12 NOVEMBER 1921, Page 15

COMA BUTTERFLIES.

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")

Spa, I wonder whether any of your readers have noticed the number of Coma Butterflies (C. Album) that there have been this autumn? I have been collecting in an amateurish Ivey for many years, but had never previously seen one alive. Last month I caught several specimens in my garden, and a friend of mine, who' is much more of an entomologist than I am, says that he never saw them in this neighbourhood before, but has seen many specimens this season.—I am, Sir, &e.,