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" I well remember sending Mr. Harrison, of Barnsley, a 

 quantity of pupge of Spilosoma lubi'icijjeda with some of S. men- 

 thastri, and, may be, other species, as I took many of the pupse 

 from a wall covered with ivy and other creepers. Larvae were 

 very abundant that year, and ate up nearly all the flowers in the 

 garden, a private one, where I took them, and where I have been 

 engaged for fifteen years. During that time I bred S. lubricipeda 

 most years, but have never bred a variety, or even seen one of the 

 species, in this locality, and I am surprised to hear that Mr. 

 Harrison did [that is, breed a variety from Hornsey pupae], 



" I may say that I have had no correspondence with Mr. 

 Harrison since we made the exchange." 



The foregoing comprises all the particulars relative to Mr. 

 Harrison's original female zatima that I have been able to obtain, 

 and I have very great pleasure in presenting them to readers of 

 the 'Entomologist.' I had hoped to have learned from Mr. 

 Riches that he also had bred the zatima form of S. lubricipeda 

 from larvae or pupae found at Hornsey, but this it appears he did 

 not do ; and further, as will be seen from the extract from his 

 letter, he states that he has not even seen a variety of this species 

 in his locality. 



EHOPALOOEEA FROM THE ALPES-MARITIMES IN 1893. 

 By Fbank Bkomilow, F.E.S. 



Perhaps the following list of butterflies, taken by myself 

 during the present year, may be of interest, and will supplement 

 those species already noticed in the 'Entomologist,' viz. : — 



Papilio podalirius, L. Common everywhere ; rare at an elevation of 

 3300 feet. Ab. zanclceus, Z. I caught a female example in the Vallou des 

 Fleurs, Nice, on July 26th, settled on a Rhamnus (buckthorn) ; and a worn 

 male a few days later. P. machaon, L. Abundant nearly everywhere ; 

 first taken on April 4th, at Vence-Cagnes. 



Thais polyxena, Schiff. I only took two males at Cagnes, on April 4th. 



Aporia cratcegi, L. Nearly everywhere ; first seen near a place called 

 Vence, department of Var (1100 feet altitude), on May 39th. 



Pieris brassiccB, L., and P. rapce, L. Occurred up to nearly 4000 feet. 

 P. daplidice, L. Generally distributed ; also in the mountains, up to about 

 3300 feet altitude. Var. bellidice, 0. Not rare ; an example was taken at 

 St. Andre, near Nice, on April 21st. 



Anthocharis helia, Or. I have bred three imagines from larvae collected ; 

 the first specimen emerged on May 5th; common. Var. ausonia, Hiib. 

 Obtained three imagines ex larva; first bred, May 30th; abundant. 

 A. cardamines, L. One seen on an excursion to the Gorges du Loup (Var), 

 by the newly-opened Sud de la France line from Nice to Digne, on March 

 11th ; very common in the spring. A. euphenoides, Stgr. I took a very 

 small male, measuring only an inch and a quarter in expanse, above Vence, 

 on May 14th last ; all the examples I have seen from this locality, this 

 year, seem dwarfed ; common at Nice, &c., April-May. 



