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lirius and Macliaon, Rhodocera rhamni* Euchloe cardamines,* Pieris brassicce, 

 rapes, napi, Colias Edtcsa* and Si/ale, LeucopJiasia sinapis,* Melitaa Phcebe, Breii- 

 this Z)ja*and Selene, Argynnis Latona,* Yanesso lo and polychloros, Grapta c-alhum, 

 Pararge Megcera* and ^geria, Ccenonymplia Pamphilus,* Polyommatus PhlcBas,* 

 P. dorilis,* LyccBtia Icarus, Astrarche* and Orion,* Nemeohius Lucina, Spilothyrus 

 alcecB. Those with an asterisk in some numbers. The other butterflies met with 

 in the neighbourhood about the same date were 7'. urticcB, polychloros and Antiopa, 

 Anthocharis Belia, Thecla rubi, Syrichthus Sao, Thanaos Tages. No doubt some of 

 these would have been seen in the warm corner with the others, had a longer time 

 been devoted to it. Though the species are all more or less common, the occurrence 

 of so many species forming so large a proportion of those out at the time, within 

 such narrow limits of time and space, so early in the season, seemed to me to be 

 interesting. 



Such occurrences as that of Gnophos variegata as larvte and imagines on adjacent 

 rocks are not uncommon, and illustrate the effects of the combinations of summer 

 and winter that occur here, and the potency of aspect under such conditions. — T. 

 A. Chapman, Locarno : April 14th, 1899. 



Diptera from New Forest and Sutton Coldjield, 1898. — Last year most of my 

 collecting was confined to Sutton Coldfield ; the only serious attempt outside that 

 neighbourhood being a visit to the New Forest district with Mr. Wainwright for a 

 few days, May 29th — June 5th. This was a disappointing trip as the weather was 

 for the most part cold and ungenial, consequently insects scarce ; still a few good 

 things were taken. Among the TipuIidiB, Dicranomyia stigmatica (2) $ , Limnobia 



subtincta (2) J in Matley Bog. Asilidas : Neoitamus cyanurus, Dioctria 



celandica. SyrphidcB were poorly represented, Syrphus decorus (1) being the 



best capture. Cephalops auctus {common), Pipizell a virens, Orthoneura brevicornis 

 (1), Cheilosia antiqua, Volucella injiata, Mr. Wainwright took eight on hawthorn 



bloom. Chrysotoxum sylvarum and elegans. TachinidcB : Servillm ursina, 



Gymnochata viridis, Nemorcea ccesia (1), JExorista lucorum, Pelatachina tibialis, 

 Degeeria collaris, Bothria ccesifrons, this last species was the only one at all 

 common. Sarcophaga hcemorrhoa (1), Chyliza leptogaster (1). A trip to 

 Bournemouth was responsible for Eutolmiis trigonus (8), Cheilosia vernalis, Gonia 

 capitata, Hydrotau ciliata (2), Pelecocera tricincta (2). A few hours in a sheltered 

 lane at Swanage on a bitterly cold windy day produced : Pipizella virens, 

 Orthoneura nobilis (1), Chatolyga quadripustulata, Meigenia floralis, Polidea cenea, 

 Hyetodesia signata, and lasiophthalma. These, together with the Hymenoptera 

 taken there, incline me to believe that Swanage would pay to work in favourable 

 weather. 



The principal captures at Sutton were as follows : Pachyrrhina scurra $ , 

 Syrphus grossularice (2), Platypeza infiimata* (one in my garden), Orthoneura 

 elegans, and nobilis (2), Qhrysogaster virescens, splendens, Cheilosia vernalis, 

 Platycheirus manicatus, a specimen without the yellow spots on abdomen. 

 Criorrhina Jloccosa, oxyacanthce, Brachypalpus bimaculata,* Chmtolyga quadri- 

 pustulata (7),* Macronychia polyodon (1),* Metopia rufitarsis (5),* Thryptocera 

 occurred commonly in my garden on Rhododendron leaves and turned out to be 

 three species, crassicornis, pilipennis, and mhiutissiina (1), that is if the two first 



