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having visited the locality on Whit Monday we were unsuccessful 

 in finding H. paniscus in the wood. In a field near, however, a 

 pair were seen, one only being captured. — Thos. G. Fraser ; 

 (j, Kerr Street, Northampton, June 5, 1882. 



On the Females of Lycjena Adonis and L. Corydon. — It 

 seems to me that there is not any difficulty in distinguishing 

 these insects one from the other, or in determining to which 

 species a solitary specimen may belong. Undoubtedly the fringe 

 is one of the tests, and an unfailing one too, and is aptly 

 described by your correspondent ; it seems also to be a trifle 

 broader in L. Corydon than in L. Adonis. May I venture to 

 remark in addition to this that, so far as my observation goes, 

 L. Adonis always has a blackish ground colour, and invariably 

 bright red spots (unless absent altogether) ; whereas the ground 

 colour of L. Corydon is brown, sometimes approaching to slate- 

 or lead-colour (highly glossy in fresh specimens), and the spots 

 are of a dull red-brown, varying to pale ochreous. The scales, too, 

 with which each is dusted or sprinkled (most in L. Adonis), are 

 of the same tint as the respective males. On the under side, 

 L. Corydon has by far the boldest spots, and a more striking 

 appearance than L. Adonis, and is normally the larger insect of 

 the two. I say nothing of times of emergence, as this would be 

 of no service to those who are not in the habit of taking these 

 species themselves. I shall be glad, if incorrect, to receive 

 further enlightenment from your readers. — E. Sabine; 17, The 

 Villas, Frith, June 12, 1882. 



Danaine Butterflies not subject to the attack of 

 Mites. — In the ' Proceedings of the Fntomological Society for 

 the year 1877,' p. xii., Mr. Meldola remarks that " he had observed 

 that certain distasteful species of Lepidoptera preserved their 

 disagreeable qualities after death, in proof of which he exhibited 

 some butterflies found among an old collection of Indian insects, 

 the greater part of which had been demolished by mites. The 

 surviving specimens were all of protected species, viz., four of a 

 Eiiploea, one of Danais plexippus, and one of Papilio pammon, 

 Euploea and Danais were well known to be protected genera, 

 since they serve for models of mimetic resemblances. With 

 regard to Papilio pammon, Mr. Meldola stated that, in his 

 belief, it was in some way distasteful, as he had seen it in swarms 

 on the Island of Nancoury, Nicobar Islands, in April, 1875." In 



