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of Z. trifolii^ in a small marshy field of very rank growth (for informa- 
tion concerning which I am indebted to Mr. Tugwell), Mr. Abbott and 
myself secured some of the most remarkable blotched varieties I have 
ever seen, and some remarkable for their large size. Of micros I can 
say but little, not having worked the same up, but took a few Stenia 
puncialis on the sugar on the Downs (last year on one evening this 
species swarmed). Botys flavalis occurred in its usual plenty, and 
during August (working only very occasionally) a few B. asmalis were 
netted or boxed off the sugared Eupatorium heads, the foodplant, 
madder, occurring in some plenty on some banks bordering the marsh. 
Agdistss betinetii were also freely flying on the marsh, over the sea- 
lavender, a very unpleasantly damp locality to work — which, however, 
has to be done for Nonagria geminipimcta which has occurred again 
freely, but is more restricted in its habitat even than last year — Mr. 
Abbott and I had one good morning’s work, cutting the reeds, which I 
find this year backward and very small, thus compelling the larva in 
almost every instance to leave the reed in which it has fed, even in the 
last stage, and pupate in quite fresh stems ; and, as well-grown reeds 
were scarce, this caused rather a run upon pupating-accommodation, 
accounting for my finding as many as four pupae and one larva in an 
apparently healthy reed. This adds much to the difficulty- of finding 
the insect. - • 
Should the autumn prove equal to the summer and be a little more 
favourable to outdoor work, I think the season will prove to have been 
a not unfavourable one. 
Of captures of rarities I hope to be able to record more as the season 
progresses, so far my only good species is Triphcejia subsequa^ one at 
sugared thistles on the Downs, July gth, and this owing to the growth 
of our knowledge of the species can, I am afraid, no longer be regarded 
a rarity. — Albert J. Hodges. August i$fh, 1891. 
Hepialus velleda in Games. — Whilst at Wicken, Mr. McLachlan, 
F.R.S., sent me a wing of H. velleda found in an outhouse in the village. 
— J. W. Tutt, Westcombe Hill, S.E. 
Mortality among larv.e of Chelonia caja. — I, too, have been 
rearing caja larvae — in fact, I do so every year in the hope of obtaining 
varieties. My experience this year is identically that of Messrs. Milton 
and Quail, see E 7 it. Record^ vol. ii., p. 118. Half of my larvae died 
— certainly not through either unhealthy food or overcrowding. This 
is remarkable, as the number of imagines should correspond to the 
number of caterpillars — they are so easy to rear. — J. Arkle, Chester. 
Capture of Hesperia lineola in Cambridgeshire. — Whilst col- 
lecting on the edge of Burwell Sedge Fen on August 2nd, a skipper 
flew across my path, which, on being netted, proved to be Hesperia 
lineola. There is no doubt that this species is widely distributed in 
England, and will probably prove as common as its congener, H. linea. 
— J. W. Tutt. August, 1891. 
The Fauna of South London. — I have read with much interest 
the notes (vol. i., p. 349, and ii., p. 68) by Messrs. Turner and Cansdale. 
Having collected here since 1874, I may make a few additions to the 
list. The following I have taken myself in Sydenham (several seem to 
have disappeareKi within the last few years) : — Argynnis euphrosyne, 
Vanessa polychloros, Pararge megcera, Epinephele janira, Haliasprasi- 
