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around his foodplants. In the same meadows are five-spot burnets, 

 which oddly enough are much commoner than the' six-spots,' which, 

 indeed, I have never found. The ' five-spots ' are often plentiful. 

 Tons of ' pine-hawks,' some * large elephant hawks,' and an occasional 

 beast who I think is the ' Convolvulus,' come to honeysuckle and 

 meadow-sweet." In another paragraph the writer expresses the 

 pleasure he experienced some years ago in a visit to the Annual 

 " Exhibition of the South London Entomological Society at some 

 rooms at the other end of London Bridge," and after referring to a 

 very fine series of the "peppered moth " exhibited on that evening (in 

 1909 by E. Adkin) he goes on to say : " If you ever come to Sweden, 

 make a point of seeing a most interesting comparative series of the 

 Apollo butterfly, showing his variations from Lapland to the Caucasus, 

 and from Manchuria to Spain. It is the natural history museum at 

 Frescati, a few miles north of this town.-" (Saltsjobaden.) — H.J.T. 



The Druce Collection of Lyc^nid/E and HESPERm^. — This well- 

 known and important Collection has recently come into the possession 

 of Mr. J. J. .Joicey, and is now at the Hill Museum, Witley. This 

 collection was made by Mr. Hamilton H. Druce, who is well-known as 

 one of our greatest authorities on the Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. A 

 great many of the types of the species described by Mr. Druce, as well 

 as many of the types of Semper, are contained in the collection. 

 Entomologists desirous of comparing with any specimens in this 

 collection are invited to write to the Curator, The Hill Museum, 

 Witley, Surrey. , - 



SiLPHA ATRATA L. WITH ABNORMAL AnTENNAE.— At Godalmi.Ug 



(Surrey), in July last, I took a specimen with an additional (12th) 

 joint on the right antenna, from the 3rd joint of which has outgrown 

 a short spur with 5 joints. Mr. Donisthorpe tells me this form of 

 abnormality is not uncommon so far as the spur is concerned, but it 

 may be of interest to record this specimen owing to its having 

 the extra joint.— G. B. C. Leman, Putney. 



A New County Record for Zeugophora flavicollis, Marsh. — 

 On Sept. 8th I visited Brickett Wood, Hertfordshire, for a few days 

 collecting ; Mr. C. J. Gimmingham having kindly told me where I 

 could find Byctiscus pop-uli L. Beetles on the whole were very scarce, 

 and ants quite off, probably on account of the very hot weather. The 

 Byctiscus, however, was very plentiful on aspens, varying much in size, 

 the largest specimens always proving to be males. Zeiiyophora 

 spinicollis P., was also very abundant on the aspens. On account of 

 this, the large number of aspen trees and shrubs in the locality, and 

 the uselessness of general collecting, I determined to see if the much 

 rarer Zeugophora flavicollis Marsh could not be obtained. After a 

 great deal of hard work I was successful ; one or two specimens of the 

 beetle being beaten each day. I found that Z. flavicollis occurred on 

 the older and taller aspens, whereas Z. spinicollis was more abundant 

 on the younger and smaller trees and shrubs. Fowler records it as 

 very rare, and gives the following localities : — Bexley and Ashford, 

 Kent ; Kimpton, Hants. ; Seal Wood, Leicestershire ; Manchester 

 district, Kendal. In the supplement we give the additional locali- 



