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the sallows have been cut down. I think the horrible summer of 

 1879 had much to do with its extermination, and also that of 

 L. Sibylla.— N. Manders, Colonel, A.M.S. ; The Dardanelles, June 

 4th, 1915. 



Hibernated Examples of Vanessa antiopa. — The capture last 

 May of a specimen of V. antiopa, as recorded by Mr. W. H. Smith in 

 the ' Entomologist,' p. 169, is of considerable interest, as hibernated 

 specimens of the species are but very rarely met with in this country. 

 The paleness of the colouring of the marginal bands alluded to is 

 entirely due to fading of the yellow pigment. As most of the 

 examples taken in Britain have been more or less worn, the borders 

 are usually pale in colour ; but individuals with straw-yellow borders 

 have from time to time been captured. In my series of ten British 

 caught specimens two possess yellow borders : one of these was 

 taken by myself at Chatham on August 22nd, 1888; the other 

 captured in August, 1901, at Eayleigh, Essex. I may add that my 

 series contains two hibernated examples, one taken from the trunk 

 of a birch tree near Box Hill, Surrey, on April 17th, 1881 ; the 

 second one is of much interest, and v;hich I have been fortunate in 

 securing quite recently. It was taken as long ago as February 8th, 

 1869, by a gamekeeper named Matthew Barrone in a plantation near 

 Castle Eden, Durham, as " it crept out from amongst some grass by 

 the side of a fire," as recorded by Mr. Frederic Eaine in the 

 ' Entomologist,' vol. iv. 1869, p. 250. Mr. Raine informed me 

 many years ago of this particular antiopa (but could not remember 

 when or where he recorded the fact), as he obtained it from the 

 gamekeeper and afterwards gave it to the Newcastle Museum. — 

 F. W. Frohawk ; July, 1915. 



The Food-plant of the Larva of Hyria muricata. — As 



Barrett states (' Lepidoptera of the British Islands,' vol. vii. p. 

 329), the food-plant of the larva of this insect in a wild state is 

 apparently unknown both in England and on the Continent. Mr. 

 W. Hohand, who has recently been collecting for me in a locality 

 where this insect is very abundant, tells me that he is certain the 

 larva feeds on the Marsh Cinquefoil {Potentilla palustris). Although 

 Mr. Holland did not find any larvae, nor did he observe females 

 depositing on this plant, he tells me that the insect only occurred 

 among it, and was not present in those portions of the marsh where 

 the plant did not grow. — N. Charles Rothschild ; Arundel House, 

 Kensington Palace Gardens, W. 



LiMENiTis SIBYLLA AT WORCESTER. — As I was Walking aloug 

 the Severn quay at Worcester, and immediately below the cathedral 

 wall on Sunday, July 25th, I was surprised to see an example of this 

 butterfly settle on a plant close to the water's edge. It seemed to 

 have descended from the college garden ; but I think the appearance 

 of the insect right in the city is worthy of note, especially as 

 Newman's comment on Stainton's "Worcester" as a locality is — 

 " my entomological correspondent at Worcester, who has taken the 

 utmost pains to supply me with information, does not confirm this 

 report." — H. Rowland-Brown ; Harrow Weald, July 26th, 1915. 



