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fashion, and at ordinarily unaccountable times. The sallows were well 

 out in February, and by the middle of March were getting past. The 

 moths that frequent the sallows commenced about the middle of 

 February, and continued throughout the whole of March, coming 

 fearlessly in the bright moonlight, and occurring at early dusk after 

 the hot days, even when radiation later in the night produced a slight 

 frost. They were still coming during the first week of April. On the 

 first of that month, Pachnobia rubricosa and leucographa, Tceniocamjja 

 gothica, gracilis, vmnda, cruda, stabilis, instabdis, Orrhodia vaccinii, and 

 other species appeared near Hereford, Avhilst the following day Li/ccena 

 argioliis was noticed in Dr. Chapman's garden. rieris rajxe were 

 abundant, but I had seen these repeatedly in London during the three 

 preceding weeks. April 3rd gave us a number of Micropleryx purpurella, 

 semiptirpurella and 1 sangii (?) flying over the birches, whilst large 

 numbers of Diunioia fagella were on the trees. Lemnatophila salicella 

 was also taken in the doctor's garden, and by the end of the Aveek, 

 Li/ccena argioltis proved to be common. Of the genus Vanessa, only io was 

 noticed, but Grapta c-albnm was seen on the 2nd, and several at Stoke 

 Edith on the 5th, when also Lithocolletis faginella occurred on the beech 

 trunks, and a pair of Pier is brassiae, in cop. were observed. On Ajjril 29th 

 a day in North Kent showed Pararge cegeria, almost over, P. megcera, 

 Pieris napi, P. rap^e, P. brassiae, Argynnis euphrosyne, in greater numbers 

 than I have noticed it for many years, SyrichtJms malvce, well out, 

 together with Chortobins pamphilns. Phoxopteryx lundana, obtusana, 

 Catoptria albersana, C.ulicetana, Pardia tripunctana, CnepJiasiainiisctdana, 

 Stigmonota perJepidana represented the Toktrices whilst Psyche pulla, 

 Swaiitmerdainia pyrella, Micropleryx cullhella, swarms of Tinaguia seri- 

 cieUa, an occasional Asychna nwdestella, Elachista rv/ocinerea, E. cygnipen- 

 nella, Tischeria marginea were captured, and a number of common Litho- 

 collelido} observed. A few odd specimens of Cidaria russala, C. corylala, 

 and Loniaspilis marginala were met with, and an odd larva of Thecla 

 ic-albnm came down at the first time of asking, when I tried to see if the 

 larva was yet about. I consider this not at all a bad show, for a few 

 hours of rather lazy observation, at this time of year. On April 30th 

 I noticed Sliginonola inlernana, and swarms of Catoptria ulicelana on 

 Blackheath. The dates of first appearances should be carefully kept 

 this year, some will probably be record dates for the century. — 

 J. W. TuTT. May 2nd, 1893. 



Lyndhurst. — I sjient a few hours at Lyndhurst on April 3rd, but 

 without any very great results. Of the hibernated Diurni, GonepAeryx 

 rhajimi reigned supreme in point of numbers, the $ s being busily 

 engaged in ovipositing on the terminal shoots of the buckthorn, whilst 

 the $ ? of Vanessa jwlychloros were frequenting the sallows with a 

 similar object. Of the freshly-emerged species, only the commoner 

 Pier idee shewed up, except one example of Lasioiurnala egcria — rather 

 early, I think. Anliclea badiala was to be taken on the fences, Tcplirosia 

 crepuscularia and an occasional example of Xylocanipa areola (lifhoriza) 

 on various tree trunks. By beating the pines I obtained plenty of larvae 

 of Thera variata and Ellopia prosapiaria (fasciaria), and by way of 

 relieving the monotony of the proceedings, an example or two of 

 Panolis piniperda would fall on the tray. Cicindela syUatica was very 

 common on the wing ; is not this rather early ? — James A. SiaiES. 

 April 20th, 1893. 



