232 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



PlERIS DAPLIDICE AND ARGYNNIS LATHONIA NEAR ASHFORD. — 



Driving from hence to Sand gate on the 20 th of last month, 1 

 distinctly saw a Pieris claplidice flitting along the road-side, 

 and settling on the flowers of marjoram. It kept pace with 

 the carriage for some little way, and then disappeared over the 

 hedges. Having often seen the species in the South of France, 

 and well knowing its look whilst flying, I do not think it possible 

 that I could have been mistaken. On the downs above this place 

 (Wye) Argynnis lathonia has been taken more than once ; it seems 

 to delight in the thistle-blossoms. — (Rev.) Henry Burney; Wye, 

 near Ashford, Kent, September 3, 1884. 



Colias edusa in Sussex. — Having stayed at Slindon, which 

 is a small village near Arundel, during August and until 

 yesterday, I should like to record that I captured a fine male 

 specimen of this butterfly on August 8th, and during the four hot 

 days we had last week, viz., 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, I saw 

 altogether twenty-four specimens, seven of which I captured ; all 

 were flying across stubble fields. — W. H. Blaber; Beckworth, 

 Lindfield, Sussex, September 21, 1884. 



Colias edusa at Haslemere. — On September 11th I 

 observed one specimen of C. edusa flying very fast, in Polecat 

 Lane, on the slope of Hindhead ; it was in fine condition, and 

 appeared to be freshly out. This is only the fourth specimen I 

 have seen during the last four years ; two at Winchester in 1881, 

 and one here in 1882. — R. J. Hutchinson; Inval, Haslemere. 



Lyc^ena argiolus. — Referring to Mr. Jenner Weir's in- 

 teresting paper on Lyccena argiolus (Entom. p. 193) in which he 

 has done me the honour to quote my description of that species 

 from the ' Butterflies of Europe,' I may say that I have for some 

 time past been struck by the variation in the width of the black 

 border on the fore wings of the female. I must, however, confess 

 that the fact of this difference being due to seasonal variations 

 has hitherto escaped my notice, though I now call to mind that 

 all the broadly-marked females I have taken in England have 

 been summer captures. At the same time I recollect having 

 twice taken the narrow-bordered form in August, once in 

 England and once in Switzerland, so I suppose it occurs as 

 an aberrant form of the second generation. — Henry C.Lang; 

 Maidenhead, Berks, September 18, 1884. 



