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occasionally be purchased at a comparatively moderate 

 price, the only Mor/^/cfos which are common in collections are 

 M. MenelauH, Achilles, Laertes, and their allies, which have 

 a rapid but undulating flight nearer the ground, on which 

 they sometimes settle to suck the juice of fallen fruit. 



The magnificent M . Cypris has occasionally been used in 

 Paris to ornament ladies' head-dresses ; but butterflies are far 

 too fragile to be conveniently employed for this purpose. 



Monographic revisions of the Elymniince have been pub- 

 lished by Wallace in the Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society for 1869, and by Butler in the Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society for 1871. The Oriental MorphiiKB were 

 monographed by Westwood in the former publication, 2nd 

 series, vol. iv. 



ENTOMOLOGY AT TRESCO AND THE SCILLY ISLES. 

 By the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, M.A. 



During the latter part of August and the beginning of 

 September 1 was the guest of Mr. Dorrien-Smith, at Tresco 

 Abbey, in the Scilly Isles ; and whenever an opportunity 

 ofTered 1 investigated the Entomology of the islands. My 

 investigations were, however, mainly confined to the Island 

 of Tresco, upon which 1 happened to be located. I only 

 visited the other islands occasionally, and always in the day- 

 time, when there was very little stirring, though some of the 

 downs or commons on St. Mary's, covered with Vlex nanus 

 and Cnlluna vulgaris in full bloom, looked most tempting, 

 and at night might very possibly have produced some good 

 insects. I took nothing, however, worth mentioning, except 

 a single specimen oi' Heliot/iis peltiyera, which was flying in 

 the bright sini over the heather. Macroylossa siellataruin, 

 Plus/a gai)ima, Scopula Jerruyalis, and Slenopteryx hybrid- 

 alls, occurred in myriads on all the islands. Vanessa 

 Atalania, V. cardui, and T'. urtic(B, were most abundant; 

 but I looked in vain for V. Antiopa, and did not see a single 

 specimen of V. lo. The only other butterflies i came across 

 were Pieris brassicce, P. nnpi, P. rupee, S((tyrus Janira, 

 I'olyomniatus Phlceas, and Lycccna Alexis. 



On the islands of Tresco and St. Mary's there are some 

 large fresh-water pools of great antiquity, thickly fringed 



