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I recognised the insect at once by its Melitea-like flight, its 
dark colour and the white spots which identify it. It more 
closely resembles M. aurinia than it does M. cynthia, but there 
are no black dots in the submarginal series of fulvous spots, 
upper- or under-side. ‘The pale (white) markings are more 
prominent on the under-side, and there is a strong black line 
separating them from the fulvous markings, which are much 
more restricted than in M. maturna. I was sorry I failed to 
locate its headquarters, though I had a good search all over the 
neighbouring ground. 
I had dinner at the hotel, which was wholly occupied by Dr. 
Gjessing and his family while he was flitting from the district to 
Bodg, and I there was introduced to Dr. Wessel, who is the 
Fulkeslaege (chief doctor) in Finmark. 
Dr. Gjessing was referring to my visit to Lapland when the 
elder gentleman asked me in English if I had taken ‘ charicle,’ and 
further showed his knowledge of the subject by inquiring if I 
had met with iduna, although no names had been mentioned. 
The company was augmented by the arrival of the minister 
and one of the local dignitaries, when the sounding of the siren 
warned us of the arrival of the boat. The steamer left at 5 p.m. 
and I was back in Abisko in the evening of June 30th. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
PRopENIA LiTuRA, F.—Having observed this widely-distributed 
species at Funchal, Madeira, last December, I was led to look up 
its bibliography. To my surprise I find that the name will not hold, 
as it is based on Noctua litwra, Fabr., 1775, not of Linné, 1761. We 
cannot revert to the commonly used name littoralis, Boisd., but 
must take up Noctua histrionica, Fabr., 1775—a quite suggestive 
name. The species, then, becomes Prodena histrionica. At Villa 
Baleira, Porto Santo, in January, I took a quite ordinary Xylina 
exoleta, L. This genus is new to the Madeiran Archipelago.— 
T. D. A. CocKERELL. 
EUVANESSA ANTIOPA IN SussEx.—In the evening of Saturday, 
August 20th, I left home for a short holiday. After lunch I went 
down the garden to see my head gardener to ascertain if there was 
anything to speak about before starting. He told me that he had 
seen a butterfly disporting itself over a large herbaceous border in 
the kitchen garden, and which was different to any he had ever seen 
before. He said it was a large, nearly black butterfly with a white 
edge all round. I asked him to stay where he was while I fetched 
a net and glass-topped box, and to watch it if he saw it again. 
I returned in about ten minutes, when he told me that he had seen 
it while I was away, and that it sat with its wings extended on 
a melon frame, but that it had gone again. We walked up and 
