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very common, whilst fine large Urbicola comma hustled everywhere. 

 Over the willows a few bright males of < 'elastrina argiolus flew almost 

 unceasingly, whilst the darting Euralis betulae either took flight 

 from a willow leaf as one approached or sat less suspecting on the 

 Enpatorium blossom. Here and there a second-brood example of 

 Leptidia duponcheli, with more frequent /.. sinapis, was to be 

 observed. I'p towards the poplars, where the spring rises, was quite 

 a number of Limenitis Camilla, two or three couples being disturbed, 

 the males particularly small, and, if I remember rightly, these pigmies 

 always carried the females when in cop. Only a few odd Scolitantides 

 baton were observed, and a solitary Rumicia phlaeas. Two quite 

 different forms of Hesperia alveus worry one — one large, strongly 

 marked with clear white, and the undersides of some of these as 

 bright red as in Poicellia sao, the others smaller, greyer, with smaller 

 dots, and rather of the usual form. An occasional worn Nisoniades 

 tages suggested that the partial second-brood was over. Polygonia 

 c-album still haunted the Eupatorium blossom, and Pyrameis cardui, 

 of the most lovely colour, was frequent. Flipparchia actaea, like 

 Coenonympha ilnriis, was over, although shadows of the fo 



in plenty. In the weedy field Heliothis dipsaceus, Pyrausta 

 purpuralis, very small, Pyrausta sanguinalis, Homaeosoma sinu- 

 ella, Acidalia promutata, A. rubricata, Botys flavalis, Endotricha 

 dammealis, Crambus geniculeus, Odontia dentalis, and Emmelina 

 monodactyla were taken. A single individual which I am not prepared 

 to refer to Setina irrorella with certainty, because it may be S. aurita, 

 and an abundance of larva? and their beautiful cocoons of Simaethis 

 nemorana (?) on the fig leaves are perhaps the only other species 

 noticed worth mentioning. The great abundance of Mantis religiosa 

 at this time is perhaps worth noting, and, on the rocks by the side 

 of the road, the large females were in considerable numbers, no doubt 

 there in order to lay their eggs, which some did in due course, after 

 they had been in England a week or two. There were large numbers 

 of males and females everywhere among the herbage. 



Lepidoptera in Cumberland — Buttermere, etc. 



By GEORGE WILKINSON. 

 A journey to Buttermere in search of larva 1 of Melampias epiphron 

 was very disappointing. With a companion, I set off about three 

 o'clock on the afternoon of June 29th. We went via Dean Moor 

 and Ennerdale, along the mountain path, up through Scarth 

 (la]» to Eonister, and buck via Buttermere, Crummock, and Lowes- 

 water. On the moor at Dean, which looks a good place for collecting, 

 1 noticed a few Saturnia pavonia Hying furiously. This is a xwy late 

 date tor this species in ( iambi Hand. 1 took a, few ( 'oenonympha pamphilus 

 and Rumicia phlaeas, and noticed several xmcvos^Glyphipteryx nisi-,,. 

 viridella, Ephippiphora cirsiana, Gelechia ericetella, Crambus pratellus, 

 Catoptria ulicetana, Ephippiphora pflugiana, etc. At Ennerdale, 

 Larentia viridana (pectinataria), Cabera pusaria, C. eccanthemaria, and 

 Melanippe montanata were very common. By seaching the fir-trunks 

 I got three nice Hadena dentina and one Gonodontis l>i<l, nt<ttii. 

 Hepialus velleda was netted as it flew about above the rushes which 

 grow along one end of the lake. 



