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OBSERVATIONS. 
Lemdopxeba. 
Doubted Britons. I saw one of the 
Welsh specimens of C. Ilera, in the 
British Museum, mentioned in the 
‘ Zoologist ’ pp. 7864 & 7912. I have 
one from Dr. Abbot, — a Guernsey 
specimen, I believe, — where also, 
the late Dr. Bromfield told me he saw 
it ; and a most beautiful sight it was, 
when flying quickly past him. I have 
also a specimen of Callidice from Dr. 
Abbot, ticketed glacialis, but in his 
mss. a butterfly is mentioned as P. 
raphani taken by him, Aug. 6th. 
1799. Whether it refers to the above 
or to a variety of napi ? also in his 
collection, I know not. Mr. Sircom 
had a Callidice “ taken July 1842 by 
Mr. Forsbery (as on ticket) when 
angling in the river Chew, at Reyns- 
ham, Somerset,” but doubted after- 
wards by Mr. Sircom. 
Uo doubt many mistakes have 
occurred, do occur still, and will 
continue to do so, but it is as well to 
record any captures, with the au- 
thorities, and when proved to be 
correct, or otherwise, it will be time 
enough to expunge, or to admit them. 
I know a person who said (I believe 
in print) that, though he did not 
doubt D. Eupliorbice having been 
taken formerly, yet, as no recent 
capture is recorded it ought to be ex- 
punged ! Dr. Cocks, wrote me some 
years ago that he had a specimen of 
D. Galii taken near Sidmouth, 
When his insects were sold this spec- 
imen proved to be Hippophaes ! and 
was therefore doubted as British. 
Some people say, 11 we do not believe 
it” and yet it may be true, and others 
may have far more cause to believe. 
But, I ask, “ can they prove it to be 
untrue”? Here we have an assertion 
and on their side a disbelief only. 
Dr. Abbot stated that he took Pod- 
alirius, Daplidice and Latona all in 
one year ; — the first in May, the other 
two in June. I told J. F. Stephens 
that I saw the first in July, only a 
few days after seeing it. He shook 
his head and said that “I must be 
mistaken. He went to Dover and 
took the other two in the following 
August. Coincidences favor my not 
having been mistaken ! This was in 
1 8 1 8, a most favorable year for insects, 
and I suspect that 1803, when the 
