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Migratory Locust taken in Ireland. Several B. Galil bred from caterpillars. A 

 few Bath White Butterflies in England. 



tl836. A migrating column of the Painted Lady Butterfly observed in the 

 canton of Vand, Switzerland. Argynnis aphrodite, a North American butterfly, 

 taken in Warwickshire. 



*1837. A migration of Dragon-flies in Southern Fi-ance in September that 

 darkened the air and loaded the plants. Camberwell Beauty taken near 

 London. 



*1839. Clouded Yellows common, catei-pillars plentiful. 



1840. Extraordinary number of leaf-crickets at Saint-Geniz lo Bas, in the 

 South of France, at the end of the spring. Caterpillars ravage at Odessa. 



1841. Locusts appear during the month of May in Spain in quantities; said 

 to have migrated from Africa. 



*1842. A vast flight of White Butterflies {Picris Brassicce) from the Conti- 

 nent to the coast about Dover, and of the Painted Lady [Vanessa cardui) at 

 Corfu, in the direction of Otranto. The Pale Clouded Yellow Butterfly {Colias 

 Hyale) abxmdant, and spreads over England as far as Derbyshire and Yorkshire. 



*1844. The Clouded Yellow plentiful in England. 



1845. Locusts become a plague in Algeria. 



tl846. "Remarkable Year." Mild winter. The Queen of Spain and 

 Camberwell Beauty butterflies abound ; all the rare Hawk Moths taken in 

 numbers in this country during the autumn. A flock of White Butterflies crosses 

 the Channel ; and a cloud of locusts passes over Banff, Moray, and the Zetland 

 Islands in August. L. trifolii at the Land's End. C. Fraxini taken. General 

 migration. 



*1847. A few of the insects of the previous year turn up in places. Pale 

 Clouded Yellow Butterfly common. 



1848. The Clouded Yellow Butterfly captured in Scotland, otherwise rare. 



*1849. A few Pale Clouded Yellows. Dia's Fritillary said to have been taken 

 near Birmingham. 



*1852. The Clouded Yellow {Colias Edusa) extends to Scotland. The Oleander 

 Hawk taken at Brighton. The Convolvulus Hawk Moth common. 



1856. Hair Streak Butterflies and other Lepidoptera common. 



*1857. Hot summer. The two Clouded Yellow Butterflies plentiful. Hyale 

 on the coast of Sussex and Kent, Edusa reaching the south-west of Scotland. 

 CamberweU Beauties and Convolvulus Hawks. The Rocky Mountain Locust 

 devastates in America. Oleander Hawk taken at Brighton. The Large Copper 

 Butterfly has disappeared from our fens previous to this date. 



1858. The Black-veined White Butterfly multiplies in England. Camberwell 

 Beauty taken in the autumn. Edusa in the North of England. 



*1859. The Clouded YeUow Butterfly multiphes in England. Bath White 

 (p. Daplidicc) common. 



1860. Hawk Moths. Deilephila Livornica in the spring and Choirocampa 

 celerio in the autumn. A few Convolvulus Hawks and 0. litnari.s. The cater- 

 pillar of the Oleander Hawk found. The variety Cleopatra of the Brimstone 

 Butterfly taken near Rotherham. 



*1862. Edusa extends to Scotland. Nerii taken. Several Celerio and 

 Livornica. 



1863. A few of the migrating Hawk Moths. 



•1864. Rocky Mountain Locusts devastate the Western States of America. 

 Two Queen of Spain Butterflies (A. Lathonia) and two Celerio Hawks. 

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