THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXVI.l 



OCTOBER. 1903. 



[No. 485. 



ABERRATION OP LYCMNA ICARUS. 



Upper surface not abnormal in coloration, but the under 

 surface is without ocelH and the discoidal mark on the fore 

 wings is less evident than it appears to be in the figure which is 

 reproduced from an excellent drawing by Mr. Horace Knight. 

 The colour of the under surface of fore wings is pale greyish white; 

 outer marginal band blackish, with a few orange scales on it 

 between veins 2 and 3, and also between 3 and 4. Hind wings 

 white, with some blue scales at the base ; outer marginal lunules 

 orange. The specimen, which is a female in beautiful condition, 

 was captured by Mr. George E. Bergman at Lulworth Cove, 

 Dorset, during the summer of the present year. 



NOTES ON THE LIFE -HISTORY OF APORIA CRATMGI. 



By a. U. Battley. 



A FEMALE of this species, taken in East Kent on July 19th, 

 1902, was caged in an inverted glass- shade, the top having been 

 covered with leno and the base filled with damp sand, into which 

 some young whitethorn shoots were stuck. This was placed in 

 a sunny position, and the female fed on sugar every alternate 

 day. The following are extracts from my diary : — 



ENTOM. — OCTOBEB, 1903. X 



