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Polia cki. — 8. 



Apatelia aceris.—5. Two Chelmsford, A.G., 1846. Three VVitham, 



Walford, 1846, one of the latter being a large female with 



beautiful radiated hindwings. 

 Enmohia ocJiroleuca. — 3. One Chelmsford, 1844, A.G. Two Dover, 



Leplastrier, 1846. An interesting record from Chelmsford 



so far back as 1844. The species still occurs periodically in 



the neighbourhood. 

 Abrostola triplasia. — 1. From Seaman of Ipswich. 

 Ahrostola urticae. — 5. One Chelmsford, 1844. One Epping, 1842 



and one Witham, Walford, 1846. 

 PUisia iota { = v-aiirei(ni). — 3. 

 Phisia percontationis ( = iota). — 1. 

 Plusia interrogationiif. — 1. Perthshire, 1846, Weaver. 

 Pluaia (lanima. — 6. 



Plu>iia chrysitis. — 7. One Chelmsford, 1846. 

 Plnsia festticae. — 2. Preston, Hodgkinson, May, 1846. 

 Heliothis peltu/era. — 1. Penzance, 1842. Looks like an immigrant. 

 Anarta vujrtillL—i.. One Tiptree Heath, Essex, 1844. It still occurs 



there sparingly. 

 Anarta cordigera. — 1. Perthshire, May, 1846, Weaver. 

 Anarta vidua { = melanopa).—2. Perthshire, June, 1846, Weaver. 

 Anarta lieliaca. — 1. Colchester, 1843. 

 Erastria uncana. — 2. Horton Moors near Carlisle, June, 1846, 



Hodgkinson. 

 Erastria hankiana. — Killarney, Weaver, 1846. 

 Erastria fuscida. — 2. Witham, Walford, 1846. Still occurs in this 



part of Essex, but is scarce. 

 Phytometra aenea. — 5. 

 Acoswetia rnfiila ( = cali(jinosa.). — 1. A female, Dorsetshire, J.C. Dale, 



1845. 

 Acosmetia arcuosa. — 3. 



Stilbia anotnala. — 1. Perthshire, July, 1846, Weaver. 

 Mormo ntaura. — 8. 

 Catocala nitpta. — 8. 



The Butterflies of Dauphine. 



By A. S. TETLEY, M.A., F.E.S. 

 Although the butterflies of Dauphine have been pretty well worked 

 by English collectors, some account of a month spent in that province 

 during last summer may be of interest to past and to future visitors 

 with the net. We left England on July 20th, and returned on August 

 15th. The weather was generally fine, for we got off with only three 

 wet days ; but the average day temperature was below the normal, and 

 the nights, even in the lower parts, often very cold. A brilliant morn- 

 ing was frequently followed by a cloudy afternoon, and even when the 

 sky was clear there sprang up after midday a strong westerly wind, 

 which lowered the temperature and cleared the butterflies away as if 

 by magic. The promise of an early season in April and May was com- 

 pletely falsified by the bad weather of June and early July, so that the 

 later Satyrids and the second broods of other butterflies were decidedly 

 behind time. The Alpine flowers were simply glorious, early and late 



