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of Lyccena Adonis ; but it appears to me that in L. Adonis the 

 white of the fringe is much more sharply separated from the black 

 than in Lyccena Corydon, and that in the latter the white is 

 decidedly tinged with ochreous, while in L. Adonis it is pure 

 white. The dark colour of the fringe, too, is much more decided 

 in L. Adonis than in L. Corydon, in which it is more of a brown 

 shade. I hope other entomologists of greater experience may be 

 induced to look into this question, and to give the public the 

 results of their observations. — (Rev.) Chas. F. Thornewill ; The 

 Soho, Burton-on-Trent, March 3, 1882. 



Lyc^gna Argiolus. — On p. 103, vol. vi., of the ' Entomologist,' 

 I recorded the capture of this insect on April 3rd, 1871. I can 

 now give a still earlier date, a friend of mine having captured a 

 specimen on a rosemary bush at Temple Combe, Somerset, on 

 March 24th, 1882.— W. Macmillan ; Castle Cary, Somerset, 

 April, 1882. 



Variety of Polyommatus Phl^as. — A variety of Polyom- 

 matus Phlceas was taken by myself at the end of last July, whilst 

 collecting at Polegate, near Eastbourne. I saw it first on the 

 wing (it appeared unusually dark) as I was working a spot 

 pointed out to me by your correspondent Miss R. M. Sotheby. 

 The variety consists in confluence of spots, which has resulted in 

 a rather distinct crescent-shaped mark on each fore wing. — 

 Harold Hodge ; Pembroke College, Oxford, Dec. 12, 1881. 



Variety of Smerinthus tili^. — A fine variety of this 

 species, bred by myself from larvae found last autumn, emerged 

 from pupa April 23rd last. The colouring is very curious, there 

 being an entire absence of any green. All the markings, which 

 are usually green, are light burnt sienna-red ; the usual whitish 

 blotch at the tip of the fore wing is pink ; ground colour also pink, 

 in places slightly tinged with grey ; under side composed of 

 various shades of light sienna-red and pink ; thorax and abdomen 

 also of the same colours. — Fred. W. Frohawk ; Upper Norwood, 

 April, 1882. 



Early pupation of Chelonia caja. — A mild winter and 

 sunny March invariably produce newspaper reports of early 

 butterflies and spring flowers ; but the following fact is more 

 curious than usual. On March 13th, whilst searching a bank 

 with south-west aspect for cases of Coleophora albitarsella, I 



