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at Roxwell, near Chelmsford.—Rereinautp W. Curisty ; Boynton 
Hall, Chelmsford, Dec., 1882. 
Prmeris BRAssicm Larve® at CuristMas.—On Christmas Day, 
1881, I obtained several larve of P. brassice feeding on broccoli 
in my garden, and they continued feeding for several days. I 
thought this rather unusual, and made a note of it, but set it 
down in my own mind to the excessive mildness of the season. 
On December 10th, 11th, and 12th this year I registered an 
average of twelve degrees of frost. Yet, after the thaw had set 
in on the 13th, I counted fifteen larve of P. brassice on the 14th, 
and have observed some daily up to yesterday, Christmas Day, 
1882.—A. C. Hervey; Titchfield, Hants, Dec., 1882. 
CHARIS ZABUA, Gosse, = LEMONIAS TENELLUS, Burm.—In my 
article in the ‘ Entomologist’ for September, 1880, entitled ‘‘ The 
Butterflies of Paraguay and La Plata,” I described (Entom xiii. 
202; pl. 2, fig. 5) and figured a small species which I named 
Charis zabua. I believe, however, that it is identical with the 
insect previously described and figured by Dr. Burmeister, in the 
‘ Deser. Phys. de la Rep. Arg.,’ p. 224, Atlas, pl. viil., figs. 8 a, B, 
under the name Lemonias tenellus.—P. H. Gosse; Torquay, 
January, 1883. 
LEPIDOPTERA OF THE CHANNEL IsLanps.—Having lately been 
on a visit to the Channel Islands, I was much surprised to find 
Lepidoptera very scarce there. During our stay, from September 
27th to October 10th, we observed the following species only, 
none of which could be called numerous:— Pieris rape, P. 
brassice, Vanessa atalanta, V. urtice, Satyrus egeria, Chortobius 
pamphilus, Polyommatus phleas. Besides these few species we 
saw the larve of Bombyx rubi, Hadena pisi, and a species of 
Lithosia. Satyrus egeria and Chortobius pamphilus were fairly 
common. One would expect to find such species as Colias edusa, 
Gonepteryx rhamni, Vanessa cardui, and Lycena icarus still on 
the wing at the beginning of October in the Channel Isles, as the 
season lasts longer out there, but’ not a vestige of them did we 
see. Was this scarcity of Lepidoptera owing to a day or two of 
rough weather we had, the time of year, or to the general paucity 
of insects this season? I inay mention that there were plenty of 
flowers in the gardens. We found woodbine still in flower in the 
hedges, and the ivy in the lanes was also in bloom.—ALrrep Sicu ; 
(Burlington Lane, Chiswick, Oct. 19, 1882. 
