352 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Aberrations of Colias hyale and Gonopteryx rhamni. — I have 

 recently added to my collection a remarkably interesting C. hyale ab. ; 

 all the usual black markings are replaced by a pale bright lilac shot 

 with gold, producing a fine opalescent efiect ; the central spot on the 

 secondaries is of a riclier orange than in normal specimens ; the usual 

 dusky markings on the under side are in this specimen rose-pink, and 

 the antennfe, costal and hind margins are of a brighter pink. It is a 

 male, with a bright yellow ground colour, in very perfect condition, 

 obviously freshly emerged. This beautiful insect was captured Sept. 

 1st last, at Sheerness, Kent, by Mr. E, Griffiths, who most kindly 

 presented it to me. 1 am also indebted to him for a very fine Gono- 

 pteryx rhamni, which he likewise captured at Sheerness, on Aug. 28th, 

 1900. It is a male, having the right secondary of female colouring, 

 excepting a narrow streak of yellow of the male running across the 

 centre of the wing from the base to hind margin ; the under side of 

 the left primary is also of female colouring. Unfortunately, this rare 

 specimen got considerably damaged in transit through the post, but 

 with care I have been able to restore it to a very fair example. — 



F. W. Frohawk; November, 1901. 



Argynnis latonia in Dorsetshire. — A specimen of A. latonia was 

 taken near Poole last season, by Mr. E. L. Thompson, of Warwick. — 



G. E. J. Crallan ; Bodorgan Manor, Bournemouth. 



Vanessa antiopa in Huntingdonshire. — While collecting in Hunt- 

 ingdonshire, on a very hot day in July, I happened to go into a way- 

 side inn for some light refreshment. The publican, seeiug my net, said 

 he had got " two butterflies." He fetched the nail-box, in which he 

 kept them, and lying among the nails were Vanessa antiopa mid Chcero- 

 campa elpmor. The publican informed me that he had caught antiopa 

 in his garden the year before, '• when the fruit was ripe." Considering 

 the box it had been kept in, it was in remarkably good condition. It 

 had been caught by the rough and ready method of a hat. — W. G. 

 Theobald ; Wolverhampton. 



Chrysophanus phlceas var. schmidtii near Paisley. — A good speci- 

 men of this little butterfly, with the ground colour of the wings wliite, 

 instead of the usual copper tint, was taken near this town last Sep- 

 tember. I see the same variation referred to by Newman. The 

 specimen was in my possession for a few days and was exhibited at 

 our local societies' meeting in October. — A. M. Steuart ; 28, Ferguslie, 

 Paisley, N.B. 



Catocala fraxini in Suffolk. — My friend Mr. Jos. F. Green 

 informs me that he captured, at sugar, a finely coloured C. fraxini, on 

 Aug. 24th last, at Wrentham, Suffolk. — F. W. Frohawk. 



Autumnal Emergence of Lophopteryx cucullia and Acronycta 

 menyanthidis. — In the spring of this year I received about forty eggs 

 of L. cucullia from West Sussex, which hatched in due course, and 

 the larvae fed up on maple with a very small percentage of losses, and 

 the first commenced to prepare for pupation on July 5th, the remainder 

 following suit within the next week or so. Ten perfect moths emerged 

 between the 24th and 31st July. Assuming that the first to pupate 

 was the first to emerge, the pupal stage occupied just nineteen days. 



