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hote being secured out of many hundreds which were examined 
while they sunned themselves on the flowers. This was a specimen 
taken on September 17th with the fore wings asymmetrically marked, 
the left fore wing having a large broad ‘projection from the inner 
edge of the red band near its middle, reaching half-way down 
towards the middie of the hind margin, exactly as we see in 
P. indica, in other respects and the right side entirely as usual in 
atalanta. P.cardwi larve were plentiful on thistles at Witherslack 
in late July. I collected about 150, and the resulting butterflies 
included two or three with very dark hind wings, very little of the 
light ground colour being seen in one or two cases. The butterflies 
were common on September 17th and 18th, but by no means as 
abundant as P. atalanta.—T. M. Buackman; 27, Kast View Terrace, 
Fulwood, Preston, October 6th, 1921. 
PYRAMEIS ATALANTA IN BeRKsHIRE.—In view of the interest 
attached to P. atalanta, it may be worth recording that this butterfly 
in very much in evidence along the banks of the Kennet at present. 
Apparently this species was uncommon here during the summer, 
as my earliest record is September 4th.—A. STEVEN CoRBET; 
Sidmouth Street, Reading, October 5th, 1921. 
BRENTHIS SELENE, SEcoND Broop, in HAmpsurre.—In reply to 
Mr. H. Worsley Wood’s query in the October issue of the ‘ Kmto- 
mologist,’ the following notes may be of interest: I specially looked 
for second broods of Brenthis selene in all its known localities in the 
Southampton district both in 1920 and in 1921. In the former year 
not a single specimen was met with, but this year in one locality 
there has been a numerous second brood, first seen on July 21st, 
which was, I think, almost as plentiful as the spring emergence ; 
while in another locality eight or ten specimens only were found. 
It is worthy of notice that there was no second brood seen in any one 
of the many localities in woods. May I add, while on the subject of 
second broods, that on October 3rd I took at light one specimen of 
Ourapteryx sambucaria, of which five others since have been taken, 
while on October 4th I took one Porthesva similis ¢ also at light, of 
which species I have since taken four others, all males and very much 
smaller than usual.—Wmn. Fassnipce; 47, Tennyson Road, South- 
ampton. 
EVERES ARGIADES IN THE New Forest.—While in the New 
Forest last August my son captured what he at the time supposed 
to be a specimen of Argiolus, but when he came to set it up 
discovered that it was Argiades. As this seems to be a very rare 
species I thought the record might be interesting.—W. ArtTHUR Long ; 
21, Guy Road, Beddington, Croydon. 
SATYRUS MEGHRA TREBLE-BROODED.—I first noticed the second 
brood of this butterfly (at Hazeleigh in Essex) on July 17th this year, 
and from then for about a month longer it was quite common; 
after that only one or two very worn specimens occurred. Judge of 
my surprise, therefore, when I noticed a fresh male in my garden. at 
the Rectory on September 24th. During the next few days I 
