wedge 

 into the centre of the deep black-brown area, giving a striking and 

 beautiful effect. The black spot corresponding to this part of the 

 red band, instead of lying parallel to the edge of the hind wing, is 

 carried up with the red wedge, and is at right angles to the direction 

 of the other black spots. The fourth spot in the chain on the fore 

 wings is distinctly pear-shaped. There is a very distinct white spot 

 in the red band on the fore wings. The red band is divided in the 

 centre by a black line. On the reverse surface of the fore wings is a 

 fine series of arch-shaped blue lines extending from the fourth or 

 pear-shaped white spot to the inferior angle of the wings. On the 

 reverse surface of the hind wings is a long black line, flanked with 

 pale mauve and corresponding with the wedge-shaped formation on 

 the hind wings. Though I have bred a number of P. atalanta, and 

 examined the butterflies in great quantities every autumn at ivy- 

 bloom and fallen fruit, I have never come across any variety so 

 marked and interesting as this. — G. E. J. Crallan ; Gouray Lodge, 

 Jersey, Channel Islands. (Plate VI., fig. 3.) 



Small Size op Pyrameis atalanta. — On September 13th, 1914, 

 a specimen of Pyrameis atalanta emerged which was found to have 

 a wing expansion of only two inches, the avei'age size being quite 

 two and a half inches at least. — E. Eex. Phillips ; 64, Quantock 

 Eoad, Windmill Hill, Bristol. 



