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luna, Attacus cynthia, &c., kindly sent me a diary of his notes, 

 which, commencing on the 20th of May and ending on the 5th of 

 Septemher, give an interesting and full account of the result 

 obtained with the various species. He concludes by stating that 

 he could not rear mylltta (the larvse of which hatched on the 5th 

 of September), nor any of the larvae of the second broods, 

 for want of food. 



Tudor Villa, Norbiton, Surrey, March, 1887. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Vanessa antiopa with Yellow Borders. — I am unable to 

 gather whether Mr. S. J. Capper (Entom. 135) means that his 

 British V. antiopa have white borders, or that English V.antiopi 

 generally have, though his have not. I am in a position to state 

 that three undoubtedly British specimens in my collection have 

 borders that are quite as yellow as three continental (bred) 

 insects that I have placed beside them for comparison. His 

 friend M. Wurzburger's statements (1), "that no larva? have been 

 found in England," and (3) " that specimens captured in England 

 are always hybernated specimens," might of course be checked b}' 

 looking up the literature of previous years on the subject. But 

 I must give a most emphatic denial to the other two statements 

 in his letter (1), "that the English-caught specimens always 

 have white borders," and (2) " that the wings are always more or 

 less broken." My specimens (which were exhibited at the last 

 Annual Meeting of the South London Entomological Society) can 

 be brought forward to prove these last two points. It appears to 

 me that the state of the fringes of an insect's wings is the most 

 important evidence that it is a recent specimen, and has not 

 flown much. The fading of the yellow border to white may 

 occur ; but I have not yet come across anyone who seemed to 

 consider it a point of importance, as regards nationality. — Percy 

 Kendall; 1G, Little Grosvenor Street, W., May 3, 1887. 



Vanessa antiopa larv.e in England. — The gentleman who 

 stated in his letter (Entom. 135) that V. antiopa was never found 

 in England in the caterpillar stage is, I am afraid, wrong. I have 

 an imago bred from one of twenty-seven larvae found on a 



