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first to Mr. Bond, and next to Mr. Doubleday, for examina- 

 tion. The former, after a short examination, inclined to 

 think it a variety of Adippe ; but the latter, who kindly sent 

 me specimens of the true Niobe from abroad, and to whom I 

 subsequently sent my insect, after a careful examination has 

 given his opinion thus : — "I have examined your Argynnis 

 very carefully, and think it is a variety of Niobe, female ;" 

 and again, " I do not think a faded specimen of Adippe 

 would look like your specimen." I have again written to 

 Mr. Gerrard, who took the insect at Lyndhuist last year (and 

 of whom I purchased it, unset, as merely a variety of Adippe), 

 and he writes me: — "The butterfly you bought of me I 

 caught here, but thought it only a var,, or I should not have 

 sold it to you for anything like the money I did : 1 have 

 never taken in exchange, or otherwise, any foreign insects" 

 (this was in reply to a question I asked) : " I caught it with 

 others, but thought so little of it that I did not even set it." 

 You having published my former letter to you on the subject, I 

 thought the present one might be interesting to your readers 

 by way of supplement. One thing will, 1 hope, result from 

 it, and that is a more thorough exploration of the New Forest 

 next year, to be attended, I hope, with more captures of the 

 insect. — [Rev.) W. Hamhrough ; Worthing, December 5, 

 1869. 



Papilio Machaon at Ipswich. — On the 25th of August last 

 Mr. Garrett, of this town, took a fine specimen of P. Machaon 

 in a clover-field about a mile from here. It was quite perfect, 

 with the exception of a small piece out of one wing. Could 

 you make any suggestion as to how it could have got there ? 

 I believe this is not the first instance of Machaon being taken 

 in such a situation ; and if insects travel across the Channel, 

 1 do not see why this should not have come from the fens. — 

 Edward F. Bishop p ; 137, Norwich Road, Ipswich. 



Colias Edusa at Dalwich. — While waiting at Dulwich 

 Station this afteraoon, I saw a large and apparently fine 

 specimen of C. Edusa flying slowly over the platform. From 

 its weak flight it would have been an easy matter to capture 

 it with my net; not caring, however, to amuse the non- 

 entomological group of passengers by rushing across the 

 line, as well as risking " forty shillings and costs," I did 

 not attempt the feat. 1 have not heard of this insect being 



