178 the entomologist's record. 



Hind margin less dentated on right than on left. Anal angle 

 more obtuse on right than on left. 



Upperside. General colour lighter on right than on left, and pale 

 blotches whiter. Markings more like yopnli on right, and ocellata on 

 left. 



Underside. Ground colour uniformly dark brown on left, but 

 basal half pale reddish on right. 



Hindwings. Expanse : Eight 18mm., left 18-5mm. 

 Right 10 - 2mm., left 11mm. 



Margins equally dentated, but anal angle more pronounced on left 

 than on right. 



Upperside. Ground colour lighter on right than on left. Ocellated 

 spot slightly lighter, with much less black surrounding it, on right 

 than on left. Veins lighter and more obvious on right than on left, 

 and reddish basal blotch larger on right than on left. 



Underside. Eight paler than left. 



0i>OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Occurrence of P. c-album in Birmingham. — On September 3rd I 

 captured a specimen of Polygonia c-album in the Eectory garden here. 

 It was in perfect condition, feeding upon a partly decayed apple on the 

 ground. I have not heard of it as occurring in Warwickshire, but we 

 are not far from its known haunts in Hereford and Gloucestershire. — 

 E. Grose Hodge, The Eectory, Birmingham. September, 1921. 



The Irish Colony of C. dispar. var. rutilus. A second brood. — 

 It may interest those who have followed the fortunes of the " Large 

 Copper " colony in South Ireland since the fateful year 1914 to know 

 that a second brood has produced itself this year as a result of the 

 wonderful weather. The original stock of Chrysvphtmus dispar. var. 

 rutilus was brought from the Berlin district in May of that year, and 

 up till now, has proved itself to be strictly single brooded. I have 

 just received information from " The Marsh " that several quite fresh 

 insects were observed on the wing on September 29th and 30th, and 

 3 $ $ were observed ovipositing on the latter date. I am of opinion 

 that very late ova may possibly not hatch until the spring. — E. B. 

 Purefoy, East Farleigh, Kent. October 4th, 1921. 



A Note from Mucking, Essex. — A ? Agrius convolruli was 

 brought in on September 21st. I saw a $ Celastrina argiolus on the 

 22nd and following days at Sedum flowers, which have also been 

 visited by Pyrameis atalanta, Vanessa io, Aglais urticae and Plnsia 

 gamma. Pterophonts mwiodactylus is abundant after dark on the same 

 flowers, which are the only flowers in my garden at the present time. 

 I am not acquainted with visits of (J. argiolus to flowers except perhaps 

 those of its foodplants, ivy and holly.— C. E. N. Burrows, Mucking, 

 Essex. Sejdember 25th. 



(CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



With such a remarkable season as the one now rapidly approaching 

 its close there must have been many abnormal occurrences in insect 



