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preceding weeks rendered notable captures scarce and we (who 

 were not looking for them) saw no uncommon Lepidoptera, 

 among which Tortrix viridana swarmed everywhere on oak and 

 was equalled in number only by vast hordes of Orchestes fagi on 

 beech, the leaves of which were turned half brown by their 

 ravages. Osmylus was netted ; Anoplodera unusually common 

 about Holland's Wood; and Asem.um found on fir-posts; but 

 Anthaxia was not seen when the May blossom was over. We 

 want an entomological guide to the Forest badly ; Hutchinson's 

 book mentions only a few species and terms Cicadetta, which 

 is by no means uncommon locally this season, " Cicada hsema- 

 toides"; the Victoria History list is peculiarly poor in the less 

 worked groups. 



On the contrary, Brandon in May afforded capital collecting, 

 and we have never, during fifteen years, seen insects of all 

 Orders so abundant there. The Staunch and its carr were 

 unusually dry for the time of year, yielding Hehrus ruficeps, 

 Plocioinenis fracticollis, Chri/somela graminis, and larvae of Sesia 

 hemheciforinis ; beetles, though not Diastictus, occurred plenti- 

 fully at the latter locality, with such things as Trox sahidosus 

 (seventy were counted in rabbits' fur), Onthophilus sidcatus (in 

 rabbits' holes), Ajihodius constans, and Cistela liiperus. About 

 Lakenheath Phyllohius viridicoUis was in great numbers, with a 

 few Trigonoinetopus frontalis. Some sixteen kinds of sawflies 

 and about forty Parasitica turned up in a few days. Brandon 

 and Tuddenham Fen, where we also did well, should be more 

 patronised by entomologists ; the ' White Hart,' at the former, 

 is a capital inn, whence all the best spots are easy of access. 



C. M. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Gynandrous Lyc^na ICARUS (alexis). — I should like to record 

 in the ' Entomologist ' the capture, on June 9th, near Boscastle, in 

 North Cornwall, of a perfect gynandrous specimen of Lyccena alexis, 

 left side male, right side female. I should also like to record the 

 capture, in my garden here, of a number of specimens of Apaniea 

 ophioqramma. — L. F. Hammond ; 17, Foxley Gardens, Purley, Surrey, 

 July 7th, 1911. 



Apatura iris, &c., in Haslemere District. — While out for a 

 stroll some three miles from Haslemere town, on Tuesday morning 

 last, the 11th inst., I was surprised by a fine male Apatura iris, 

 which suddenly appeared in a woodland path along which I was 

 walking : it settled about six yards in front of me, in a slightly damp 

 place on the path. By carefully approaching, I w^as successful in 

 netting it. In the same locality I saw a nice sprinkling of Limenitis 

 Sibylla, as well as a number of Argynnis _po_^j///rt. — Bertram E. 

 Jupp; Lyn Lodge, Camelsdale, Haslemere, July 13th, 1911. 



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