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of keeping the resulting butterflies as mementoes of our pilgrimage, 

 than with the hope of breeding an aberrant form to which we might 

 assign the name " selborniae." We next proceeded to climb " The 

 Hanger," which is a steep, well-wooded, chalky slope, rising 300ft. 

 above the village. This we ascended by the very zigzag path con- 

 structed in the time of the great naturalist. On our way up we 

 noticed several very interesting plants, but no insects whatever. At 

 the top is an extensive plateau covered with gorse, blackthorn, oak and 

 stately beech, while here and there are graceful festoons of the wild 

 clematis. Our first entomological efforts were directed to this creeper, 

 but resulted only in some small larvie of Geometra vcrnaria. Fyrcuiwu 

 atalanta, a single specimen sailing round the topmost branches, baffled 

 all our efforts to imprison him. Next we attacked the beech trees, 

 from which we soon succeeded in obtaining larvae of Zonosoma Unearia, 

 but in no considerable numbers. Other beech-frequenting larv» here 

 were Hi/lnphila prasiiuoia and Mctrocampa niariia)itata, the latter very 

 small, but extremely lively. This we also found on blackthorn, 

 together with a single Eitpithecia exir/nata. Among the beeches we 

 observed two imagines of Cidaria i)ii)iicinata, one of which I caught. 

 How anyone can confuse this species with its near ally C. ntasata, is 

 to me incomprehensible, the line traversing the centre of the hindwing 

 being blunt in rnsmta, whereas in iiiuiuinata it is distinctly angulated. 

 Just before descending from the plateau (where Vmnpannla f/lowerata 

 grows in abundance), we found a single larva each of (Josmotriche 

 potatoria and luichdia jacohaiae, and at the bottom of the Hanger we 

 netted a couple of Pluua <iainina, doubtless immigrants. Owing to 

 the absence of the sun we noticed no Pj/raiiicis canlui at Selborne, and 

 for the same reason, doubtless, other day-flying species were not visible. 

 The village itself is extremely picturesque, and its environs would 

 delight the heart of any true lover of nature, such as its famed 

 historian was beyond the shadow of a doubt. — (Kev.) Gilbert H. 

 Raynok, M.x\., Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Essex. Septcmlwr 28th, 

 1903. 



Pyrameis cardui in Essex. — It may be worth recording that I 

 have seen Pyramcb cardui at Leyton, and also one example on 

 September 30th at East Ham, where it was flying along the Barking 

 Road. Of those at Leyton one was seen in my own garden, one in a 

 neighbour's garden, and one flying along the high road on Septem- 

 ber 30th and October 1st, and have seen more since. I do not think 

 they bred here, for there are no thistles. — C. P. Pickett, F.E.S., 99, 

 Dawlish Road, Leyton, S.W. October ith, 1903. 



Pyrameis cardui at Chichester. — This butterfly made its appear- 

 ance here, as in other parts of the country, towards the end of 

 September, the first I noted being on the 24th of that month, a 

 sultry day with dense fog in the early morning, clearing afterwards. 

 In company with Fyraiiwia ataUmta, several were seen flying in the 

 garden, a species of Scdniii proving a great attraction. — Joseph 

 Anderson, Aire Villa, Chichester. October 8t/i, 1903. 



Pyrameis cardui at Bedford Park. — It may be interesting to 

 note that I saw Pi/ra>iieis cardui flying strongly over the rough growth 

 in a waste field adjoining Bedford Park the last week of September, 

 apparently quite unbroken though a little faded. — J. C. Dollman, 

 F.E.S., Hove House, Newton Grove, Bedford Park, W. 



