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and cilia are black. I have not as yet been able to discover the 
larve, and have only captured it in a walk near to Mr. Maude’s 
house. Had it not been for this gentleman’s kind permission 
to collect there, this species would probably have remained 
unrecorded. 
Preston, January, 1879. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 
HYBERNATION OF BritisH BuTrerRFLIES: SATyRUS EGERIA, &c. 
—With regard to the hybernation of Satyrus egeria, the Rev. 
Joseph Greene in his paper, on “ Pupa Digging, says:—“‘ I have 
several times met with the pupa of this butterfly suspended from 
blades of grass when digging at the roots of trees. It is a 
beautiful grass-green colour, and passes the winter in that state.” 
I have myself on two occasions met with a grass-green pupa 
suspended in the manner described, when digging in the autumn. 
One I found on September 16th last year, but as S. Hgeria is very 
rare here I am inclined to think my pupe were not that species. 
but S. Megera. Unfortunately both died in the pupa state, and 
therefore I cannot be sure about the species; neither can I tell 
whether, under more favourable conditions, the perfect insects 
would have appeared as late specimens the same year, or 
remained over till the following spring. It is certain that 
S. Megera does not always hybernate in the pupa state, since 
larvee may be found feeding on grasses on mild spring evenings 
long before any perfect insects have put in an appearance; and 
this induces me to think that the pupe I found would have pro- 
duced perfect insects in the autumn had they been healthy. 
Possibly Mr. Greene may have had 8. Egeria from his pupe, in 
which case he could throw light on the matter. The fact that 
some of Miss Sotheby’s larve became pupe in the autumn does 
not go for much, since larve that are surrounded by abnormal 
conditions do not in all cases behave in a strictly normal 
manner. I see Mr. Fitch deems it necessary to give authorities 
in support of his statement that Thecla rubi passes the winter as 
a pupa. This fact has been established for so many years that 
no corroboration of Messrs. Buckler and Barrett’s account is 
required, but as I am in the habit of taking the larva every 
season I may say that there need not be the slightest doubt upon 
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