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the road to utter extinction," seems to me of the natiu-e of a self- 

 evident proposition. The very fact of Mrs. Hutchinson's failure 

 to introduce it into other, and presumably appropriate, districts, 

 is of itself significant to the evolutionist. I think had V. urticce 

 been tried the result would have been different. Mrs. Hutchinson 

 then utters a protest against confusing that which has never been 

 confused, enquires into the extent of my familiarity with the 

 earlier stages of V. C-album, compares those stages with the 

 corresponding ones in V. Polychloros and V. urticcE, and asks — 

 " How can anyone seriously propose that these three spring 

 from one stock ? " In reply let me say this is not the place 

 for a general discussion of the theory of evolution, and refer 

 Mrs. Hutchinson to the works of Darwin, Fritz Miiller, and 

 others, where perhaps she will find the question answered to her 

 satisfaction. If Mrs. Hutchinson will look up Stainton's ' Manual ' 

 she will see the genus Grapta characterised by the "indentations 

 of the wings," and not by the larva. Mj^ series of V, C-alhum is 

 none too long; I will therefore with pleasure avail myself of 

 Mrs. Hutchinson's liberality. — G. Coverdale ; 2, Cannon Street, 

 City, November 5, 1881. 



Probable Extermination of Hesperia Action at Lul- 

 WORTH. — Referring to the note by Mr. M'Rae, of Bournemouth, 

 on this subject (Entom. xiv. 252), let me say that, whilst staying 

 at Bournemouth this summer, I determined to visit Lul worth in 

 search of H. Actceon, even if I had to make a long tramp from the 

 nearest railway- station, but I was much delighted to see there 

 was a boat-excursion every Friday to Lulworth and Weymouth. 

 Consequently August 5th saw me "en route.'' I had the pleasure, 

 during the four hours' stay, of taking one dozen specimens, but 

 was informed that the species was much more plentiful the week 

 before. During the day I met several collectors, who, like myself, 

 had come for the first time to Lulworth, and not one had taken 

 more than twenty specimens ; whilst, on meeting Mr. M'Rae, he 

 showed me about fifty specimens in his box. Now I think the 

 answer to the above query is to some extent found in the fact that 

 residents near a special locality like Lulworth, perhaps unwittingly, 

 do considerable damage, even more than occasional "trippers," 

 as mentioned by Mr. M'Rae. In consequence of the great 

 demand on them for local species, collectors who reside near such 

 a locality year after year visit the same place, and advertise the 



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