THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
85 
There are in the Cabinet of the 
British Museum, 1 male and 2 females. 
In J. C. Dale’s, 2 males & 2 females. 
In Mr. Englehart’s, 1 male & 1 female. 
In Sir C. R. Lighton’s, 2 "males and 
2 females. — J. C. Dale, Gian. IFoot- 
ton, Sherborne, Dorset. 
A bodiless Butterfly . — In corrobora- 
tion of the Statements which have 
recently appeared in the “Entomolo- 
gist,” reheadless and wingless moths 
flying about as if nothing had happen- 
ed, I may mention that my brother, 
Beverley It. Morris, Esq., told me, 
some years ago, that he saw, or 
caught, a small Tortoiseshell Butter- 
fly, flitting hither and thither, quite, 
to all appearance, contentedly and 
merrily, minus a body. If on its 
way to the “ Butterflies’ H Ball, and 
the Grasshoppers, feast,” it would, no 
doubt, goon sipping ad infinitum, like 
Baron Munchausen’s horse, who, 
when the Baron stopped to let c him 
drink after a long ride, went on so 
long that, at last, on turning round, 
he saw that his hinder half had been 
cut off by the fall of the portcullis at 
the last town he had been at. — Rev. 
E. 0. Moeeis, Nunburnholme Rectory , 
Hayton, near York. Oct 13, 1862, 
Hydrocampa Rivulalis . — I again 
met with this species at the end of 
July and beginning of August, and 
collected, about fifty specimens of vari- 
ous degrees of perfection, I should think 
that the larvae must be similar in 
habit to Ahose of Potamogalis and 
Nymphmlis since the localities where 
I met with the imago were in no respect 
peculiar. — P. C. Zeller, Meseritz. 
Oct. 6th, 1862. 
Emigration of Insects. — The last 
two leaders in the “ Weekly Entomo- 
logist ” open a new question. Will 
they bear the Naturalist’s test? Let 
us see. 
In “Immigration,” it is under- 
stood that we confine ourselves to 
South European species. If we grant 
the power of flight, for the sake of 
argument, to this must be added 
length of sight also, or how could the 
insect see the tempting Dover Cliffs ? 
( where, by the way, very few of the 
South European species have been 
taken). 
Let us admit the capture of Bceticus 
in England. We cannot doubt that 
of Daplidice, — therefore, let us ex- 
amine the probability of its having 
flown over, taking recent examples 
as our test. 
Mr. Buxton took this species in the 
“ Pens,” far from the sea, fine as 
bred. This could not have been, had 
it flown at all, — much less if it had 
come from the Continent in the perfect 
state. Again, as Butterflies live but 
a few days, ( except hybernating spe- 
cies ) have all their natural enemies, 
and do but want flowers, why should 
this one fly into the 41 Fens,” after 
it landed at Dover, on the flower- 
covered cliffs. If it is said that it 
went in search of a suitable locality, 
then, as we have granted it power of 
flight, we may also grant it a rambling 
disposition, and this might account 
for its leaving home at all. I fear, 
