126 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
History of the British Butterflies ’; the figure is to be found at the top 
of the left-hand column of p. 93 of ‘The Field’ dated January 16th, 
1915.—B. §. Winuiams ; 77, Durham Road, East Finchley. 
RuMICcIA PHLHZXAS AB. CUPREOPUNCTATA, TuTT.—I took a splendid 
example of this uncommon form of phl@as at Finchley during August 
of last year. The copper spots on the hind wings (which occupy the 
same positions as the blue spots in the well-known form ceruleo- 
punctata) being bright and metallic, although not quite so brilliant as 
the hue of the fore wings; the bases of the hind wings also have a most 
marked copper sheen or gloss spread over them. At the same time 
I took a freshly emerged ie of ab. subradiata. Tutt.—B. S. 
WiuuraMs ; 77, Durham Road, East Finchley. 
Karty APPEARANCE OF PIERIS RAP4.—On February 16th a freshly 
emerged male of Preris rape, L., was taken on the wing at Letchworth, 
Herts. This is a remarkably early date, and it may be noted that the 
average date for twenty-five years as given in the Royal Meteorological 
Society's Phenological Report for 1920 is April 20th. The above- 
mentioned specimen was exhibited at a meeting of the Letchworth 
and District Naturalists’ Society held at Letchworth Museum on 
March 15th, 1921.—Ray Pater, F.E.S.; Ingleholme, Norton Way, 
Letchworth. 
EARLY APPEARANCE OF DREPANA LACERTINARIA.—On March 26th, 
whilst ‘‘ kicking” the trunks of trees for Coccyx fimbriana on 
Chislehurst Common, a male D, lacertinaria was dislodged from a 
birch tree. No doubt the exceptionally hot sun on the previous day 
(Good Friday) had caused the early emergence of this species. 
—Lronarp T. Forp; St. Michael’s, Bexley. 
DIANTH@CIA ALBIMACULA, BorKH., IN SUFFOLK.—Some time ago I 
received, through the kind medium of Mr. J. Ray Hardy, a fine female 
example of this beautiful and very local species, quite typical. in 
marking, colour, and general appearance, which had been captured 
close to Stowmarket. Hitherto, so far as the British Isles are 
concerned, it has occurred (a) in Kent, where in 1816 the original 
specimen was found at Birch Wood, and subsequently at Folkestone 
and Dover. There, so far as my own experience lies, its larva seems 
to feed exclusively upon the seed-capsules of Silene nutans, L., and its 
variety paradoxa, Sm., locally known as the “‘ Dover”’ Catchfly. In 
South Hants it has (6) been noted, but only once, near Gosport, and 
(c) in South Devon at Seaton and, more recently, Axminister district. 
This single instance, therefore, so far north of these known localities, 
and in an inland station, is of particular interest, and it is to be hoped 
that now attention has been drawn to its occurrence in the east of 
Kngland more examples may be found, so that the species may be 
recognised more fully as a true native there. Upon referring to the 
‘Flora of Suffolk, compiled by my late friend the Rev. “Dr. W. 
Marsden Hind, formerly incumbent of Pinner, Middlesex, and 
subsequently Rector of Honington, near Hye, I find that Szlene nutans 
has only once been recorded as a casual, at Ipswich, but this county 
possesses a smaller Catchfly (S. otztes, Sm.) hardly found outside it in 
the British Isles, peculiar to the ‘ Breck” sand district between 
Tuddenham, Brandon and Mildenhall, which overlies the chalk, and 
albimacula might possibly occur there. This district is some 
