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glad to learn if the unusual abundance of this butterfly in the 
years 1884 and 1885 was noticed by any readers of the ‘ Ento- 
mologist’ in other districts, and what cause they attribute to 
such a phenomenal appearance.—W. Harcourt Batu; Bir- 
mingham, February 15, 1886. 
VaRIETY OF EPINEPHELE HYPERANTHES.—Whilst collecting 
at Dorking, August bank holiday, 1885, I had the good fortune 
to secure a fine variety of this common butterfly. Instead 
of the upper surface being almost plain, there are three spots on 
each of the fore wings, very clearly defined; the two spots on 
both lower wings are as distinctly marked as on the under side 
of an ordinary specimen, each spot having a white pupil, then 
black, and finally circled by a very clearly marked amber-coloured 
ring, whilst on the under side all the spots are larger, brighter, 
and more clearly defined. The specimen is a female of large size. 
—Arruur J. Rose; 11, Kyverdale Road, Stoke Newington, N., 
February 17, 1886. [Varieties of this species are mentioned at 
Entom. v. 201, 212, 226 (1870); and vi. 416 (1878).—ED. | 
REMARKABLE VARIETY OF Lyc@NA BELLARGUS.—I recently 
visited a locality in Kent for Lycend bellargus (adonis) to see if 
the spring brood occurred there, and found them unusually 
abundant. I have paid four visits altogether with one of my 
boys, and we have taken some examples of a form of Lycena 
bellargus quite new to me, and I should esteem it a favour if you 
would kindly drop me a line to say if you are acquainted with it, 
or if it is well known. The male is a beautiful pale lilac or 
French gray in colour. We have taken five or six of them, and, 
to my great surprise, have also met with females to correspond. 
These are a very pale brown or fawn colour, clouded with pale 
lilac, and have beautiful pale orange spots; one of these is a 
perfectly fresh specimen, so there can be no question of fading. 
We also took a specimen of the black form of the male. First 
male was taken on June 7th, the second on June 10th, and five 
more on June 15th, when we also took the black variety. On 
this latter day I netted and boxed two very light females, which 
I did not examine until setting them out the next day, when I 
discovered them to be the corresponding females to the light 
form of the male. We went again on the 17th, specially to look 
for females, and took four more; saw another male, but the 
wind took it away. All were taken within the space of a couple 
