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hand, it is not so easy to account for the unusual abundance of 
imagines of Macaria liturata, a species which is also in the pupal 
state during the winter months, and therefore under favourable 
conditions would be subject to attacks of common enemies. It 
is thus evident that other causes have been operating upon which 
I can throw no light. 
I trust that the whole of the published ‘Notes on the 
Season” may be commented on by one or more of our scientific 
entomologists. 
8, Union Street, King’s Lynn, Oct. 19th, 1882. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 
SATYRUS JANIRA, VARIETY.—On the 8rd of August last I 
caught in a clover field, near Cullompton, Devon, a very curious 
variety of Satyrus yanira. All the wings are reddish white; the 
black eye-spot on the anterior wings is faintly indicated, and is 
surrounded by a light reddish brown cloud; the under wings have 
no markings, but the three principal wing-rays are slightly darker. 
There are no markings underneath. Thorax and abdomen reddish 
white.—F. A. Watronp; Spring Hill: School, Southampton, 
October 9, 1882. 
Norres on Lycana Batica.—In the first half of September, 
whilst in the South of France, I met with Lycena betica on 
several occasions, on the coast at Biarritz, flying over a species of 
Erica, and again in several localities in the Pyrenees up to nearly 
5000 feet. It was, however, nevercommon. I usually found it 
in company with Lycena alexis, from which it was with difficulty 
distinguished on the wing. Staudinger gives the following as the 
geographical distribution of this species :—‘‘ Middle of Europe 
(except the Eastern portion), centre and South-West of France, 
Barbary, Canary Islands, Western Asia, and Persia.” I believe 
it also occurs commonly at the Cape. I think if the “ blues” on 
our South Coast were examined with greater care, Lycena 
betica would with us be more frequently taken.—A. H. Jonzs; 
Shrublands, Eltham, Nov., 1882. 
VANESSA URTICH.—On the 9th of September last, near the 
Bel Alp (Brieg, Switzerland), I found a great many pupe of 
