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sticta). A. urtice: Scarce. D. paphia : Several at Lamorna in very 
fair condition. Some seemed fresh. A.aglaia : Common at Caertilian. 
P.acarus : Abundant. A few minor variations of the female noted. 
Elongation of spots on underside, absence of dark scaling on upper 
side, ete. C. phle@as swarmed at Caertilian, the blue- spotted form 
being frequent. A few A. flava at Caertilian concludes my list. The 
abnormal weather conditions this year will no doubt explain the 
somewhat unusual dates for some of the species mentioned.—I. 
Octavius Crort, M.D., F.E.S.; 12, North Hill Road, Headingley, 
Leeds. 
BUTTERFLIES IN THE IsLE oF PursEecKk.—The following account 
of the butterflies taken and of those noted during a month’s stay in 
the Swanage district between August 3rd and 31st, 1920, may be of 
interest. P. brassice and P. rapeé were common. LP. napi searce. 
Vanessa 10 and A. urtice searce. P. atalanta and P. cardui abundant, 
and of the former a large proportion had a white spot in the red 
band of the fore wings. MM. galateacommon. C. edusa was common; 
thirty-eight were taken by myself and twenty-one by my nephew, who 
was with me during the latter part of my visit. Of these, four were 
var. helice, two being very fine specimens. Several specimens taken 
were released, being worn or otherwise damaged. Between August 
14th and 26th eighteen specimens of the second brood of C. minimus 
were taken and others noted. P. egon was taken in good condition 
as late as the 24th, including a dwarf male with curious under-side 
markings. A. corydon was not abundant, but some interesting forms 
were taken: Six males with orange markings in the spots above the 
black border on the outer margin ‘of the hind wings ; four males with 
the spots on the hind wings running into the black outer border 
without white markings; one male with white fringes on the fore 
wings with a black border on the outside of the fringes; one male 
var. fowler: ; one male, fore and hind wings, underside, streaked with 
brown. P. icarus was common without much variation, except one 
female with the orange spots on the fore wings much enlarged and 
wedge-shaped, the orange colour extending to the discal spot. 
EX. jurtina was common, ena one specimen having half the left fore 
and hind wings bleached was taken. A. flava and T. act@on common. 
C. phleas scarce. <A few A. bellargus had emerged before the end of 
the month. Larve of A. wriice were taken on August 15th, and up 
to September 22nd 103 imagines out of 105 pup ‘had emer ged, all 
being typical. It was a _ pleasure ui sae ug: total absence of 
ichneumoned larvze at of myself 
and other collectors last year with this wit ON. M. Lonauurst ; 
Artro, St. James’ Avenue, Hampton Hill. 
Erratum.—Page 280, line 3 from bottom, for ‘‘who has been 
there,” read ‘‘ who has seen them.” 
SOCIETIES. 
THe Sourn Lonpon Enromonoaican Socimry.—Sepiember 9th, 
1920.—Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.8., Vice-President, in the Chair.— 
Mr. J. B. Farmer, of Brixton, was elected a miember.__Mr. Bowman 
