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a single Pennaria, and four Anrantiaria, and that is all. There has 

 not even been a D. contaminana — usually abundant. — W. Claxton ; 

 Navestock, Eomford, December, 1919. 



Melitj^a athalia in Kent and Sussex. — Prior to 1914 I had 

 repeatedly heard of the gradual disappearance of M. athalia. On 

 my first hunt for this butterfly in woods near Whitstable I met a 

 well-known professional who assured me that the species was 

 undoubtedly gone for ever. Somewhat damped in spirit I renewed 

 the hunt, but no luck that day nor on the next three, but on the fifth 

 I found it in plenty. From Canterbury to Heathfield next, and on 

 June 16th, 1918, I started for a hard day's work to find M. athalia 

 in Abbott's Wood, near Hailsham. After about an hour's work I ran 

 across two other collectors on the same hunt. We joined forces. 

 In a swampy meadow in the wood we found a professional looking 

 for what he called " Dark Greens." On inquiry about M. athalia 

 brought the reply that it was quite extinct in Abbott's Wood, and 

 that where we then were was the old spot for it. Feeling somewhat 

 doubtful after my former experience, I wandered up one path and 

 down another until my feet ached. No luck again, on the 23rd no 

 luck, likewise on the 25th and 30th, but on July 21st a worn female. 

 Last year (1919) I renewed the search, and I found sufficient to say 

 that M. athalia is far from extinct in Abbott's Wood. — E. Crisp ; 

 Heathcote, Heathfield, Sussex. 



PiERis manni and Polygonia egea at Cannes. — Pieris vianni 

 has been plentiful again this autumn at Passerape lepidiuvi, but 

 they were worn out. I took last week a few larvae with P. rapes 

 Both the spring and autumn emergences of P. vianni are small, the 

 large form rossii, Stefan., being of the generation between them in 

 summer when we are away. The reversion in cool weather is curious, 

 and is the same in Poiitia daplidlcc and P. dapUdice bellidice and in 

 Euchloi': ausonia matutia (hclia, Auct.) and E. ausonia turatii {ciusonia, 

 Auct.), which is larger than the former. For the first time we have 

 succeeded in finding pupai of Polyyonia egea j-album on old walls, 

 and have five out. I wanted both forms badly — all mine are old 

 hibernated examples — but, alas, five other pupae were killed by the 

 cold wind and hot sun, and all died just when they should have 

 emerged. I try to imitate natural conditions as much as possible, 

 but the weather is so changeable here this season, with sudden bitter 

 winds, that one must always be on the spot to regulate matters. 

 The last pupae were taken alive on Sunday last, November 9th, but 

 two died in two days, although we pinned them up on warm sheets 

 of peat, wet the back of them, and let the sun warm them through 

 from behind. — C. E. Morris ; Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, Novem- 

 ber 13th, 1919. 



November Emergence of Nemeobius lucina. — I have to record 

 the emergence from pupae on November 1st last year of a female 

 specimen of N. lucina, which I I'eared from larvae. — Arthur Jones ; 

 17, Sea View Road, Gillingham, Kent. 



[The specimen recorded above was kindly sent to me, and as it was 

 quite limp when received has been set for the cabinet. In reply to 

 my letter of November 8th Mr. Jones writes: "A friend, knowing 



