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of the larvae of H. actceon, which I believe has occurred compara- 

 tively recently, will doubtless add to its decline, as it did in the 

 case of P. dispar. The list of other specimens seen and captured 

 during my short stay is very meagre. Melanargia galatea. — I 

 only saw and captured some two or three specimens of this 

 insect, although August is one of the months it may be expected 

 to turn up. This species is very variable in colour, my own 

 specimens being considerably lighter in colour than the specimen 

 delineated in Kirby's ' European Butterflies and Moths,' pi. xi., 

 fig. 9. Coleman's ' British Butterflies,' pi. v., No. 3, show a 

 specimen which in shade nearly resembles my own. I saw two 

 specimens only of Satyrus semele, but only succeeded in taking 

 one, a fine male. I took only one specimen of Lycccna corydon, 

 which I did not expect to find so scarce here, as it apparently 

 was ; for, although I cannot find Lulworth mentioned as one of 

 its haunts, it is generally to be found in abundance in chalky 

 districts in the south. This is one of the species with which Mr. 

 South has dealt so ably and exhaustively in these pages. I regret 

 to say that the specimen I obtained at Lulworth is far too 

 battered for any minute comparison with the examples given on 

 Plates I. and II., attached to his valuable paper; but the 

 examples to which it appears to bear most resemblance are as 

 follows : — On the upper surface to fig. 9, PI. I. ; and on the 

 under side to fig. 2. The remaining specimens seen and captured 

 were far too common to need any comment. Excej)tion, how- 

 ever, should be made of Zygcena Jilipendulce, which exists here 

 in extraordinary profusion. The day of my visit the ground was 

 strewn with the perfect insect, whilst to nearly every tuft of grass 

 numbers of empty pupa-cases were attached, the moths having 

 nearly all emerged. Doubtless, with a greater amount of time at 

 disposal, some insects which on that occasion seemed scarce would 

 be found to be not uncommon in the locality, whilst many other 

 specimens, not mentioned here, would be added to the list. — 

 W. G. McMuRTRiE ; South Hill, Badstock, Bath, May 12, 1887. 



Tapinoma melanocephalum, Fo7\ — "Whilst walking in the 

 Palm House, Kew Gardens, in September last, my attention was 

 drawn to what at first sight appeared to be a host of small 

 dipterous, travelling with great rapidity up and down the stem 

 of a species of palm {Hoivea grisehachia) from Tropical Australia. 

 After considerable difficulty I succeeded in capturing some few 



