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we were glad to restore the equilibrium in shandygaff. By and 
bye, under the kind direction of Mr. Murray, larve of E. con- 
strictata were taken from flowers of wild thyme, close by the 
roadside at the bottom of the hill, a hundred yards or so from 
the inn. Here, also, I netted a few fine specimens of L. astrarche 
(agestis) var. salmacis. Wherever we came across nettles in the 
neighbourhood we found larve of V.io. The day closed with a 
call, on our way home, at Mr. Murray’s, Carnforth, where my 
companion and I enjoyed a look at our friend’s fine collection of 
Lepidoptera, stuffed birds, and eggs. In his garden stands a 
breeding-house for Lepidoptera, whilst immediately around are 
growths of sallows and other shrubs, upon which were feeding 
unconfined larve of Saturnia pavonia (carpini), Dicranura 
vinula, &c. 
(To be concluded.) 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 
Tue Aurumn Form oF VANESSA C-ALBUM BRED FROM SPRING LARv&. 
—Cases of the one brood of a seasonal dimorphic species assuming the 
form of the other brood, under artificial conditions, are of by no means 
uncommon occurrence; but obviously similar cases occurring under 
natural conditions are not so easily traceable, and the following—which 
took place amidst surroundings so nearly approaching those that would 
affect an insect in a wild state—is, on that account, perhaps worth putting 
on record. Vanessa c-album affords a good example of such a species, the 
two emergences being easily separable, the chief point of difference being 
in the coloration of the under side, which in the earlier brood is of a pale 
ochreous tint, while that of the later brood is dark greyish brown. In 
June last I received from my valued correspondent Mrs. Hutchinson, of 
Leominster, six full-fed larve of this species, which at once pupated among 
the currant-leaves with which they had been supplied for food, and were 
placed in a large open cage, fully exposed to the weather, except for the 
protection afforded by a board placed over the top of it to keep off the worst 
of the rain. Four imagines, of the usual summer form, emerged between 
the 2nd and 7th of July; the temperature then fell considerably below the 
average for the time of year, and no more emergences took place until the 
15th, when the fifth butterfly attempted to leave the pupa, but failed to 
clear itself of the shell or to expand its wings. On the 17th the mean 
temperature was just 20° below the average, with rainy weather, and there 
was little improvement in this respect until the 22nd, and on the 23rd the 
last imago appeared, a fully developed female, but distinctly of the autumn 
form.—Rosr. ADkInN; Jewisham, Nov., 1892. 
CHGROCAMPA CELERIO IN SussEx.—On Friday last I received a fine 
female specimen of Cherocampa celerio, taken at Brighton, last month, at 
rest on a bathing-machine, by the custodian of the towels, &c. The insect 
is on an enormous common pin, which detracts from its otherwise splendid 
