18 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Murray's ' New English Dictionary' — 'Peter Pindar's Poems,' in which 

 the insect may be the purple emperor, and Bulwer Lytton's ' Kenelm 

 Chillingly,' where Papllio machaun seems to be the butterfly intended. 

 Has any entomologist met with this term as the name of a butterfly 

 in any other book, or orally ? — W. F. Kirby. 



Vanessa antiopa. — A prnpus of the var. of V. antiopa recorded by 

 Mr. Oldaker {ante, p. 285), it occurs to me to mention that while in 

 charge of the American Church, Geneva, November, 1898, to April, 

 1899, — on April 6th in the latter year, while at Etiemlieus and search- 

 ing for insects at the foot of the Petit Salene — I observed, but unfor- 

 tunately failed to capture, a particularly large and fresh specimen of 

 F. antiopa. Its border was pure white, and was evidently in fresh 

 condition. The white could not have been a case of fading from an 

 originally sulphur hue. The following is an extract from my journal 

 of that date: — "A splendid specimen of V. antiopa settled three or 

 four times in front of me, but I failed to secure it, owing to the loose 

 slopes of stone and shale under one's feet. It had a border of pure 

 white. I failed, as far as I could perceive, to discern any blue spots. 

 It was in very fine and fresh condition." — (Rev.) F. A. Walker; Dun 

 Mallard, Cricklewood, N.W., Nov. 1st, 1902. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



BoARMiA ROBORARiA IN SuRREY. — On June 22nd, 1902, whilst 

 collecting at Addington, near Croydon, I took a fine male specimen of 

 B. roboraria, at rest on a birch-trunk. I should very much like to 

 know if there are any other records of this species having been taken 

 at Addington or Shirley. — B, Stonell ; 25, Studley Road, Clapham. 



Notes from Suffolk.— On June 8th last I took a fresh-emerged 

 specimen of Colias hyale. While collecting in East Suffolk in June I 

 took a good series of Cyhoaia {Lithosia) mesorndla. I have never before 

 met with it in this county. The dark variety of Nonayria neurica, 

 which is, I believe, considered rare, has been as frequent this season 

 as the ordinary type. — PIenky Lingwood ; Needham Market, Suffolk. 



LYCAiNA astraeohe (agestis). — Referring to Mr. Oldaker's remarks 

 on this species (Ent. xxxv. p. 324), I must say that my experience 

 does not quite agree with his. I have seen this butterfly in some 

 numbers, on more than one occasion, near Tring, although sometimes 

 it is scarce. On June 4th, 1900, it was particularly plentiful, and I 

 took fourteen specimens in a very short time, and could have taken 

 many more. — Philip J. Barraud ; Bushey Heath, Herts. 



Eakly Emergence of Phigalia pedaria. — I took a fine male P. 

 pedaria on Dec. 15th last. The moth was sitting on a tree-trunk in 

 this neighbourhood, and was evidently freshly emerged. — B. H. Crab- 

 tree ; The Acacias, Levenshulme, Manchester, Dec. 17th, 1902. 



Lepidoptera at Wallington. — During the season several more or 

 less local moths were abundant in my garden here. The most note- 



