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from the previous night; as the tree smelt very strong of rum 
and sugar it would, no doubt, be a good plan to sugar for 
them. The specimen is at present in possession of Mr. W. 
Craft— Henry Ashpole; Hyde Road, Hoxton. 
Vanessa Antiopa in Dumfriesshire—I have just had 
given to me a live specimen in fair condition of V. Antiopa, 
which was captured to-day in the gardener’s cottage at 
Mabie, about five miles from Dumfries.—Robert Service ; 
Maxwelltown, Dumfries, September 22, 1876. 
Papilio Machaon in Sussex.—I was very much surprised 
to see a fine female specimen of Papilio Machaon flying in a 
secluded valley branching off from Oxsettle Bottom, near 
Lewes. I captured her for the sake of making quite certain 
of the species, but released her in hopes she might found a 
colony there. I cannot find that P. Machaon has been 
reared by anyone at Lewes for the last twenty years. The 
spot in which she was taken is rarely visited by naturalists, 
except during the period Procris globulariz appears ; and the 
quiet of the place may be inferred from the fact that I saw 
those shy birds, Gidicnemus crepitans, almost every day on 
which I visited the locality.—J. Jenner Weir; 6, Haddo 
Villas, Blackheath. 
Apatura Iris in Huntingdonshire.—I1 spent a few days in 
search of A. Iris in the middle of July last, and in woods near 
Huntingdon took the considerable number of twenty-seven 
specimens—twenty-one males and six females. My two 
best days were the 18th and 19th of July, which produced 
eighteen specimens. J tried carrion, in the shape of several 
dead hedgehogs, which I distributed about the woods, but 
only captured one in this way—a fine male. All the rest I 
took (mostly on the wing) with my net, fixed on an eighteen- 
feet ash pole. I write this thinking it may interest some of 
your readers to know that A. Iris is still to be taken in some 
plenty in our Midland Counties.—Harold Conquest ; West 
Lodge, St. Ann’s Road, Stamford Hill, N., September 5, 1876. 
Colias Hyale and C. Edusa.—\ should like to add one or 
two remarks on Mr. Fitch’s interesting notes respecting these 
species being double-brooded ; they may serve to encourage 
other collectors to give us their experience. Many years 
ago three of us were collecting in the Isle of Thanet; 
we all worked hard every day at the clover and lucerne 
