132 REV. F, A. WALKER, D.D., F.1.S. 
“P. 112. Of the cosmopolitan character of Vanessa Cardui I might add 
that when in Canada two years back, I traced and captured it frequently, 
the whole distance from Quebec to Calgary, within forty miles or so of the 
Rocky Mountains. 
“P. 116. The original English specimen of Lyczena Bretica is now in my 
possession, and the date of capture is marked on it, 12th August, 1859. I 
only name this as regards date in comparison with 10th December, when 
Dr. Walker caught it at Cairo.” 
The Rev. T. W. Fowler, F.L.S., observes, with reference to p. 129, 1. 6, 
that ‘‘ Mutilla is not an ant, although often thus designated.” He adds :— 
“P, 120, 1. 7, etc. The best way to preserve insects is in sawdust and 
benzine with a little carbolic acid added, the insects and sawdust being 
packed in layers ; spirit bottles are apt to get broken. 
“ P, 120, near bottom. Asa matter of fact there is a great deal of connexion 
between the Coleoptera of the ciream-Mediterranean region. 
“P_ 121, towards bottom. The genus Oxythyrea is much more widely spread 
than is here mentioned ; species occur all over Africa as far south as the 
Cape of Good Hope; it does not, however, appear to be found in eastern 
Asia or in the New World.” 
Another Correspondent writes :— 
“ Kersal Cottage, Prestwich. 
“T consider the Rev. F. A. Walker’s paper of extreme interest, especially 
as giving a personal narrative, and reliable information of what actually 
came before his eyes. On the other hand, I hope it will not be considered 
hypercritical to suggest that the paper would have been rendered still more 
valuable, in my opinion, from a scientific point of view, bad Dr. Standinger’s 
catalogue of Macro-Lepidoptera of Europe and the East been consulted, and 
records of those species not personally observed, added. More than tweaty- 
five of our British butterflies, for instance, doubtless occur in the list, as 
Dr. Walker (p. 109) observes, and the comparative tables of British and 
Eastern species would then have been rendered more perfect. As a record 
of personal observation, and considering the multitudinous difficulties and 
discomforts of pursuing any branch of natural science away from one’s own 
country, Dr. Walker was indeed most painstaking and successful, and we 
cannot but congratulate him very heartily on the good results he obtained.” 
From Mr. A. H. Swinton, F.E.S., of Lansdown, Dane Park, Ramsgate, 
describing a visit to Burgos, says :— 
‘* Near the castle-wall above the town I found a bank of dwarf elder and 
thistles skeletoned to tissue by the ravages of Cynthia Cardui, the Painted 
Lady butterfly. The caterpillars of the butterfly are still feeding, and yet the 
butterflies are hovering over the blossoms, whose pink tassels appear to be 
wired on the stalks. Nature teems in its birth. In our country the Tortoise- 
shells (Vanessa Urticee) make similar capital out ot the nettles. Can one 
longer marvel at the swarms of Belle Dames that periodically wing northward 
in long files ? 
“Tall poplar avenues at Burgos stretch out along the valley, and form 
cool walks and drives in the direction of the monasteries. Walking one day 
in their shadows, I disturbed a Large ortoiseshell butterfly (Vanessa 
Polyochlorus), whose presence I ascribed to the existence of certain stout 
and sturdy elms, an Alameda being quite an unusual sight in the sunny 
corn. It is singular that the Earl of Sandwich should hare stated to 
Evelyn, that before Philip II. transported these ornaments of our parks 
