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advi'i-tist'd colU'ctions. produce about t'"). Tiu'ii thei'c is tlic wcaltliy 

 collector, who must have the specimen, and simply runs all opposition 

 off its letj;s. It may be urt^ed that this is dero.^atory to science, and 

 that we should not descend to these particulars. We can only reply 

 that this is the only method left now by which one can collect l>ritisli 



JE^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



HYBEKNATIN(i PlUSIA BRACTEA L.^KV-E. Iliad 10() lurV;eof /'. hrdctid. 



which went into hybernation about September 20th, 1H95, when 1 

 removed them to a muslin bag. This was not disturbed during the 

 Avinter (except on moving here from Enniskillen, last November, when 

 the bag was packed into a tin, to travel). On opening the bag, on 

 February 15th, there were only five larva^ alive, and these I placed on 

 groundsel, growing in a pot. One died on March 2.5th, and the four 

 survivors are now full-fed. One commenced to spin (April 10th) on 

 the muslin cover of the pot. I should add that since February 15th 

 the larva^ have been kept in a, room in which there has l)een a tire 

 during the aftei-noon and evening, and so are somewhat forced. 

 Should I have the luck to get ova again, I should certainly try to 

 force the larva' from the first. — (Capt.) E. W. Ijrown, Roval Barracks, 

 Dubhn, Aiu-il, 1H96. 



Spring notes. — Hybernated larvte have been very plentiful this 

 spring, after the mild winter. The Holly Blue {( 'i/aiiiris an/iolus) has 

 been unusually abundant. The spring brood is generally very rare, 

 the second brood being the more numerous. — J. Mason, Clevedon 

 Court Lodge, Somerset. Mai/, 189G. [This is exactly contrary to our 

 usual experience in Kent, where the second brood is always very rare. 

 —Ed.] . 



The winter has been so unusually mild, tliat many larva' supposed 

 to hybernate have, in my boxes, been feeding slowly all the winter. In 

 the open, also, many larvie, such as Antia r'dlica, Siillnsiniiii fidiniiiosd, 

 are much more abundant than usual, and very forward. — C. ^^'. 

 Williams, Penarth. Mai/, 189G. 



I paid my first visit to the river- wall on Easter Monday, and found 

 on the sea-wormwood cases of < 'uleophara inaritiiiwlla and larvf^ of 

 i'liorddi'xiiia xiiiarat/daria. The cases of ('. iiniritiiiidla are studded 

 with small particles of grit, like those of ( '. laripennella. The larvte of 

 P. -viiarai/ilaria were almost naked, and have not yet (April 13th) 

 shown any disposition to assume their spring attire. — F. (1. Whittle, 

 8, Marine Avenue, Southend. April, 1896. 



IkiTTERFLiEs ! BuTTERFLiEs ! ! — I never expected again to sec here 

 so many butterflies on the wing as have lately appeared. For many 

 years I have not seen butterflies so plentifully as I fancy I used to do ; 

 but for the past month butterflies have really l)een plentiful. All 

 common species, no doubt. Hybernated Ai/lais nrticac have never been 

 in such force. Ci/aitiris an/idlKs uaed to be seen two or three a day, 

 this year two or three could be taken at one sweep of the net. 

 I\. rrt/v/«////H^'.s- is abundant, not to speak of I'icris rajnn' and /'. )i(i/ii. 1 

 have not yet seen /'. hrassicac I'aran/r inc(jai'ra abounds. Vainssa in, 

 P. ei/cria, ( 'liri/snplia)n(s plihiras, ('octKnu/iinilia paiiiji/iilus, r(ili/i/(i)iia 

 c-albiiw have also put in an appearance. All this at my own door, 



