152 Thk Zoologist — March, 1866. 



{Chrysophanus or Lyecena Dispar); having no net, and the drains beingr wide, it 

 escaped. It is now twenty years since, when rambling through the wood of Tarbert 

 demesne, in Kerry, that Mr. Andrews had met wiih a specimen of Limenitis Sybiila. 

 In a sheltered glade, bounded by oak and hazel, the insect was captured. The day 

 was sunny, hut the wind being strong, prevented a high flight, which it several times 

 attempted. The difTerent species of Frilillary, with the red admiral and the peacock, 

 were in swarms. — From a paper, by Mr. Andrewi, intituled " Notes on Irish Lepi- 

 doptera," read at a Meeting of the Natural History Society of Dublin. 



[The insect which Mr. Andrews has denominated L. Sybiila has been carefully 

 examined and turned out to be L. Camilla, never before taken in the British Islands. 

 I cannot but congratulate Mr. Andrews ou these grand additions to the Irish insect 

 fauna. — E. Newman.'] 



Badger at Mellon. — A three-quarter grown male example of this species was killed 

 in the vicinity of Melton on the 26ih of July, 1865. In examining it a greater por- 

 tion of its under parts I observed to be completely covered with licks, which were 

 extremely difficult to remove without injuring them, so firmly were they attached to 

 the animal's skin, which ihey seemed to pierce, and to bury their heads out of sight. — 

 T. E. Gunn ; Norwich. 



Otter feeding in Gardens.— In reply to Mr. Alston's query (Zool. S. S. 1 1) respecting 

 my remarks on the depredations committed by this species on the laud, "particularly 

 in vegetable gardens" in the vicinity of various watering-places (Zool. 9fi44), I beg to 

 say I have been informed, on two or three occasions, by persons residing in those 

 districts where otters abound, that when deprived of sustenance from their usual 

 element, they will turn their attention to the land, root up the vegetables and partly 

 devour some of the leaves as well as the roots, but they generally spoil more than they 

 eat. 1 am also informed that it is sometimes caught in the midst of its depredations 

 by traps set by ihe enraged garden owners: when this is the case no mercy is shown 

 the poor brutes: ihis much I have received from one informant, and should I have 

 further opportunities of investigating this matter, either by dissecting individuals that 

 pass through my hands or otherwise, I shall feel great pleasure in confirming the 

 above, and recording any further interesting matter connected therewith in the pages 

 of the ' Zoologist.'— Id. 



Oilers near Norwich. — A three-quarter grown female of this species was killed in 

 the stream that runs through the villages of Eaton and Cringleford, two miles from 

 Norwich, on the 16th of October, 1865. A similar occurrence look place the previous 

 season in the same locality. — Id. 



Water Vole at Earlham, Norfolk. — A nearly black specimen of the water vole was 

 obtained at Earlham during las^t summer {1865). — Id. 



Curious Variety of the Bank Vole near Norwich. — A peculiar variety was killed by 

 two lads in the neighbourhood of Norwich last autumn. It was brought to one of our 

 birdstnffers, of whom I have lately purchased it. The whole surface of its coat is of a 

 very pale ash grayish tint; eyes pink. Ii measures twelve inches from the tip of the 

 nose lo ihe extremity of the tail, this latter being one-third of its entire length. Its 

 incisors, three in number (it having lost the fourth) also presented rather an unusual 

 appearance, by curving inwards for three-quarters of an inch.— /d. 



