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of Biston hirtaria, being some three or 
four weeks earlier than any of my pre- 
ceding captures at the commencement of 
the season. — G. Keen, 1 , Manor Place , 
Walworth ; January 31. 
Scotosia Rhamnata. — A specimen of 
this insect has been lately given me by a 
friend who has given up collecting: it 
was caught by him in a garden at 
Chiswick. — Alfred Lloyd, Belsize, 
Hampstead, N. W. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Lepidopxera. 
Butterflies in Perthshire. — Of the 
twenty - five common butterflies only 
twenty -one answer to their names in 
Perthshire ; the missing four are Melitcea 
Artemis, Argynnis Euphrosyne , Thymele 
Alveolus and Thanuos Pages. On the 
other hand, we have Polyommatus AEgon. 
[Can this be the fact, or is it a female 
Alexis?] In No. 161 of the ‘Intelli- 
gencer,’ I see that you consider the 
occurrence of Leucophasia Sinapis near 
Perth as problematical; from all that I 
could learn, I think some common Pieris 
must have been mistaken for Sinapis. 
The captor was quite a beginner, and as 
soon as he (as he thought) had ascertained 
the species he flung the specimen away ! 
However, I will visit the locale this year, 
and do my best to clear up the matter. 
I have never seen anything of Argynnis 
Euplirosyne here, though Selene is com- 
mon enough. Melitcea Cinxia is found 
in Argyleshire. I have seen a specimen 
taken there by a Perth entomologist, who 
did not know which Fritillary it was. 
[Probably it was Artemis .] He told me 
it was very local — only to be found in a 
marshy place of small extent on the side 
of a hill. — F. B.W. White, A thole Place, 
Perth ; Jan. 19. 
EXCHANGE. 
Camptogramma Gemmuria and Flu- 
viata . — Having a few bred duplicates of 
the above, I should like to exchange 
them for any of the following species, 
as numbered in the Appendix to the ‘ Ma- 
nual 122, 134,202, 203,210,212, 215, 
222, 385, 463, 475. Geometrae, 527, 532, 
534, 535, 549, 569, 570, 574, 580, 583, 
588, 590, 592, 600, 601, 602, 610, 618, 
650, 657, 661, 662, 665, 666, 667, 669, 
671, 672, 673, 679, 681, 684,685,689, 
693, 695, 699, 733, 736, 739, 766, 770, 
798, 809, 824. Only perfect specimens 
acceptable. My series consists of two 
males and one female. Write first. 
I shall be glad to hear from those 
friends to whom I have promised the 
species, as well as from those who have 
not returned my boxes. — E. S. Nor- 
combe, 5, Salutary Mount, Heavitree, 
Exeter; Jan. 26. 
Exchange . — I have a quantity of pupae 
of Papilio Machaon to exchange for any 
local species. I have also ova of Hypo- 
gymna Dispar to give away. — G. Lumb, 
Kirhgale, Wakefield ; Jan. 30. 
Exchange . — I have a pair of Aclierontia 
Alropos, which I shall be glad to ex- 
change for a pair of British specimens of 
Sphinx Convolvuli, or of Deilephila Galii 
or Euphorbia. I have also four perfect 
cabinet specimens of Thecla W-album, 
for which I wish to obtain four Poly- 
ommatus Arion. I have likewise dupli- 
cates of the following, as numbered in 
the Appendix to the ‘Manual:’ — 3,21, 
31,41,50,57, 74, 1 39, 233, 238, 25 1 , 258, 
348,357,360,361, 403, 416. My wants 
are as follows: — 11, 23, 38,40, 43, 68, 
69, 89, 90, 145, 151, 157, 207, 209, 232, 
236, 279, 306, 389, 428, 470,471,491. 
I shall be glad to hear from any gentle- 
man having any of my desiderata to 
spare. I have some silkworm’s eggs to 
spare, and will forward some to any 
gentleman who will enclose a stamped 
