38 



Sjprings o/'1830 and 1829 compared. 



**Libellula depr^ssa appeared 

 ** quadriinaculata appeared 

 ** ae^nea appeared 

 **Melitae^« Euphrosync appeared 

 **Pan6rpa communis appeared 

 Swifts appeared 

 iScarabae^us auratus appeared 

 ** Cockchafer appeared 

 Martens appeared 

 Chrjsis ignita appeared 

 Geometra implicaria 

 Libellula pueJla appeared? \ 

 Lai'ge May-fly appeared * J . 

 iScarabae'us horticola appeared 



1830. 



May 4 



i> 



7 



8 



10 



14 



17 



21 



29 



1829. 



May 29 



June 2 



2 



May 3 



29 

 April 23 



May 29 

 29 



It will immediately appear, on looking at the above calendar, 

 that in every instance of comparison the occurrences were con- 

 siderably earlier in 1830 than in 1829, with the exception of 

 three (viz. flowering of iScilla nutans, and the appearance of 

 the swifts and martens) which were later, and one (viz. the 

 appearance of /S'carabae'us hordeola) which tooki place oh the 

 same day in both seasons. r- , , ,. , 



I avail myself of this opportunity to record the last appear- 

 ance of our British i?irundines in the autumn of the present 

 year: — Swallow, Oct. 12.; Marten, Oct. 5.; Swifts, Aug. 26. 



The swallows and martens had for the most part disappeared 

 in this neighbourhood by the end of September : I observed 

 many of both species at Kenilworth on October 5th ; several 

 swallows at Allesley on the 7th and 10th ; and, lastly, one on 

 October 12thv I could not observe a swift in this parish after 

 August 3d. Many were still left at Warwick op August 11th ; 

 arid some continued thene.^till the.iieth.HrOw. the 26th of the 

 same montfc lobser'ted two flyings Jligh : in the vair between 

 Corley* ahd'Filldngley=fadjoining>parishe6 t^otAhi^)^ and, as I 

 concl5u4ei on th^ir traiel for ©dJigari .•Glim§JS,,^«theyv^w#re soon 

 beyond the range of my visioto^iioMi hm vjTjt;q -.ffii^.i. .i 



The. ftjite cold, wet, and i smnleSsf i fiummer, ^a^.^ -<?Qur,^Q, 

 exceedin^y unfhvourable to the appearance of di^iBnal lepi- 

 dopteVous^ ii^ects. On the 23d of- July I could, see but a 

 single e5^ainpile of Argynnis^ Paphi^ (silver-wsfshed fritillary) 

 in tbe neighbourhood of the woods in this parish, where I 

 have been in the habit of observing the insect in some abund- 

 ance. A solitary specimen of Van6ssa \o appeared on Sep- 

 tember 20th. During the whole autumn I could observe no 

 specimen of Cynthia cardui, nor of Vanessa C. album; and 

 but one only of Vanessa Atalant« on the 13th of October, 

 evidently just emerged from the chrysalis on that day. 

 Scarcely a specimen, indeed, was to be seen even of the very 

 common Vanessa urtlcae. 



