THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 213 



Entomological Notes, Captures, S^c. 



Colias Editsa at Brighton. — I see in this month's 'Ento- 

 inologist' the Rev. H. J. White, under the head of "Captures 

 at Steyning," states that he only took one Colias Edusa on 

 the Sussex downs, and has not seen above half a dozen. T 

 was staying at Brighton at the end of September and begin- 

 ning of October, and used frequently to see Edusa flying in 

 the fields by Hove and CUftonville. — J. Barnes Johnson ; 

 Saxlinghani Lodge, Long Stratton, Norfolk, January 1. 



Vanessa Antiopa at Godniancliester. — I beg to report the 

 capture, by Mr. Gerald Hunnyburn, of Godmanchester, of V. 

 Antiopa. It was taken at rest, in September, on a pear tree, 

 early one morning. 1 saw it shortly after. It was damaged. 

 Margin very white. — W. Jagger ; St. Ives, Hants, January 

 6, 18()9. 



Callimorpha Hera near Brighton. — A lady living at 

 Patcham, near Brighton, Miss Poore by name, who is an 

 amateur entomologist, caught at a lantern, in the autumn, 

 but was not aware until the other day of its rarity, an 

 example of the above ; she does not recoUect the day. 

 Thinking it was only a variety of the cream-spot tiger, she 

 offered it to a little boy who is collecting, by whom it was 

 declined, because the edge of the wings looked burnt. A 

 few days since she brought it to Brighton, to ask Mr. 

 Swaysland what it was, and, as may be supposed, is de- 

 lighted with her prize. — T. W. Won/or, Hon. Sec. Brighton 

 b^ Sussex Nat. Hist. Society. 



The Reed-moth. : Correction of an Error. — Would you 

 kindly allow me to correct a few mistakes of Mr. Raymond 

 Fuller King's .'' Supposing by the reed-moth he means M. 

 Arundiuis, I beg to state it was not M. Arundinis, but N. 

 Typhffi, that he discovered in the Castle moat at Framling- 

 ham. It was not to Mr. R. W. Ranson, but to myself, that 

 he first showed the pupse and larvte. The pupa? and larvai 

 of N. Typha3 were extremely numerous, there being hardly 

 a stem of the great reed-mace (Typha latifolia) which had 

 not its one, two, or even three inhabitants. 1 tried to keep 

 some of the larvae, but they gnawed a hole in my box and 

 got away. I obtained a good many pupae, but did not 



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