THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 104. 1 



JUNE, MDCCCLXXII. 



[Price 6d- 



Answers to Correspondents. 



VANESSA 10 (variety). 



Variety of Vanessa lo. — In the fore wings the large black 

 costal spot is united to and fused with the apical eye-like 

 spot, the three white marks in which are contiguous and 

 much larger than in the type ; the purple surrounding these 

 white marks is scarcely perceptible : in the hind wings the 

 eye is completely obliterated, and its site occupied by 

 an ill-defined pale blotch. This specimen has been kindly 

 lent me by Mr. Bond for figuring in the 'Entomologist.' It 

 was bred from a larva found near Lea Bridge. Mr. Bond 

 received it from Mr. Eedle, who had it from the man who 

 bred it. 



C. VilUca. — I have taken several larvae of Villica here, all 

 feeding on furze. Is not this unusual ? I mention this as 

 others, who have been unsuccessful in finding Villica, may 

 now find it on the above-mentioned food-plant. — [Rev^l A. 

 C. Hervey, Pokesdown, Ringivood. 



1 never recollect hearing of Villica feeding on furze. 



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