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unusually dark colour, at least many shades darker than some half-dozen 

 specimens that I have hatched out since then from larvge taken in the 

 Nerira Valley between Ventimiglia and Bordighera, in N. Italy. On 

 writing last week to ray friend about it, he replied, " The weather had been 

 warm and foggv ; and for several nights we had noticed a large moth come 

 to the honeysuckle over the verandah ; it had a very strong flight, and 

 would not be caught. At last my father succeeded in taking it; but its 

 back was a little rubbed in putting it into the smelling-bottle. The colours 

 areas fresh and bright now as when it was taken." I would add. however, 

 that the injurv was so slight as not to damage it as a cabinet specimen. — 

 (Rev.) Arthur P. Morres ; St. Nicholas, The Close, Salisbury, Sept. 19th. 



Lycena argtolus. — I do not know whether this butterfly has been 

 generally abundant this season ; but in places I have visited it bas been 

 exceptionally so. When in Carmarthenshire I found it, the latter part of 

 April and in May, unusually common. Again, in parts of Somersetshire in 

 July the second brood might be seen in town gardens, in lanes over hedges 

 at the bramble-blossom, and the outskirts and open spaces of woods. There 

 appeared to be a large number of female specimens often flitting over the 

 ivy and visiting the bramble-bloom. I watched those on the latter on several 

 occasions, but they appeared only to be attracted by the sweets thereof. — 

 T. B. Jefferys; 17, New King Street, Bath. 



Leucania extranea. — I have the satisfaction of recording the capture 

 by myself of Leucania extranea, at sugar, in the New Forest, on Oct. 8th. 

 The specimen is a good one, slightly smaller than the illustration given by 

 Newman. — (Rev.) Geoffrey Hughes ; Woolston Vicarage, Oct. 15th, 1896. 



Vanessa antiopa in Oxfordshire. — As I was taking a constitutional 

 along the Oxfordshire side of the Thames on Sept. 7th, I had the pleasure 

 of seeing a fine specimen of Vanessa antiopa sail close by me, and settle 

 on the end of a lower branch of a large elm, within about two or three feet 

 of where I was. Not having my net with me, I failed to capture it, 

 although I tried to do so with my hat. — W. Barnes ; 7, New Road, Reading. 



Vanessa antiopa in Lincolnshire. — On Friday, September 11th, at 

 the Manse, Bracebridge, Lincoln, I took a perfect specimen of F. antiopa. 

 It was sitting on the raspberries, and near some plum trees, the fruit on 

 which was then over-ripe. — G. M. Ellison; Bilton Grange, Rugby. 



Aventia flexula at Chichester. — On June 23rd I captured a 

 freshly-emerged Aventia flexula here, in quite a different locality to that in 

 which I took the specimen recorded by me last year. It is singular that this 

 moth appears to be met with only singly. Although the place was 

 frequently visited and well-worked subsequently, not another specimen 

 could be found. Perhaps some of the readers of the ' Entomologist ' may 

 be able to give information respecting the habits of this interesting moth, 

 which may aid in the capture of more specimens next season. — Joseph 

 Anderson, Jun. 



CoLiAs EDUSA AT Chichester. — I kuow of ouly one specmen of Colias 

 edusa being seen here this season. — Joseph Anderson, Jun. 



SiREX juvencus and S. gigas at Chichester. — Two specimens 

 of Sirex juvencus and several S. gigas have been taken in this neighbour- 

 hood this autumn. — Joseph Anderson, Jun. 



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