NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 4] 
PreRIs RAP® AS A Cotonist.—Dr. John Hamilton, in a 
notice of the insects occurring at Brigantine Beach, New Jersey 
(Canad. Entom. xvii. 202) says:—“ Pieris rape, Lin., is abundant, 
though cabbage is little cultivated. I found over a dozen of the 
pupz on the beach under a small board, and, on searching for 
the food plant, discovered the larve had fed on the Cakile 
americana—a curious maritime plant, which, though belonging 
to the Cruciferse is very remote from the cabbage.” —[J. T. C.] 
VANESSA C-ALBUM NEAR WELCHPOOL.—Perhaps it is of interest 
to know that Vanessa C-album has been captured here several 
times this year. About September 20th a friend brought me one 
which he had captured on a cold windy night in a sheltered ditch. 
I took one early in October flying over the flowers of Alyssum, 
and my brother saw another.—Sranitey P. Jones; Westwood, 
Welchpool, December 5th, 1885. 
MELITHA AURINIA IN SHROPSHIRE.—On May 8th, 1884, I 
received from Church Stretton, in Shropshire, eleven dozen of 
M. aurinia (artemis) of various sizes, many about full-fed. The 
Rev. R. J. Buddicombe, who kindly sent me them, informed me 
that the roads and fields swarmed with them, and had swarmed 
for at least five weeks, but he did not think the space of ground 
they infested was very large. I supplied the larve with broad 
and narrow-leaved plantain, germander, primrose and violet 
leaves, on none of which they attempted to feed, so then gave 
them sprays of honeysuckle, which they immediately began to 
devour and throve upon well. The first changed to a pupa on 
May 12th, followed by others pupating every day for over a 
month. The first imago emerged on June 8th, others emerging 
daily for about a month, and by the middle of July ninety had 
emerged in perfect condition; they varied much in size and 
colour. The average time they remained in the pupal state was 
twenty-five days. Only five out of the eleven dozen larve had 
ichneumons. I mention thisas Newman, in his ‘ British Butter- 
flies, remarks that nine out of every ten of the larve of M. aurinia 
under his observation were infested with ichneumons. ‘The 
larvee of ichneumon emerged from the full-fed M. aurinia larve, 
‘and spun little whitish cocoons round their victims, which pro- 
duced the perfect ichneumons on June 14th, 1884. Is honey- 
suckle an usual food-plant of M. aurinia ?—F. W. Frouawx ; 
Park Place, Eltham, Kent, November, 1885. 
ENTOM.—FEB., 1886. G 
