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capture of a hermaphrodite, Ljjccsaa icarus I enclose a 

 drawing of the insect. Among those who have seen it, I 

 may mention Mr. J. A. Clark, Mr. T. Eedle, and a gentleman 

 at South Kensington Natural History Museum, whom I believe 

 to be Mr. W. F. Kirby.— M. Cameron; 102, Clarence Road, 

 Clapton, E. 



[The description of Mr. Cameron's specimen of Lycana 

 icarus suggested rather a partial reversion to an ancestral form of 

 the male than an example of hermaphrodism, and for this 

 reason a query was appended after the word "hermaphrodite." 

 However, if Mr. Kirby has seen the insect, he has no doubt 

 pronounced it to be a hermaphrodite only after careful examina- 

 tion of the proper organs. At the same time I may remark 

 that the coloured drawing sent by Mr. Cameron represents 

 a male L. icarus, that is as regards the structure of wings. As 

 sexual characters, the coloration and markings of an insect are 

 of secondary importance only. A male may consequently possess 

 some of the colour and ornamentation peculiar to the female, or, 

 as is more frequently the case, especially in the genus Lyccena, a 

 female may assume the colour of the male, without any concomi- 

 tant change in the primary sexual character, or organs of 

 reproduction being effected. — R. S. I 



Hesperia act.eon, &c., in South Devon. — In August, I took 

 about thirty beautiful specimens of Leucophasia sinapis, flying 

 from the foot to half tbe height of the cliffs. They were very 

 numerous ; I only caught tbose which would insist on my doing 

 so : with them were a few Hesperia actceoyi. Only one Colias 

 edusa, and one Vanessa cardui were noticed. Epinephele tithonus 

 was very abundant, and I took a pale, almost white, aberration of 

 this butterfly. These were all taken casually, as I was only 

 on the look out for Hymenoptera. — R. C. L. Perkins, Sopworth 

 Rectory, Chippenham, Feb. 28. 



Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera. — During the last 

 summer a new butterfly has appeared in New Zealand, viz., 

 Vanessa (Junonia) vellida. On December 26th I captured four 

 specimens of this insect on the beach near Porirna, about 

 thirteen miles from Wellington, up the west coast; and on 

 revisiting the same locality on the 27th I captured another. 

 All these were very much worn, and were restricted to a sput 



