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that it is a good indication how close the resemblance is, for 
neither of them are rare. P. Tarquinia is so like A. Aganice 
when with it on the wing (and they are continually together), 
that, till you know the exact point to watch, you would pass it 
over as the latter. Moreover, A. Aganice, A. Zetes, P. Boisduvalit, 
and P. Tarquinia are all high flyers, and not easy on that account 
to investigate closely. Acr@a punctatissima is abundant farther 
up country, and is found in open grass, which accounts for 
Mr. Spiller’s non-success. It is interesting because it is mimicked 
by a day-flying moth; at least, I suppose, the moth imitates the 
butterfly, it being the rarer of the two. This is not the only 
example of such mimicry which I shall deal with in my remarks 
on the day-flying Heterocera. 
Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. 
(To be continued.) 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 
AreynniIs LATHONIA NEAR Dover. — Argynnis Lathonia has 
occurred in unusual numbers in the Dover district this season. 
I append a list of those which have come under my notice. 
Unfortunately while they were out there was a prevalence of high 
winds, and many escaped the net in consequence. ‘They are 
difficult to see on the wing, and more so to mark down, for they 
have a habit of dropping suddenly from their flight, much the 
same as a sky lark. The following are placed in their order 
of capture :—September 7th, one taken by Mr. Gray, and one by 
a young collector. September 9th, two by Mr. Gray, and two by 
Mr. Bailey; all taken before one o’clock in the day; also one 
each fell to Mr. George Gray and Mr. Bailey during the afternoon. 
On the 10th Messrs. Gray and Bailey each took one specimen. 
Again, Mr. Gray took one on the 11th, and two were captured by 
Mr. F. I. Hanbury. On the 13th September Mr. George Gray 
took another, and purchased one from a boy who had that day 
captured it. Lastly, Mr. Gray took a single specimen on the 
14th September, and subsequently purchased two, but without 
record of dates of capture. It will be seen that the total captures 
amount to eighteen specimens. — SypNEY WEBB; 3, Godwyne 
Road, Dover. 
