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harbours at the right season the larvae of machaon. With such 

 favourable conditions of climate as Aberdovey enjoys, it should not 

 be difficult, under like circumstances, to maintain our only 

 Swallow-tail, and I may add that, thanks to the generous offer of a 

 brother entomologist, I am able to provide the necessary found- 

 ation for a colony. I have never found the larvae of machaon on any 

 other plant ; though this, of course, may be a mere accident, for 

 M. I'Abbe Frionnet (' Les Prem. Etats des Chenilles Lepids. 

 Frangais, 1906,' p. 45), has collated a considerable variety in addi- 

 tion, e. g. Seseli (possibly an error, as this is the known food plant of 

 P. alexa7ior) ; ferula (also of P. hospiton) ; anise, Pimpinella anisum, 

 and P. saxifraga; Pastinacea (Peucedanum) sylvestris, and P. sativa; 

 parsley, Petrosalinum sativum ; rue, Buta graveolens ; dittany, 

 Dictamnus alhus {teste, Lambillion) ; fragaria ; and loosestrife, 

 Lysimachia nemorum {teste, Kirby) ; cabbage ! {teste, Castin) ; and in 

 Algeria, according to the Eev. A. E. Eaton (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1894, 

 p. 162), Deverra scoparia. Cuss, & De C. The list is remarkable for 

 the number of cultivated herbs and growths of the garden — one may 

 doubt the cabbage — in which evidently P. machaon is as much at 

 home in France as on the sea cliffs, alps, and pastures. — H. Eowland- 

 Beown ; Harrow Weald, August 8th, 1915. 



Hibernating Examples of Euvanessa antiopa. — Mr. F. W. Fro- 

 hawk's article in this month's 'Entomologist' {antea, p. 197) reminds 

 me that many years ago I was going through a box of Lepidoptera 

 taken by the late Mr. Tester, of Tilgate; seeing a large hibernated 

 female specimen of Euvanessa antiopa I asked him where he got it and 

 he told me " he captured it in the forest in the spring flying round a 

 sallow bush." I daresay some of the old collectors will remember 

 seeing the specimen — a very dilapidated one — in Mr. Tester's box — 

 but what eventually became of it I know not. In 1872, when antiopa 

 was almost a common butterfly, three were brought me, one of 

 which was taken hibernating in a dining-room on September 29th of 

 that year. There can be no doubt that antiopa hibernates in this 

 country and in my opinion breeds here also (why should it not '?) 

 only so few that we have not been able to find the larva — we do 

 not properly search for it. — A. H. Jones ; " Shrublands," Eltham, 

 August 2nd, 1915. 



Hibernation of Peronea sponsana, Fab. — With reference to 

 Prof. Meldola's interesting note {antea, p. 198) I should like to 

 record the capture by myself of an hibernated specimen of this 

 species in March last at South Petherton, near Yeovil; although the 

 specimen was rather in poor condition it was quite simple to identify 

 it.— B. S. Williams; 77, Durham Eoad, E. Finchley, N., August 11th, 

 1915. 



Symmoca quadripuncta, Hw. — Although this rather striking 

 little moth is not considered a rarity it can hardly be termed a 

 common thing. I have been in the habit of finding it on the walls 

 in the house here and also when living at Thornton Heath, but never 

 more than two or three in any one season ; until this summer, 

 however, I did not know how to work for it successfully. On July 



