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L. Syhilla. Common in all the woods. 



L Camilla. I cannot understand how any one could have confounded this with 

 the allied species. It is abundantly distinct, differing in being smaller, having 

 more acute wings, and in being bluish-black, with a marginal row of bluish dots. 

 The white band is different, and it has a conspicuous white spot in the discoidal 

 cell. The under-side differs also considerably. It flies with Syhilla, but is not 

 common. I only got one at Bondy. 



A. Qalathea, S. Tithonus, Megcera, JEgeria, Hyperanthus, Janira, and C. Pam- 

 philus, abundant. 



I caught a queer variety of Janira ; it has two large white triangular blotches 

 in the centre of the wings on the right side. 



Satyrus Mara, which very much resembles Mwgera, has similar habits. I bred 

 a specimen from a pupa which I found suspended by the tail to a projecting stone 

 of a wall. This pupa was light green, round, with two rows of raised yellow dots 

 in front. There are two broods. 



Satyrus Dejanira. This fine species is not common ; I only took a pair at Bondy. 



Gosnonympha Hero and Arcanius. Both common, but Hero is very local, flying 

 in damp places in woods. 



Thecla Lynceus (Ilicis, Hb.). Common at Bondy in June, but I took only a 

 few, as it resembles pruni very much. The males are out first. This species soon 

 becomes wasted. 



T. quercus aud rubi. Several. 



P. Phlwas. Abundant. 



P. Dorilis. One in May ; should be common. " Blues," except Alexis, very 

 scarce. Took only solitary specimens of Alsus, Adonis and Ads, and a few Argiolus. 



N. Lucina. Several. 



Alveolus, sylvanus, linea, and Paniscus. All common. 



I have enumerated 55 species, but about a hundred are found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Paris (although some of the localities are at a considerable distance ; for 

 instance, Fontainebleau is 45 miles from the capital) , out of about 240 of which the 

 French Diurni list is composed. The district is poor in the Satyridoz (the Erebias, 

 of course, being totally wanting) and Lyccenidce. 



I seize this opportunity to apologise to those esteemed friends with whom 

 I corresponded whilst in England, for not writing to them, and I am sure they will 

 excuse me as I have been so very busy of late. I shall be very glad to hear from 

 those who care to correspond with me now in Paris. — B. L. Ragonot, 33, Rue de 

 Buffon, Paris. 



The sexes of Papilio Merope. — I have much pleasure in making known the 

 following important evidence received this afternoon from the lips of Herbert T. 

 Usher, Esq., Administrator of the Gold Coast, and which perfectly bears out Mr. 

 Trimen's views respecting the sexes of Papilio Merope. 



Mr, Usher was collecting Lepidoptera at Lagos, in the year 1862, and was on 

 one occasion much surprised to perceive two very distinct looking butterflies in 

 copula, the one pale yellow, black bordered, and with long tails, the other black 

 and white, without tails (the latter form, which he took for Danais Nicarius, he 

 considered very abundant) ; this pair was presented to Mr. Freeman, late Governor 

 of Lagos, who noted them as sexes in his collection : the fact that they were placed 

 together in the British Museum collection, recalled the occurrence to Mr. Usher's 

 memory. — A. G. Butler, 17, Oxford Road, Ealing, 22nd September, 1869. 



