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1. Of any records of the captures of adult A. plumbeus since June 

 30th last, with dates. 



2. What was the condition, during the recent drought, of the water 

 in tree holes from which larvae had been taken in previous seasons? 



3. Were living larvae found in such holes on the occasion of any 

 visits during that period ? 



4. Were larvae found there when you again visited the holes this 

 autumn ? 



5. Does A. plumbeus deposit her eggs (a) on the water, (b) on float- 

 ing or stationary matter, (c) on the wet margins of the water holes ? 



6. Can the eggs be hatched after becoming dry ? If so, how long 

 after, in your experience, do they retain their vitality ? 



7. Any other observation that may occur to you bearing on the 

 possible hibernation of the species in the egg stage ? 



Answers to the above queries should be sent to the Hon. Secretary, 

 Rev. T. W. Oswald-Hicks, B. A.," Lesware," Linden Road, West Green, 

 London, N. 15, not later than December 1st. It is hoped that as many 

 as possible will send information for this further report which the Com- 

 mittee are to make by the new year. 



Second Brood of 0. sambucaria. — A freshly emerged specimen of 

 Ourapteryx sambucata came to light this evening. Though second 

 broods of this species are not unrecorded they are, I think, very unusual, 

 and possibly the occurrence may be worth noting in the Record amongst 

 other second broods of this abnormal year. — H. C. Hayward, Repton, 

 Derby. October 20th. 



Vanessid.e, etc., in East Tyrone in 1921. — A special feature of this 

 autumn has been the wonderful abundance of the Vanessidae in this 

 district. Pyrantels atalanta was everywhere and is still (October 19th) 

 common, flying about ivy in bloom ; P. cardui was also abundant 

 during September, but had disappeared before the end of the month : 

 a fine male was taken with the posterior wings almost black. Vanessa 

 io and Aglais urticae were also much in evidence. Pararge aegeria, 

 which was first noted on the wing at the end of March, has produced 

 at least four broods this season, and to-day a freshly emerged female 

 was observed drying its wings suspended to a blade of grass in the 

 garden. — Thomas Greer, Curglasson, Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone. 

 October ZOth, 1921. 



Notes on Celastrina argiolus. — Referring to Mr. Burrows' note of 

 this species frequenting the flowers of Sedum, I may say that I have 

 taken it at Hazeleigh (Essex) more than once on flowers of the wild 

 bluebell (Scilla nutans), and also have the following records for the same 

 locality : — A very worn female on borage flowers, on 13.vi.05 ; a male 

 visited two (Dutch) hyacinths, and then a patch of Aubrietia at 1 p.m. 

 on 14.iv.J.l. I have also recorded oviposition by a female on flowers 

 of Rhododendron " Purity." Other notes (unpublished) I have on this 

 interesting species refer to its pairing, viz., that I noticed a couple 

 paired near Hazeleigh Wood, at 4 p.m., on 29. v. 18, sitting side by side 

 on sloe leaves, the feet of each grasping different leaves. My second 

 note concerns the fact that the larvae are sometimes frequented by ants 

 n England, as is the case with the larvae of several other Lycaenidae. 

 extract the note in full from my Index Entomologicus. " I noticed 



