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will hold the same views as my own ; but I do most earnestly 

 hope that so long as I am in any way connected with it, all 

 future dissertations which may appear in its pages will be carried 

 on with courtesy, in that calm spirit which should distinguish all 

 scientific discussions, and that all observations of a personal 

 character may be avoided. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Parnassius delius in Wales. — Your readers will be in- 

 terested in hearing that a specimen of Parnassius delius, Esp. 

 has been brought to me, captured by Mr. E, W. Schwartz, a 

 pupil at the college, early in September last, near Bangor, North 

 Wales. It was discovered settling on flowers, on a warm after- 

 noon, and appeared somewhat sluggish in its movements. The 

 specimen is much damaged, but of the species there can be no 

 doubt. It seems to occur only in strictly Alpine localities, and 

 can hardly therefore in any sense be regarded as British. 

 Doubtless the specimen is an escape from the stock of some 

 collector. But it would be interesting to know if its occurrence 

 can be satisfactorily explained, and whetlier there is any other 

 record of its appearance in Britain. — T. N. Hart Smith ; 

 Marlborough College, October 14. 



DiURNi IN Argyleshire. — During a short sojourn in the 

 above-named county, in the month of Jul}^ of the present year, I 

 observed that the specimens of Vanessa urticce, which were fairly 

 common and in very fresh condition, were larger and more 

 gorgeously coloured than those ordinarily seen in the neiglibour- 

 hood of London. More than one variety also came under my 

 notice, as two or three other entomologists were also staying in 

 the district, and I remarked that some specimens on their 

 setting-boards had more black on the lower wings than is usual 

 with the ordinary type ; and that in one case in j)articular the 

 absence of black on the contrary, and the fiery cliaracter of the 

 red were very conspicuous. I may add that Newman states, on 

 p. 54 of his ' British Butterflies and Moths,' " Scottish examples 

 are larger than English ones." Several specimens of Kpinephele 

 ianira, moreover, were of a particularly bhick type ; while those 

 of Lyccoia icarus were (as well as being larger in size than the 



