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Satyrus semele. — At the base of a chalk cliff near Lul worth, 

 in Dorset, on Aug. 18th, I came across a large number of S. semele 

 on a patch of sea-lavender. They filled the ah- on my approach. One 

 does not usually associate the grayling butterfly with a habit of this 

 kind.— W. J. Lucas ; Sept. 8tb, 1900. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Papilio machaon at Ringwood. — This morning, at about nine o'clock, 

 I captured the finest and most beautiful specimen of Papilio machaon that 

 I have ever seen. I was out in a clover-field on the look-out for C. hyale, 

 C. edusa, and var. helice ; also Vanessa cardui. My daughter Marjorie, who 

 accompanied me, drew ray attention to the insect, and 1 really thought at a 

 little distance that it was a pale var. of cardui. It was lazily flying low 

 amongst the clover-flowers, and when it alighted upon one I fortunately 

 netted it. The specimen, which is a female, is in perfect and fresh condi- 

 tion, very pale yellow, the central band of yellow is scarcely divided with 

 black lines, and there is not a trace of any red scales, except the usual two 

 spots upon the hind wings ; the body has the black dorsal streak, but the 

 sides are nearly pure white. I have compared it with my Wicken Fen 

 series, and if it were put amongst them it could be detected at a glance ; it 

 has a much greater yellow area. — J. Hy. Fowler ; Aug. 31, 1900. 



Papilio machaon in Sussex. — I caught a specimen of P. macho7i at 

 Hooe, near Pevensey, on Aug. 18th last. It was flying slowly from flower 

 to flower in a field of red clover. The tail on the left hind wing was 

 wanting, and also a piece of the right fore wing ; but otherwise the insect 

 seemed to be very fresh. — Lewis L. Turner ; 131, Melbourne Grove, East 

 Dulwich, S.E. 



Papilio machaon in Kent. — On Aug. 15th I captured, in a railway 

 cutting near Hythe, a fine female specimen of P. machaon. — C. W. Hut- 

 chinson ; 43, Fordwych Road, West Hampstead, N.W. 



Vanessa antiopa in Berks, Kent, and Sussex. — For the following 

 records of V. antiopa in England this year, published in the * Times,' we are 

 indebted to Miss Urquhart, of Maida Vale : — 



It may be of interest to entomologists to hear that two specimens of that 

 rare insect, Vanessa antiopa, have been captured in this neighbourhood 

 during this week. One had been attracted to a bottle put out near some 

 peach trees to attract wasps, containing beer and rum ; the other was caught 

 in a garden about two miles distant on a dahlia flower. This latter is a 

 most perfect specimen. I should be interested to hear if any other speci- 

 mens have been taken in this country during the summer. — Philip A. 

 Houghton ; Lindfield, Sussex, Sept. 7th. 



On Aug. 18th, at Heme, Kent, my son captured a very fine specimen, 

 measuring 3J in. across the wings. — Frederick Single ; Fernside, Wim- 

 bledon Common. 



My son caught a very perfect specimen of the " Camberwell Beauty " on 

 a plum tree in the garden here on Sept. 5th, and saw another close by the 

 garden on the same afternoon. — (Sir) W. Cameron Gull ; Yattendon, 

 Berks, Sept. 11th. 



