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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Papilio machaon, &c., at Wicken Fen. — At the end of 

 June I paid a flying visit to Wicken Fen under the most favour- 

 able conditions. There had been little rain, and the prevailing 

 wind having been N.E., some of the most marshy parts were 

 accessible. M}' visit, although short, showed me that Ptqnlio 

 machaon was far from dying out, as I observed a very considerable 

 number, although difficult to capture, owing to the nature of the 

 ground. Several I noticed of large size, one measuring three 

 inches and a half across the wings, but many were considerably 

 torn and bruised, so that I had a difficulty in getting a good 

 series. I also found the larva, some of which I have succeeded 

 in feeding up ; also the larva of Saturnia carpini, and in the 

 hedgerows Liparis chrysorrhoea. The usual method of lamp and 

 sheet was unsuccessful, owing probably to the wind being from 

 the N.E. I obtained Meliana flammea, Hydrelia uncula {unca) , 

 and found Hyria muricata {auroraria) in fine condition, although 

 not plentiful. — Ernest Joy; 15, Brownswood Park, N., Aug. 10. 



CoLiAS EDUSA AT Ware. — On August 4tli I captured, in the 

 fruit garden here, a fine female specimen of Colias eclusa. — George 

 H. TiTE ; Amwell House, Ware, Herts. 



Colias edusa near Lyndhurst and at Sevenoaks. — I cap- 

 tured a large female specimen of Colias edusa, in good condition, 

 near Lyndhurst. I have also taken two specimens here, one on 

 the 2nd and the other on the 16th of this month. — Lewis F. 

 Hill; Sevenoaks, August 22nd, 1885. 



Argynnis latona (lathonia) at Brighton. — I caught a 

 good specimen of the above-named species on the north side of 

 Brighton race-course, on the road leading over the downs to 

 Ovingdean, in the afternoon of the 3rd August. It was flying 

 over a patch of wild flowers and thistles, settling on a clover 

 flower just before I took it. — N. P. Fox ; 12, Marine Square, 

 Kemp Town, Brighton. 



Habits of Vanessid.^ on emergence. — In the ' Entomo- 

 logist' (xv. 188, 2G0) I called attention to a singular habit 

 of Apatura iris upon emerging from the puparium, — to wit, 

 its clinging to the empty case with the head uppermost for five 

 or six hours, and then reversing the position (still keeping hold 



entom. — SEPT., 1885. 2 I 



