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Insects. 



Thecla BetulsB. I got six or eight specimens last year, and bred others. 



Thecla Pruni. Most abundant. 



Thecla Quercus. Plentiful. 



Chrjsophanus Phlaeas. Common. 



Polyommatus Argiolus. Common. 



Polyommatus Alsus. Very abundant, but local. 



Polyommatus Alexis. Everywhere. 



Polyommatus Agestis. Local. 



Argynnis Paphia. Plentiful. 



Argynnis Aglaia. Less common than Paphia. 



Argynnis Euphrosyne. By thousands. 



Argynnis Selene. Very plentiful. 



Melitaea Artemis. By thousands. 



Vanessa Cardui. Not common. 



Vanessa Atalanta, lo, Urlicae, Polychloros and C-album. Plentiful and widely 

 spread. 



Arge Galathea. By thousands. 



Satyrus Semele, Janira, Tithonus, Megeera, -^geria, Hyperanthus and Pamphilus. 

 All very abundant on the hills. 

 Pamphila Linea and Sylvanus. 

 Syrichthus Alveolus. Sparingly. 

 Thanaos Tages. Local. 



This list refers to a circle round Cardiff, say of ten miles radius, and results 

 from very limited observations in two years, during which not one quarter of the 

 ground indicated has been explored. — Robert Drane ; Gucstwick, Norfolk, May 

 1, 1858. 



[I shall feel extremely obliged to the Rev. Mr. Drane for specimens of Thecla 

 Pruni, which he mentions as occurring in an entirely new locality. — E, Newman], 



Capture of Vanessa Aniiopa at Stoke Newingfon. — On or about the IGtli of 

 September, last year, a specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was taken : both the wings on 

 one side are injured by a piece having been taken out, probably by a bird. — J, 

 Rogers ; Green Lane, near the Manor House, Stoke Newington, May 12, 1858. 



Capture of Vanessa Antiopa in Scotland. — Mr. Turner took a hvbernated speci- 

 men in Scotland, in April: it is one of the largest and finest I have ever seen. 

 — Edward Newman, 



Is Artaxerxes a Species, — With regard to P. Agestis and Artaxerxes, I believe 

 them to be merely permanent varieties or races of one species. There is no structural 

 difference to warrant their separation; though I should never expect to rear a speci- 

 men of Artaxerxes from an egg deposited by Agestis or vice versa. The description of 

 the larva of Agestis sent me by Zeller corresponds exactly with that of Artaxerxes 

 from this neighbourhood, and not at all with the description of the former larva in 

 Stainton's 'Manual' ; but Zeller's larva was certainly found on Erodium Cicutarium, 

 while those of Artaxerxes feed on Heliantbemum vulgare. We, however, so con- 

 stantly find that the same species will subsist on many different plants, that the mere 

 fact of difference in food cannot be considered of much importance ; nor can the cir- 

 cumstance that Agestis is double-brooded, while Artaxerxes has only one brood in the 

 year, cither, have much weight, as many insects are only single-brooded in Scotland, 



