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have elsewhere mentioned tlie circumstance of a ConocepJialus, 

 now in my collection, which was caught in China, and brought 

 alive to England, where it lived several weeks, having sub- 

 sisted on tea during its captivity. Cicadcs and Achetce have 

 frequently been kept a long time in confinement, it is said on 

 account of their chirping, which the natives, who thus keep 

 them, are supposed to be very partial to ; but no authentic 

 record of the longevity of any particular individual specimen 

 has been commemorated. The almost marvellous account by 

 Mr. Marsham, in Vol. X. of the Linnaean Transactions, con- 

 cerning a Buprestis splendens, which was cut out of the wood 

 of a desk which had been upwards of thirty years in an office 

 at Guildhall, London ; and the history of a Trogosita mmiri- 

 tonica, by Mr. Kirkup, who kept it alive twenty-one months, 

 as related in the Entomological Transactions, Vol. I. p. 329, 

 with an additional note by my late lamented friend, A. H. 

 Haworth, Esq., may be pointed out. 



Yours, &c. J. F. Stephens. 



71. Remarkable Capture of Butterflies. — Sir, Perhaps the 

 following notes of the capture of about half our British butter- 

 flies, in the course of a few days, and without any particular 

 searching for them, may be interesting ; if so, they are at your 

 service. 



Papilio Machaon. The larva in various stages of growth on 29th 

 June, Sedge Fen, Camb., by W. Christy, Esq. ; and 4th and 5th 

 July at Whittlesea Mere. 



Gonepteryx Rhamni. W. M. 4 and 5 July ; M. W. 6 July ; 

 H. 11 July. 



Pontia Brassicce, 



'.SSlCCe, \ -nr 



n. f 



M. not abundant ; in bad condition, remains 



' I of the spring brood. 

 Napi. J ^ "^ 



Maneipium Cardamines. W. M. 4 July ; H. 10 July. 



Pieris Cratcegi. W. M. and M. W. 4 — 6 July ; in great plenty, 



but going off. 



Argynnis Aglaia. W. M. 4 and 5 July ; plentiful. 



Paphia. M. W. 4— 6 July ; H. 10—13 July; D. 18 



July- 



Vanessa C-album. M. W. 5 and 6 July ; three specimens. 



lo. Ranisgate, 17 July; Coombe Wood, 28th; two 

 specimens. 



