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cause of these migrations, as I have seen suggested, one would expect 

 both species to be affected in the same year. — C. W. Colthrup, 141, 

 E. Dulwich Grove, London, S.E. 



A Plea for the Preservation of Etichloe Cardamines. — On 

 one of the rare outings which we have been able to permit ourselves 

 this Spring, to wit, on May 24th, we passed a most enjoyable afternoon 

 at Horsley. 



Leaving the station, we tramped a mile or so along the main road 

 until we turned oft' down a lovely little lane, so narrow and so rough 

 as not to allow the passage of the motors, which went rushing off one 

 after the other to the left along the wider road. 



As the sun was extremely powerful, and it happened that we had 

 brought with us neither net nor camera, we rested long on the grassy 

 banks, spangled with the starry stork's-bill, bright blue speedwell and 

 mj'osotis, with masses of fool's parsley and hedge garlic, beloved of 

 Euchloe canlaiiiinen ; the fresh green of the banks and hedges, the 

 beautiful play of sunshine on the road, together with the shadows 

 thrown by the tall elms, the songs of numberless birds, and the genial 

 warmth, the peace and restfulness of the whole scene were altogether 

 delightful. 



One thing, however, was lacking ! Where were the multitudes of 

 butterflies of various species, Avhich, in Spain, Switzerland or France, 

 would have given an entrancing air of life and movement to the 

 scene? Certainly, a solitary and lonely-looking Kuchlo'e cardmnines 

 appeared here and there, flitting from flower to flower of the stork's 

 bill, testing the delights of each, or settling on the hedge garlic, 

 displaying its charming orange tips, which seem to speak to one of 

 Spring sunshine. 



Farther down the lane, when at last we continued our walk, were 

 one or two others, flying over and above the hedges, the orange tints 

 being quite distinctive even at a distance. 



We were congratulating ourselves that there were a few, if only a 

 few, of these spring butterflies left to brighten the lanes of Surrey, 

 and turned away to the right to ascend through a wood, when down 

 the slope towards us, came an entomologist, armed with big black net, 

 no doubt bent on slaughtering our poor cardamines .' 



We did so wish that something could be done to protect these and 

 others of our beautiful lepidoptera, in places where they are evidently 

 becoming fairly worked out. 



If only all collectors of British Diunti would sometimes leave their 

 nets at home on nice sunny days, and take their pleasure in observing 

 the habits of insects instead of diminishing their already extremely 

 small numbers ! 



I understand that, on the following Saturday, a party of between 

 twenty and thirty lynx-eyed entomologists scoured the same district, 

 the average " bag " being extremely small. Is it to be wondered at ? 

 — Rosa E. Page, (B.A.), New Cross, S.E. [Report hath it that very 

 little " scouring " was done. — H.J.T.] 



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In the Fievtie Memuelle, for April, M. Lambillion announces an 

 aberration of Fijrameis cardui as new. He describes it as follows : — 



