70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
the presence of the orange spot accidental. He does not 
mention ever having seen such avariety. It may be observed 
that the late Mr. J. F. Stephens transposed the sexes of this 
butterfly, describing male for female, and vice versd. ‘The 
variety of Pudibunda is not very uncommon; such specimens 
are generally late ones.—Hdward Newman. | 
Variety of Anthocharis Cardamines.—I am indebted to 
Mr. C. S. Gregson for the loan of this very abnormal speci- 
men. Hemigynous specimens of this pretty species are 
uncommon, but the sexes are usually separated at a mesial 
line passing longitudinally down the body. This specimen 
is much more remarkable: on the upper side the left fore 
wing is entirely male, the right fore wing entirely female ; 
the hind wings are normal in colour. On the under side the 
left fore wing is male, a pure white stripe occupying nearly 
the whole of the costal margin, and a second white stripe 
passing nearly through the middle of the wing, but being 
interrupted by the central black spot; the right fore wing is 
entirely female; the hind wings are normal in markings. The 
peculiarity to which I particularly wish to invite attention, is 
that either wing should be male on one side and female on 
the other. The difficulty of representing the colour induced 
me to abandon my intention of giving a figure.—Hdward 
Newman. 
Nest-building Hymenoptera.—Last season, when on an 
entomological ramble in the New Forest, I found a wasp’s- 
nest suspended from the branch of a beech shrub, about 
eighteen inches from the ground. It was of a globular 
form, nearly as large as a man’s head, and of a grayish hue 
in colour. A closer inspection convinced me that the inmates 
of this “nest” had no notion of my taking away their home, 
much as I wished to possess it. This took place in July, so 
I determined to leave it till the end of the summer; but a 
subsequent visit revealed the fact of its having been torn to 
pieces by some creature,—possibly a honey buzzard, as I saw 
one of those noble birds not far from the spot where [I first 
found the “nest.” A few days ago I was in the meadows, 
and in the grass I saw what I at first supposed was a mouse’s 
nest: I took it in my hand, and at the same time I fancied I 
heard a buzzing inside the ball-like structure. Having pulled 
it to pieces, a humble bee of a yellowish colour made its 
escape, and in the centre of the nest—which was chiefly 
