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although a North Staffordshire edusa has not favoured me with a visit, 
notwithstanding that I have kept a good look-out for it, I have had the 
luck to see and take what, in this North Staffordshire district, is a scarcer 
butterfly. On September 26th, in our own garden at Madeley Vicarage, 
on a white aster, 1 observed a V.c-album settled, and, sending into the house 
for a net, one of my sons soon came and captured the insect. It proved to 
be a male specimen, darkly marked, and in perfect condition. This is only 
the third time I have seen this butterfly in North Staffordshire, and I have 
only heard of two or three other specimens being taken in the last tweuty- 
five years. I fancy this is one of those insects that is unfortunately on the 
decrease in this country.—(Rev.) THos. W. Datrry; Madeley Vicarage, 
Staffordshire. 
Hyprip or THECLA spIniI AND T. 111cts.—The specimens I referred 
to (Entom. 193) as hybrids of these species are probably really var. Lynceus, 
as suggested by Mr. Frank B. Norris (Entom. 240), to whom I am greatly 
obliged for directing my attention to this form of 7. spini. Unfortunately, when 
writing the note, I was in the Riviera, and had only a few works at hand 
to refer to, the greater part of my little library being at Nice. I should, 
however, be very glad to hear further on the subject before correcting this 
in the new edition of my pamphlet which I am preparing.—F. Bromttow ; 
Avalon, St. Maurice, Nice (France). 
SIREX JUVENCUS aT NorwicH.—On September 13th a male specimen 
of this sawfly was brought to me, which was taken in a street in this city.x— 
Rost. Lappiman; 25, Lower Hellesdon Road, Norwich, Oct. 1892. 
StREx JuvENcuS IN Norrs.—On October 8th a fine specimen of Sirea 
juvencus was brought to me. Unfortunately the man who captured it had 
cut off its head, being in bodily fear of its formidable “ sting.” I have not 
met with this species here before, though several specimens of S. giyas have 
been taken.—Dovuetas H. Pearson ; Chilwell, Notts, Oct. 17, 1892. 
A Curious Parasire.—Prof. Bell has kindly informed me that the 
parasitic worm, referred to ante, p. 247, is a Gordius, not a Filaria.— 
RicHARD SouTH. 
Pyramets (VANESSA) CARDUI.— The larve of this butterfly were very 
plentiful at Instow, North Devon, between the 6th and 19th of July; and 
I also took them at Buckland Dinham, Somerset, and at Dovercourt, Essex, 
afterwards, so that they appear to have been generally abundant this year. 
They were found on various kinds of thistles, and a few on nettle. The 
perfect insect was to be seen in numbers at Frinsted, in clover fields, up 
to the end of August, but after that time they nearly all disappeared. 
Gervase F. Maruew; H.M.S. ‘ Tyne.’ 
PyraMEIs (VANESSA) ATALANTA.— This beautiful butterfly was also more 
than usually abundant in the larva state in the localities above mentioned ; 
and young larvee just hatched and full-grown larvee were to be found at the 
same time; while worn and fresh imagos were also to be seen on the wing. 
—Ib. 
Gortyna ocHRACEA.—The pupe of this species were in great abundance 
last month in the stems of various kinds of thistles aiid ragwort growing iu 
the extensive waste ground in Chatham Dockyard. The first moth ap- 
peared on August 30th.—Ib, 
