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Should this notice meet the eyes of any entomologists who 

 may hereafter visit Bolthead, may T implore them to spare 

 these wasted females, for it seems a great pity that such a 

 beautifid species should become extinct in this locality, 

 simply for the want of a liitle proper care. 



Since I was at Salcombe in July, 1875, a bird-stufFer's 

 shop has been opened in the town. I paid the owner a visit 

 to enquire if he had any rarities; and after looking at his 

 birds I asked him if he collected butterflies. He replied that 

 he did, and showed me about two dozen Lycicna Avion on a 

 board. They were nearly all females, badly set, and in 

 wretched condition ; there was not a single specimen fit for 

 a cabinet. Mr. Nicholls, of Kingsbridge, who has loTjg known 

 Arion, — in fact, discovered it, I believe, in this locality, — 

 tells me that he is of opinion it is fast becoming 

 exterminated. 



H.M.S. " Britannia," Dartmouth, 

 January 8, 1877. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Danais Archippus in Sussex. — Another specimen of 

 Danais Archippus has been taken in England. Through 

 the kindness of my friend Mr. H. Cooke, of Brighton, I had 

 the pleasure of exhibiting a fine example of this very 

 beautiful butterfly at the last meeting of the Entomological 

 Society. This specimen was captured during the second 

 week in September, 1876, by Mr. Alfred Wood, of New 

 Close, Keymer, Sussex, about four miles from Hassocks 

 Gate. When taken it was flying over clover. — Frederick 

 Bond; Staines, Middlesex, February 9, 1877. 



[There is no place in Sussex better known to me than 

 New Close. It was the residence of my father-in-law for 

 nearly fifty years. 1 should think the distance is about five 

 miles from Hayward's Heath, where the other Sussex 

 specimen was taken by the Rev. T. Crallan ('Entom. ix. 264). 

 —J. J. W.] 



Zyg^.na FiLiPENDULiE (yellow var,). — I have received some 

 half-dozen specimens of Zijgccna jilipendulce. (yellow var.), 

 taken during the suunner by my cousin, Mr. A. W. Bairstow. 

 They were discovered in a chalk-pit at Cambridge, along 



