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THE NATURALIST. 



fiffure o^. Inula salicina in "Flora Danica" 

 and also^with. cultivated specimens, I feel 

 constrained to think it is at least not tlie 

 normal form of that species. The midrib, 

 under side of the leaf, and stem are rougher 

 and more hairy in the Irish plant ; besides 

 the margins of its leaves are bluntly den- 

 tate. Koch remarks on Inula salicina : — 

 * Variat rarius caule foliisque hirtis.' " 

 " The discovery of this plant in the British 

 Isles adds another link to the interesting 

 chain of evidence, which has lately been 

 much strengthened, and showing the exist- 

 ence, on the western shores of Ireland, of 

 both South and Central European plants 

 which do not reach Great Britain proper." 



Gammon and Spinach. — Messrs, Triibner 

 and Co. are, we understand, about to publish 

 next month the first number of a Comic 

 scientific newspaper, the objects of which 

 are " to ridicule those scientific men with 

 whom no serious argument can be held, to 

 aim effective blows at the cliquism existing 

 in some of our scientific societies, and to 

 assist savans in laying aside conceit." 



Vanessa Antiopa near Tenterden. — 

 While shooting at Rolanden, near Tenter- 

 den, Kent, on the 7th September, I saw a 

 fine specimen of V. Antiopa flying over a 

 hop garden. — Robert Mitford, Haver- 

 stock Hill, N.Yf., 17th October, 1865.— 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 



Qhoerocampa celerio at Southsea. — Yes- 

 terday I was greatly pleased at becoming 

 possessed of a real live celerio, in fair, 

 almost fine, condition. It was captured by 

 Mrs. Collins, a lady residing at Southsea. 

 It seems that her house adjoins some gar- 

 dens, and has a grape vine growing on its 

 back wall. A bed room window near 

 which the vine is trained was open, and as 

 the lady entered the room, she discovered 

 the insect on the toilet cover, and deftly 

 clapped a tumber over it. Knowing my 

 taste for insects, she kindly sent it to me. 

 I judge, from the extreme slenderness of 

 the abdomen, and the appearance of the 

 antennae, that it must be a male. Noticing 

 that Stainton says that this insect is often 



attracted by light, I have induced Mrs. 

 Collins to set up a carriage lamp in the 

 room, with the window open after dusk, 

 hoping thereby to attract more should 

 there be any in the neighbourhood. — VVm. 

 Horn, Portsmouth, September 27th, 1865. 

 — Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 



Capture of Chmrocampa celerio at flowers 

 of Geranium and Physianthus. — I have 

 pleasure in reporting the capture of a spe- 

 cimen of Chmrocampa celerio^ fresh and in 

 beautiful condition, on the 29th of last 

 month, about twenty minutes past six 

 o'clock, or just dusk. I took it with the 

 net Avhilst hovering over the flowers of a bed 

 of Geranium (Christine) ; this is the 

 second specimen I have taken in the garden 

 at Brantingham, ten miles from Hull. I 

 took one in 1846, fast by the proboscis in 

 a flower of Physianthus albicans^ the flowers 

 of which are excellent insect capturers ; 

 these flowers are very sweet and attractive, 

 and the stamens are so placed, that the 

 slighest touch by the proboscis of an insect 

 entering the nectary, causes them and the 

 anthers to close firmly round it. I have 

 seen this plant with dozens of insects upon 

 it, Plusia gamma in abundance. — R. C. 

 Kingston, Brantingham Garden, near 

 Brough, East York, October 4th, 1865. — 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 



Capture of Argynnis Lathonia at Dover. 

 — On the 16th September, I captured in the 

 garden of Mr. T. Clark, nurseryman here, 

 a splendid Argynnis Lathonia. It settled 

 on a bed of Zinnias, and I let the net fall 

 perpendicularly over it, imagining it was 

 either Euphrosyne or Selene, but the sight 

 of the under-side of the wings at once 

 removed all doubt, the largeness of the 

 silver spots, and the row of seven brown 

 rings with silver centres, giving the insect 

 a truly queenly appearance. The specimen 

 was very perfect, and did not seem to have 

 suffered at all by its long flight, supposing 

 it to have crossed the channel. The speci- 

 men, which is a female, has laid three eggs 

 since I caught her. — John D. Richardson, 

 Conservatory Cottage, Charlton, Dover, 

 Kent. — Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 



