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N. agatha has been unusually abundant here this season, andi?, hiarbas 

 not nearly so common as during the two previous seasons. — Gr. F. 

 Leigh ; Heathfield, Sydenham Road, Durban, Natal, July 26th, 1902. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Lyc^na biinima var. alsoides in Hampshire. — Mr. B. Piffard 

 reports the capture of this large form of L. minima on the coast near 

 Lymington, and he has kindly presented a pair to the National Collec- 

 tion of British Lepidoptera. It should be mentioned that Mr. Piffard 

 states that there is no chalk or limestone in the district where he 

 obtained the specimens. 



Aporia Crat^gi in Kent. — This butterfly, I am pleased to record, 

 still survives in my neighbourhood. Early in July I caught a fresh 

 male on a small patch of clover, which proved to be the " home " of a 

 batch of the insect, for on subsequent days I very easily took niueteen 

 more, making exactly a score. I also saw about another score speci- 

 mens on the "rampage," but at such time A. cratagi is not easy to 

 capture, for the wind takes it along at a terrific pace, and I can only 

 account for six examples captured away from the "home"; the 

 greatest distance between specimens captured was about ten miles. I 

 am inclined to think the insect is domiciled in the fruit orchards. 

 I failed to get eggs, though one female, taken in cop., lived over a 

 fortnight under artificial conditions. I kept two females and a male 

 together with the proper food-plants and fed them regularly, but to no 

 purpose. — J. P. Barrett ; 3, St. John's Villas, Margate. 



P1ERID.E in London. — In the daily papers one occasionally sees 

 letters from astonished correspondents recording the appearance of a 

 butterfly in Loudon. It is doubtful whether these occurrences are 

 quite as rare as is generally supposed. It may, however, be worth 

 mentioning that on June 19th, at about 4.30 p.m., I saw a specimen 

 of Pieris brassiccB in Northumberland Avenue. There was at the time 

 a strong breeze coming off the river, and, after vainly struggling 

 towards a plane tree, the butterfly got blown towards Trafalgar Square. 

 The flowers in the window-boxes at the Metropole had been changed 

 that morning, and the specimen may have been accidentally imported 

 with them. I saw another specimen of P. brassiccB in Northumberland 

 Avenue on June 24th. Earlier in the season I saw, but was not near 

 enough to identify accurately, a Pieris in St. James's Park. — D. P. 

 Turner ; 2, Shalston Villas, Surbiton, July, 1902. 



Plusia moneta in Hampshire. — Four larvae of P. moneta were taken 

 here during the last week in May from plants of Dciphiniwn. The 

 moths successfully emerged between June 28th and July 9th. It 

 would be interesting to learn in what form this species passes the 

 winter. It seems reasonable to suppose that the eggs from which 

 these larvge were produced were laid last July, since the patch of 

 Delphinium was that over which a specimen of the perfect insect was 



