410 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Varieties of Limenitis Sibylla and Argynnis Paphia.—I 
have had the good fortune to take three of the black variety 
of Limenitis Sibylla this year, and a good variety of a male 
Paphia, very similar to the one figured in ‘ British Butter- 
flies. I may mention Mr. Farn has seen the latter, and 
thinks it a very good one; but it is, 1 am sorry to say, not 
perfect.—Hdward F. Bisshopp. 
Thecla W-Album at Bristol.—T. W-Album has occurred 
in tolerable plenty the last two seasons in the larval state, 
feeding on wych elm, at Coombe Glen, Bristol.—F. D. 
Wheeler ; 2, Chester Place, St. Giles, Norwich, August 11, 
1871. 
Larva of Argiclus—While reading the account given in 
your ‘ British Butterflies’ of the life-history of Argiolus, it 
occurred to me that the following particulars might be worth 
noting. I find on referring to my journal, that while beating 
ivy for moths at Bristol, in the autumn of 1869, I took, 
on October 9th, one larva of P. Argiolus, and, on October 
llth and 13th, two more, all of which turned to pups 
November Ist to 3rd, and in that state passed the winter. 
One of them died; the other two emerged in April, 1870. 
Again, in September last year, I took another small larva on 
ivy, at Norwich, which, however, died before arriving at 
maturity. I think this tends to prove the existence of at 
least two broods in the year, which is rendered more probable 
by the freshness of the April specimens, very different from 
what we should expect in hybernated insects. Both my 
bred specimens were females, and both crippled in the hind 
wings.—ld. 
Lycena Salmacis in Berwickshire —Berwickshire seems to 
be a pretty good county for butterflies and moths, but being 
a beginner, and having little time at command, I have made, 
as yet, comparatively few captures. On Monday the 10th, 
however, having a half-holiday, I captured what I thought to 
be Artaxerxes, having heard that it occurred in the neigh- 
bourhood, but which I find on looking up to be Salmacis, 
having the scalloped bar on the upper wings, and wanting 
the central spot on the under wings. I saw one specimen of 
Blandina, which I failed to capture; while 1 caught five 
specimens of Aglaia in grand condition—/& Burder ; 
Dunse, July 19, 1871. 
