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and thus not at first hand, etc., etc. For any such errors I must 
apologise.—H.J.T. 
SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
Pouuryation or Orcuips By Insecrs.—The following cases are prob- 
ably worth recording :— 
June 12th, 1912.—A g Plusia chrysitis with two pollinia sym- 
metrically arranged, one on the lower part of each eye. The pollinia 
agreed with those of the butterfly orchis (Habenaria bifolia) and not 
with those of other genera, which were in flower at the same time. 
This specimen was taken at Fairhill, Tonbridge. 
June 25th, 1914.—Anthrocera filipendulae g with two pollinia 
(? Orehis pyramidalis) on the antenne, Caldey Island, Pembroke. 
July 1st, 1912.—A specimen of Anthrocera meliloti, taken in the 
New Forest with two pollinia of Orchis maculata on its head. 
July 1st, 1915.—A specimen of the wasp, Odynerus pictus, Curtis, 
bearing one pollinium of an undetermined orchid on the clypeus. The 
specimen is now in the Cambridge University Museum. [I believe I 
am right in stating that this is the first record of an Odynerus being 
found carrying a pollinium. The species is, of course, predacious 
mainly.—P. A. Buxron, St. George’s Hospital, W. 
WOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
ABERRATIONS OF ARGYNNIS SELENE IN WyrE Forest.—On the 20th of 
June, 1915, I was one of a party of entomologists who were spending 
their week-end in Wyre Forest. The party included also Mr. W. H. 
Edwards and Dr. D. Dewar. We started together after breakfast, but 
at first we found very little of interest, and in an opening in the Forest 
I netted a slight aberration of Brenthis (Argynnis) euphrosyne, with the 
black markings unusually large near the base of the primaries. About 
midday, after a not very interesting morning, I found myself on the 
railway line near Cleobury Mortimer Station. Here, on a bank of 
heather close to the line, I took a white aberration of Brenthis 
(Argynnis) selene, black markings normal, ground colour entirely white. 
I returned to our farmhouse to dinner, and after dinner the whole 
party turned out again. Mr. Edwards and I kept together, and pre- 
sently I captured another specimen of B. selene similar to the first, but 
slightly damaged. After this nothing happened till it was nearly time 
to give up the hunt. Then coming to a damp hollow near the railway, 
where the species seemed plentiful, we decided to spend the rest of our 
available time there. Mr. Edwards had the next stroke of luck, and 
netted a white specimen similar to mine. On the way back we fell in 
with Dr. Dewar, who had taken one white specimen and one very fine 
melanic aberration, all the wings deeply suffused with black. Thus 
the total bag for the day for “three guns’’ was four white specimens 
and one black one. 
A week later I was on the same ground again with two other ento- 
mologists, but though B. selene was plentiful, and we kept a sharp look- 
out, we saw no more aberrations. 
The occurrence of all these specimens on one day challenges specu- 
lation as to the cause. One might suggest pure coincidence, or the 
emergence of an abnormal brood about that time. But the numbers 
