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examined in the restricted Devonshire locality, thoiig-h Teucriuni and Nejyeta 

 grew in the vicinity. De la Garde has already recorded the species from 

 Dawlish and Braunton, in the same county. — G. C. Champion, Horsell : August 

 26th, 1916. 





 Trichopleryx fratcrcula Matth., in Yorkshire. — In January of this year, my 

 good friend I»r. W. J. Fordham, of Bubwith, very kindly sent me, as he has 

 done for several years, a large quantity of flood refuse from the Yorkshire 

 Derwent. This proved to be pretty rich in beetles, among which I paid special 

 attention to the smaller forms. The Trichopterygidae were submitted to 

 Mr. H. Britten, of Oxford, who very generously worked through them. He has 

 returned four specimens as Trichopteryx fratercula Matth., this being a new 

 county record. The species is marked as a doubtful one for Britain in the 

 Exchange List of Messrs. Newbery and W. E. Sharp, 1915, although Mr. Britten 

 tells mo that he has seen several specimens previously. — Geo. B. Walsh, 166, 

 Bede Burn Eoad, Jan-ow-on-Tyne : September 12th, 1916. 



Vanessa urticae and other butterflies in Co. Monaghan. — With reference to 

 Dr. Chapman's notes (pp. 186 and 207), it may be of interest to mention that 

 Vanessa urticae was noticed near Emyvale, Co. Monaghan, in fine condition 

 between Augtist 4th and 11th. In the beautiful weather, when windows and 

 doors outside and inside were wide open, these butterflies sometimes wandered 

 through the house m which we were staying. No doubt some of them would 

 later take up a position in the hollows of the cornices, and i-emain there for 

 hibernation as they did last year. Other butterflies seen during the same period 

 were Pieris napi, very common, flying especially over the bogs and meadows in 

 great numbers ; Epi^iephele jtiriina, Aphantopiis hyperanthus, and Pararge egeria, 

 common and almost vxniversally distributed, but nearly all much worn excepting 

 some of the first-named on the higher ground, where one Coenonyrnpha pamphi- 

 lus was seen ; Dryas paphia not uncommon, and apparently just coming out 

 during the earlier days of the month ; and Polyommatus icarus, nearly all much 

 worn. P. egeria shows no sign of decadence in the district ; wherever there is 

 a scrap of woodland it is the butterfly most in evidence, and it is to be seen 

 along the roads and in lanes when these are sheltered by overgrown hedges of 

 privet, sloe, hawthorn, and bramble. My son, who remained in Ireland for some 

 time after I left, reported Vanessa io and a fresh brood of P. egeria on the 17th 

 of the month. 



Both in Ireland and Inverness-shire, where I spent the second half of July, 

 also in fine weather, butterflies seemed to be quite up to the avei-age in numbers, 

 but some of them were certainly later than usual in appearing. — Kenneth J. 

 MoBTON, 13, Blackford Road, Edinburgh ; August 31st, 1916. 



