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to be quite perfect, though it has an odd appearance. — J. P. Bakkett; 

 St. John's Villas, Margate, Sept. 11th, 1904. 



Gynandrous Example of Lyc^na (Polyommatus) ^egon. — On July 

 12th I took a fine gynandrous specimen of L. (P.) (etjon near Canter- 

 bury, the left side being male and the right side female. — F. A. Small ; 

 95, Westgate, Canterbury. 



Lyc-ena ^gon, var. Corsica, in Norway. — In may be worth men- 

 tioning that, on July 4th last, whilst collecting on the eastern coast 

 of the Christiania Fjord, I took three specimens of tliis iuteresting 

 female form of L. leiion. I seem to remember that the same, or a very 

 similar, form was taken two or three years ago in the north of England. 

 It would appear, therefore, that M. Bellier de Chavignerie was a little 

 premature in naming it var. Corsica. — R. S. Standen ; Lindfield, 

 Sussex, Sept. 6th, 1904. 



EiNNYcmA ciNGULATA "ASSEMBLING." — On August 20th last Lieut. 

 Jacobs and myself were collecting at Box Hill, and had taken during 

 the day a few E. cint/itlata, including a female. About seven in the 

 evening we sat down to rest and to examine our captures — amongst 

 them the female ft', cingxdata, which was pinned in the box. We were 

 surprised to see in a few minutes numbers of male E. cmf/ulata flying 

 around the box. We could have taken a hundred or more, but secured 

 a good series each. — Percy Richards; " Wellesley," 11, Queen's Road, 

 Kingston Hill, Aug. 23rd, 1904. 



The Variation of Epinephele tithonus. — It may be interesting to 

 note that while looking over E. tithonus on the downs a few miles from 

 Portsmouth, it was observed that a large proportion of the specimens 

 possessed an additional black spot on the upper surface of the hind 

 wings. This peculiarity was noticed in both males and females, and 

 varied from a mere speck in some specimens to a well-defined spot in 

 others ; and in one instance at least this extra spot was white- 

 centred. — G. M. Russell ; 3, Homefield Road, Chiswick. 



PoLiA GUI var. ohvacea and Aplecta nebulosa var. robsoni. — During 

 a visit to Bishop Auckland, Durham, last year (August 28th to Sep- 

 tember 8th), walls, &c., were examined, as opportunity offered, for 

 Polia chi. Judging by results, however, the species seemed to be 

 scarce, and only eight specimens were noticed, two of these being 

 var. olivacea. One of the latter was a female, and furnished about 

 one hundred and twenty eggs. A few larvje hatched on March 28th, 

 1904, and others continued to come out until April 9th, when there 

 were altogether some ninety larvse feeding on dock and dandelion. 

 The remaining ova dried up. At the time the latest larvjxj hatched 

 the earliest were about f in. long. During May there appeared to be 

 some sort of sickness among the larvie, and a good many died. Sallow 

 and groundsel were then substituted for the previous food, and the 

 result was marked improvement in the condition of the larviB. The 

 number finally reaching the pupa state was not ascertained, but forty- 

 three fine examples of olivacea emerged between July 10th and 22nd. 

 As no other imago had appeared, on August 1st, the earth was turned 

 out, and on examination ten or a dozen dead pupa) were observed. It 

 is to be regretted that, owing to the various causes adverted to, only 



