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Taenioccniijia (jotlnca, T. /lulrcriih'nta, fairly abundant, and PacJinubin 

 nibricnsa (two). I also took a few larvie, among others a small larva 

 of Eutricha qnercifolia, but what astonished me most was the entire 

 absence of Triphaena nmbria larvsp, of which, at this time last year 

 we took several dozens. — Ibid. 



Lepidoptera at Southend. — tUibeniia rupicapraria was first seen 

 here on February 1st, and on the 21st several larvae of Porthesia 

 mnilis were found in their siken hybernacula tucked away in crevices 

 of oak-bark, w^hilst the first Hybirnia nian/inajia was observed on the same 

 day ; an example of the latter species, however, emerged in one of my 

 breeding-pots on April 12th. Four examples of Pi'tama imhecidnaa 

 emerged on April lst-2nd from puptt obtained from Rannoch larvfe in 

 1902. Auipliiiliti^iiii strataria emerged here on the 9th, and Eriocrania 

 unhiiaculella was taken in lovely condition on the 10th. — F. G. Whittle, 

 8, Marine Avenue. Southend. April IHth, 1904. 



Lepidoptera at Lyndhurst. — The only real observation of 

 importance made so far seems to be the extreme lateness of the 

 season. I spent Easter (April 1st) onwards at Lyndhurst, but only 

 captured the common Taeniocampids, r/:., 'raeniocainpa ifot/iira, 

 T. pnlvf'ruloita, T. stabilin, in addition to a female Xijlena socia. 

 Two examples of Panolu pirn per da were knocked out on April 6th 

 whilst beating for larvae of Thera variata, and now AniHoptenjx 

 (ifsi-iilaria and FJiipithi'ria piom'lata are just putting in an appearance. — 

 R. B. Robertson, Forest View, Southborne Road, Boscombe. 

 AprU 8th, 1904. 



Ten days at Hyeres (March 20tb-;-iOth, 1904).— The winter here, 

 as in England and everywhere else I hear of, had been dull and damp 

 and chilly, and now the season is certainly very late, the last ten 

 days, corresponding perhaps to about the first ten days of March in an 

 average season at Cannes, though, curiously, some things are earlier 

 whilst the mass are late. March 28th marks the first Cist us in flower, 

 the first Jiisnitello in blossom, and one odd luirhlo'e fiiphennides seen 

 and taken. The ten days have had only one warm, four windy and 

 two wet. The larvfe of Cliaro.rcs jasiiis are rather scarce, possibly due to 

 the bad winter, but more probably to over-collecting. At present there 

 are at Hyeres a good many butterfly people, and of these six at least 

 have larviP of C. jai^iKs. With two friends I joined in a search for 

 larvfe on the 28th, we picked up about 14 ; 1 heard of two persons 

 going over the same ground next day, they found only one. Mine 

 were handed over to another member of the party, but even so, I do not 

 feel quite clear that I am not in some degree guilty of the overeollection 

 referred to. ( '. jasius would certainly be extirpated very shortly, were 

 it not that it had a summer brood, in which its efforts to increase are 

 no doubt much less interfered with. Of those taken very few were in 

 the last skin, illustrating the lateness of the season. Thestor ballits is 

 certainly well harried, but from the extended nature of its habitat, is 

 probably in less danger than < '. jasius. An odd specimen was seen on 

 the 21st, two were taken on the 23rd, on the 29th it was very fully 

 out, but not perhaps completely so, females being comparatively rare, 

 and all, or nearly all. in first-rate condition. On the same date five 

 specimens of 'Hun's int'drsirastc were taken. On the 21st the first T. 

 pohj.rrna var. rassaiidra was taken, and three have since appeared, but 

 only one per diem, they are line and fresh. Pohfoinniatiis baton is not 



