52 August, 
The few stragglers, as for example, Lycena betica, which may be 
borne by winds across the narrow separating channel, can hardly be 
called English; a few species may, however, have taken root when 
transplanted in this chance way: such, however, must be a rare event, 
the males in most cases being, of necessity, wafted across rather than 
the female. 
All our native insects can probably be grouped under one or other 
of these divisions; but there is, in conclusion, another point which will 
obtrude itself upon our notice, namely—Are we to expect any further 
changes in our lists, besides those brought by fresh discovery ? Will 
the Lepidoptera of the year 2000 be the same as those of 1877 le 
answer this we must look back :—since our own days, Lycena Acis, 
Chrysophanus dispar, and Deilephila euphorbie have nearly disappeared 
from our island; for the scarcity of the first of these we can give no 
reason; the second, a very local species, seems to have been extermi- 
nated by the over zeal of entomologists (a zeal that will probably 
destroy Lycena Arion also), aided by an unusual flood; Deilephila 
euphorbie, like Pieris Daplidice, had a doubtful hold upon our island, 
as on the very verge of its northern range, just, indeed, as one of the 
Euphorbie, E. peplis, which still lingers as if loth quite to depart from 
the sands of Cornwall. Probably the lapse of time may destroy a few 
of these species, some of the very local insects may be lost by zeal, 
cultivation, or drainage, and we shall gain a few American or conti- 
nental species, such as, perhaps, Pempelia grossularie or Anchylopera 
fragaria, insects of a domestic type feeding on plants either of the 
kitchen or flower garden. The changes will probably be few, and it is 
consoling to think that the Lepidopterists of a future century will still 
be able to refer with satisfaction and profit to Doubleday’s list and 
Stainton’s Manual. 
Birmingham : June, 1871. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EGGS OF VANESSA URTICH anp POLYCHLOROS, 
WITH REGARD TO SEPP’S FIGURES. 
BY THE REV. J. HELLINS, M.A. 
Except, perchance, in the way of recording varieties, I did not, 
until lately, suppose there was much left to be said about these butter- — 
flies; they had surely been done long ago! But, chancing to readin a , 
recent publication the curious and striking fiction that the pear-shaped, 
smooth egg of polychloros is very different from that of wrtice, I began 
to fancy there was yet room for a few words to set things right. So 
