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erroneously assumed the Mr. J. G. Batchelor, jun., who cap- 
tured S. Phegea, near Folkestone, in 1872, to be the same 
gentleman as Mr. T. Batchelor, of Yew Tree Farm, South- 
borough, Kent, who last year reported A. Dia and B. proces- 
sionea from his locality, and the writer c<mplies a doubt as to 
the genuineness of his statement. As I have personally known 
Mr. J. G. Batchelor, of Reigate, for some twenty years, I can 
fully vouch for the fact of S. Phegea being actually taken as 
reported below, in his own words, in answer to a letter of 
mine, asking details of his capture. He writes me :—“ I took 
it (Phegea) on the coast, between Folkestone and Dover, on 
the wing, about half-past twelve o’clock, July 24, 1872, 
weather bright and hot; if it had not been for the yellow 
band on the insect, | do not suppose I should have taken any 
notice of it, as only butterflies and the larger moths attract 
any attention from me.” Although this may be a unique and 
unlooked-for capture in England, there is not the slightest 
doubt as to the fact as reported.—_W. Hl. Tugwell ; Green- 
wich, March 23, 1874. 
Butterflies in Newfoundland at Christmas.— Twelve 
months since I chronicled in the ‘Field’ newspaper four 
species of butterflies, namely, V. lo, V. Polychloros, V. Ur- 
tice, and G. Rhamni, on wing here, on December 26th. A 
short time since I heard from one of the settlers at Cow Head, 
Newfoundland, who incidentally mentioned that “last Christ- 
mas. Day (1872) a shower of white butterflies fell” there! 
This, therefore, is the day preceding that on which the 
butterflies were observed on wing in this neighbourhood. My 
informant unfortunately neglected to note the temperature, 
although I left a thermometer there expressly for that purpose. 
Of course the weather must have been remarkably mild. The 
mean temperature of that part of Newfoundland at Christmas 
would average about 15° above zero.—Henry Reeks. 
Vanessa Polychloros in Northumberland.—l have the 
pleasure to report the occurrence of the large tortoiseshell 
butterfly (Vanessa Polychloros) in this county. A specimen 
was found yesterday (March 20th) by Mr. M. Henderson, of 
this town, on the floor of the chapel in All Saints’ Cemetery, 
near the town. When I saw it to-day it was in a semi- 
dormant state, and had no doubt hybernated among the 
rafters in the roof of the chapel. I believe this is the only 
really authentic capture of this butterfly in the county of 
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