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Lycaena bellargus, first brood, were still about in considerable 

 numbers, but only one or two Satyrus semele were seen. Adopaea 

 actaeon was late, not appearing until July 11th, and not more than a 

 dozen were seen up to the 15th, when I left. Macroglossa stellatarum 

 was not uncommon in the vicinity of the town. Sugar was attrac- 

 tive on the undercliffs, but produced no typical coast species. — S. B. 

 Hodgson ; 3, Bassett Boad, N. Kensington. 



Lepidopteea in the Bradpield (Beading) District, 1922. — 

 A list of the species of butterflies met with near Bradfield College in 

 the marshes and woods during the week ending August 1st may be 

 of interest. The Weather was showery with very hot intervals, 

 generally of about an hour's duration. Yet in the marshes west of 

 the College buildings Pieris rapae and P. napi were in great abun- 

 dance, also Polyommatus icarus, Heodes phlaeas, Aphantopus 

 (hyperanthiis) and Epinephile jurtina. Vanessa io and Aglais 

 urticae were plentiful, and I saw one specimen of Limenitis sibylla, 

 in very bad condition. At the Beservoir, a large open space in the 

 woods planted with shrubs and saplings, Zephyrus quercus and 

 Callophrys rubi were to be seen flying quickly over the trees. 

 L. sibylla and Dryas paphia were plentiful, though extremely fast on 

 the wing. P. rapae and P. napi abounded. I saw one specimen 

 only of Adopaea flava, which used to be plentiful ; whilst, of the 

 other Skippers which used to abound here before the ground was 

 ploughed for planting saplings, I detected none. I saw and caught 

 one specimen each of Melanargia galatea, Aricia medon and Satyrus 

 semele. The latter, however, escaped. A. hyperanthiis and 

 Epiinephele tithonus were swarming over wild rose-bushes. Coeno- 

 nympha pamphilus was everywhere. Thecla io- album could be seen 

 flying high over a certain hedge not far distant. During the past 

 term one larva of Polygonia c-album was found on nettle and 

 pupated in due course, imago hatching about July 29th ; many larvae 

 of Dicranura vinula were collected, and one specimen of Amorpha 

 populi.—C. J. V. Gray; 17, St. John's Bark, Blackheath, S.E. 3. 



Danais chrysippus, L., ab. candidata, Hayward. — Since my 

 notes on Danais chrysippus, L. (antea, p. 178), were written, I have 

 succeeded in breeding (under natural conditions) a further specimen 

 of ab. candidata — a male specimen identical with the type. I also 

 saw but failed to take a similar insect (sex not determined) on the 

 wing. Both at Beservoir, near Aswan, Egypt. — Kenneth Hayward ; 

 Vicarage, Bruton, Somerset. \ 



A Variety op Cupido minimus. — On June 7th I found C. minimus 

 very common in several places along the Downs, near Lewes, and on 

 examining those settling at sun-down on grass stems I found amongst 

 them a male with the submarginal spots produced to form fine rays 

 or streaks on the undersides on all four wings. — E. Crisp ; Heathcote, 

 Heathfield, Sussex. 



Butterflies attracted by Human Berspiration. — Mr. 

 Mathew's note in the May number of the ' Entomologist ' has 

 reminded me of similar occurrences, although the butterflies in these 

 cases were far less abundant, both in numbers and species. In the 



