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a different genus, so greatl}' does it differ from any other species 

 of Britisli Vanessidce ; the pupa also is far more angulated and 

 beautiful. As to the "indentations of the contour of the wings" 

 interfering with the comfort and well-being of the butterfly, 

 I think anyone who watched, as I did to-day, a number sporting 

 gracefully over a blackberry bush in the warm sunshine would 

 change their opinion. 



Vanessa C-alhum, V. j^olychloros and V. urtic^ have been 

 handed down to us by our forefathers as three distinct species, 

 and as such, I doubt not, they will be regarded by future 

 generations when the present vague theories have sunk into 

 oblivion. 



I will only add that should Mr. Coverdale, or any other 

 gentleman, desire specimens of V. C-alhiim, I will gladly forward 

 them, so long as those last which I have set ; and next year, if 

 possible, I would send him, or others, larvae, if they desire to rear 

 the species ; but I must warn all that the wonderful abundance of 

 1875 was followed by a nearly total absence of the species in 1876 

 and 1877, during which years I did not at any season obtain a 

 single egg, larva or pupa, and one imago only. 

 Grantsfleld, Leominster, October 5. 1881. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



CoLiAS Edusa at Eastboukne. — At the suggestion of Mr. W. 

 H. Harwood, in last month's 'Entomologist' (Entom. xiv. 232), 

 I would record the capture of a male Colias Edusa by my sister, 

 on August 28th ; and on my way to Beachy Head, September 

 11th, I took a very fine female. We have seen four others at 

 different times during the season. — E. M. Sotheby; Eozel, 

 Eastbourne, October 18, 1881. 



Probable Extermination of Hespeuia Act.eon at Lul- 

 WORTH. — Having for a good many years been in the habit of 

 visiting Lulworth, the head-quarters of H. Actceon, I have noticed 

 that this lively little skipper, so prized by collectors, has been 

 becoming scarcer every year. Formerly, in consequence of the 

 inaccessible nature of the place, Lulworth was visited only by the 

 real lover of Nature or the ardent collector ; but now steamers 

 from most of the towns on the South Coast carry thousands of 



