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a month late. I saw very little (except A. suhhaumanniana and 

 P. sellana) that ought not to have been expected fully a month 

 ago. The vegetation, however, looks beautiful, and the clearings 

 in the woods are magnificent, — blue-bells, columbine, speedwell, 

 primroses, forget-me-not, and orchids vying with each other, 

 and making a sight that defies description. The trees, I am 

 pleased to say, are infested to a remarkable degree with Tortrix 

 larvEB, so probably we shall have a little livelier time later, 

 than we have just at present. 



Blackheatb, Juoe 6, 1887. 



NOTES ON VANESSA ANTIOPA. 



By Rev. F. A. Walker, D.D., F.L.S. 



I HAVE been given to understand that British and Swedish 

 specimens of this butterfly had white borders, and that those from 

 the South of France and elsewhere on the Continent had yellow. 

 My own experience on the subject is as follows : — 



All the specimens of V. antiopa, without exception, that I 

 have seen exposed for sale at any of the London dealers have had 

 yellow borders. 



I have nine specimens in my collection, labelled N. America, 

 all with yellow borders. To the best of my recollection these 

 came from Ontario, and were purchased from Mr. Higgins, then 

 of 24, Bloomsbury Street; though it is possible that one or two 

 French or German specimens have accidentally got mixed with 

 them. 



On two occasions, on my purchasing a cheap lot of British 

 insects from working people, I have found the collections to 

 contain a couple of V. antiopa with yellow borders ; but these 

 were at once admitted to be continental — there was no attempt 

 to pass them off as British. 



I have two specimens in my collection, labelled Europe, with 

 yellow borders. One of these two is in singularly fine condition 

 and as large as any, and larger than most that I possess ; and is, 

 moreover, of historic interest, having been caught, as well as 

 many more butterflies, by the late John Curtis, F.L.S., author of 

 ' British Entomology,' Francis Walker, F.L.S., and Henry 



