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have one or two subscribers at ■ 



each, towards the expenses of the trip. 

 The whole of his captures will be 

 shared among the subscribers. Appli- 

 cation to be made to So and So. We 

 shall be pleased to make an}' such 

 announcements free of charge, if it 

 will aid those who are anxious to work. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Gentlemen, — Would it not be well to place 

 in the hands of each of your agents a speci- 

 men copy of "British Birds; their Xests 

 and Eggs : as by so doing many might be 

 induced to become subscribers who are 

 simply hanging back because they have not 

 seen a copy. Wishing the " Y.N." continued 

 success, I am, yours truly, R. Wilding, 

 Liverpool, Jan. 26th. 



[We send a copy of each edition to our Liver- 

 pool agent, Mr. Cook, where they may be 

 seen by any intending subscriber, a copy 

 has also been sent Mr. Pullen, at the Free 

 Library, Derby, and we will send others 

 elsewhere on application. — Eds.] 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Corregexda. — In last week's leader, col. 1, 

 line 5. for tcild read wild. 

 Plate 14 is given this week, plate 15 will 



appear on March 5th, and plate 13 on 



.April 2nd. 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &C. 



Varieties oe Lepidopteha. — Argynnis 

 Sclcnc : I have taken 2 or 3 specimens in 

 August, they are smaller than the June spe- 

 cimens by 2 or 3 lines. Satyrus TitJiaiius : — I 

 have a variety of the female, with two extra 

 single-centred eyespots on each wing above, 

 and also two extra on each forewing below: the 

 extra eyes being nearly half the diameter of 

 the usual one on the forewing. I have also a j 



I specimen (female) with one black dot extra on 

 j all the wings above, and the left forewing 

 I below : the right forewing below having two 

 dots not usually present. Perhaps the first 

 variety is common, I have not collected long, 

 but have never seen nor heard of another 

 specimen like it, the second variety is evi- 

 dently an intermediate between the first and 

 the type, Satyrus Hypcranthus : — I have 2 or 3 

 specimens with one black dot more on the 

 right fore wing than on the left. Cyr.niiophov.i 

 dupdaris : Have taken an ochreous specimen, 

 some think this is only a faded one, but as 

 it was in excellent condition when I took 

 it, I incline to think differently. I have spe- 

 cimens taken here of what I believe are Colias 

 Edusa vars. Hclicc and Uhrysothetne, Lye: it a 

 Alexis vars. I cuius and Eros, Acidalia bisetata 

 var. cincrcatu. Acidalia aversata var. remutata, 

 Bryophila gland if era var. par. Tprtrix ( podana ) 

 pyrastraa var. fuscana, Tortrix rosana var. 

 fuscana, Peuthiua cynosbana var. nubifcrana, and 

 Xd::!hoscti.t ~j:gana var. ferrugana. Besides 

 these I believe I have taken all the common 

 named vars. of P. Br.tssic.v au:l q&pG, C. 

 russata and immanata, A. gemma and oculea, M. 

 strigilis and furuncula and P. semifuscana. — S. 

 Hume, 4, Overton Terrace, ("live Vale, 

 Hastings. 



C. Edusa. ix 1S77. — In 1S77 I heard (be- 

 fore I found out the abundance of C. Edusa) 

 from a schoolboy whom I then taught, that 

 his father (a fisherman) had seen a large 

 swarm of yellow butterflies while out fishing 

 in the Channel, and that they had frequently 

 settled on the masts, &c. I didn't take much 

 notice of what the boy said till I saw Edusa 

 about a week late ■ ; it then struck me that 

 they had come ov r the Channel, and I now 

 consider it almost certain. I write this be- 

 cause there seems to be some doubt about it. 

 — Ibid. 



[No doubt this is a valuable note, and the 

 information supplied by our correspondent 

 seems authentic, but we do not think it 

 clears up the difficulties connected with the 

 abundanceof C. Edusa in 1877. The fact that 



