230 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
This district is so extensive from an entomologist’s point of 
view that many visits must be taken before it is fully explored ; 
for, given a desire to collect the marsh-loving Pyrales and other 
insects, by passing though Byfleet to the west of St. George’s 
Hills, we come to the meadows near the River Wey and on to the 
canal-bank, where collecting of an entirely different character 
is to be found. This makes a pleasant excursion, but not so 
picturesque as our walks through the woods of St. George’s 
Hills, which for retired wildness are unequalled by anything else 
within easy reach of London. 
Savage Club, Savoy, London, W.C., August 24,1886. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 
ParRING OF EPINEPHELE IANIRA AND Hi. HYPERANTHES. — 
Whilst collecting at Brockenhurst, on 16th July, I netted the 
above-mentioned insects, male and female, in the order given, in 
coitw. I showed them alive to my friend Mr. Jenner Weir, who 
said that he had never observed those two insects to pair before, 
and judged it worthy of mention.—PrErcy RENDALL; 20, Lad- 
broke Square. 
NoN-OCCURRENCE OF SPRING BROOD OF LycHNA ARGIADES.— 
As many lepidopterists are interested in the occurrence of 
Lycena argiades, it may be worth noting just now that I and 
several others have been working on and near the spot where we 
found a male and female last year, at intervals, since June 19th, 
but, up to last night, without success. I am not myself so much 
surprised at this, considering how bad a season it is (at least in 
this district) for Lepidoptera in general, and especially for the 
genus Lycena. Up to yesterday (20th inst.) I have not seen fifty 
specimens of both L.icarus and LZ. egon. I shall continue to look 
for L. argiades; and as ZL. icarus is still coming out, it may yet 
put in an appearance.—O. P. CamprinGEe; Bloxworth R ectory 
Wareham, August 21, 1886. 
XANTHIC VAR. OF EPINEPHELE TITHONUS. — Mr. T. H. 
Waring has shown me a curious xanthic variety of this species, 
in which the whole of the dark brown of a normal specimen is 
replaced by cream-colour. The ocelli have the black replaced by 
