268 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



On Aug. 26th last a fine specimen of V. antiopa was caught close by 

 here on the borders of Sussex and Surrey at Newlauds, while attempting to 

 enter a glass trap baited for wasps, as in one of Mr. Houghton's instances. 

 — (Major) R. H. Brown ; Crawley-down, Sussex. 



Vanessa antiopa in Berkshire. — On Aug. 30th I saw a fine specimen 

 of F. antiopa in Berkshire, not far from Streatley. — (Rev.) Archibald 

 Day; The Vicarage, Malvern Link. 



Vanessa antiopa in Essex. — On Aug. Slst my friend Robert Wedlake 

 caught in our garden, and gave to me, asple«did specimen of V. antiopa. — 

 Harold P. Thompson ; Hornchurch, Essex. 



Vanessa antiopa in Hampshire. — On Sept. 12th I took a worn speci- 

 men of V. antiopa in the New Forest ; it was flying round a tree which had 

 been sugared the night before. — A. Molineux Smallpeice ; Field Lodge, 

 Burley, Ringwood, Hants, Sept. 14th. 



Vanessa antiopa in Kent. — A specimen of V. antiopa was captured 

 this morning in the garden of Vesey Holt, Esq., Mount Mascal, Bexley. 

 It was sitting on the decayed stump of a tree, and was taken in a landing- 

 net. It is rather small, but, despite the mode of capture, is in splendid 

 condition. — T. B. Andrews ; 276, Broadway, Bexley Heath, Sept. 11th. 



Vanessa antiopa in Suffolk. — I captured a specimen of F. antiopa 

 on Aug. 30th in the neighbourhood of Lowestoft. — E. J. SiNGLEaoN 

 Smith ; St. Margaret's College, Lowestoft, Sept. 1st, 1900. 



Vanessa id at Tooting. — On Aug. 3l8t I was agreeably surprised to 

 see a specimen of F. io disporting itself in the garden here. It is the first 

 example of the species I have ever seen in or near to London. It seemed to 

 prefer the late blooms of a patch of red valerian to old sugar, which attracts 

 F. atalanta so frequently. — E. Sparke ; 1, Christchurch Villas, Tooting 

 Bee Road, Tooting, S.W. 



Pyrameis atalanta swarming on a Cossus-infested Birch Tree. — 

 This morning, whilst strolling through a small clump of birches on 

 Wimbledon Common, I was surprised at suddenly disturbing about twenty 

 or thirty specimens of Pyrameis atalanta. As the only Lepidoptera observed 

 during the whole morning were a few PierisrapcB, one or two Gcenonympha 

 pamphilus, and one Chrysophanus phkeas, my curiosity was at once aroused, 

 and I soon found that one particular birch-trunk was the centre of attrac- 

 tion for quite a swarm of wasps as well as the aforesaid butterflies. Closer 

 investigation revealed the reason for this phenomenon, for while I was 

 watching a nearly full-fed larva of Cossiis ligniperda crawled out of the 

 trunk, and made off at a rapid rate, apparently disgusted with the crowd of 

 uninvited visitors. There were at least thirty specimens of P. atalanta in 

 the immediate neighbourhood of the tree, and those which could not get on 

 the trunk settled on the ground, or on the lower twigs of birch near by, and 

 allowed me to take them with my fingers, though the sun was shining bril- 

 liantly. I have heard of this particular attraction for some butterflies, but 

 it was my first actual experience of it. I may say that no other butterflies 

 were present with P. atalanta. — E. B. Bishop; 60, Griffiths Road, 

 Wimbledon, S.W., Sept. 21st, 1900. 



Lycena bcetica bred in Guernsey. — I have succeeded in discovering 

 larvae of Lyccena bcetica this summer, and I am now breeding some fine 



