210 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Argynnis Adippe var. Cleodoxa. — Mr. Turner, a brother 

 collector, and I were at Arnsicle, near Grange, on July lOth, and 

 had the pleasure of taking Argynnis Adippe; when what should 

 turn out after a shower of rain but the variety described in 

 Newman's ' British Butterflies' as Cleodoxa, in splendid condition. 

 Should any entomologists passing through Lancaster wish to see 

 the specimen, I shall be happy to show them the same. — 

 G. Lotham; Briary Street, Lancaster, August 8, 1881. 



Apatura Iris var. Idle, Vanessa Antiopa, and Xylomiges 

 coNSPiciLLARis. — I have been requested to give information of the 

 capture of another specimen of AjJatura Iris var. lole by Mr. 

 Packman, of Dartford, at the same place as the one mentioned by 

 me last month, and a few days subsequently thereto. It is rather 

 smaller than the normal insect. Also that a specimen of Vanessa 

 Jntiojja and two of Xylomiges conspicillarls were taken by the 

 same collector; the former on 1st of April last, the other two in 

 the following May.— E. Sabine ; 17, The Villas, Erith, Kent. 



" Is Vanessa polychloros the prototype of V. urtic;e ? " 

 — With much interest I read the article under the above title 

 in the August number of the ' Entomologist,' and have been 

 tempted to make a few remarks thereupon. Whilst fully 

 indorsing Mr. Butler's views respecting the mutual progenitor 

 of Vanessa Polychloros and V. urticce being F. C-album, it seems 

 to me a significant fact in support of his interpretation of 

 the case, that V. C-album is undoubtedly becoming scarcer in 

 Great Britain, and is perhaps on the road to utter extinction. If 

 this be the case it is not unreasonable to suppose that V. Polychloros 

 and V. urticce have structural or other advantages over V. C-album. 

 One of these advantages may be the greater area of the wing, 

 resulting from the absence of the characteristic indentations of 

 V. C-album ; for it is difficult to perceive how the peculiar 

 contour of the wings in the latter insect can be an advantage to 

 its possessor. It would be interesting to know whether V. C-album 

 is becoming less common on the continent or elsewhere. — 

 G. Coverdale ; 2, Cannon Street, City. 



Sphinx pinastri near Ipswich. — I beg to inform you that I 

 took Sphinx pinastri from a pine in the Asylum grounds, near 



