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A. levana {prorsa). It was almost pathetic to watch the insects 

 trying to get some moisture out of dried-up stream beds. In one 

 spot near here there had been a shght leakage from a water-pipe by 

 the roadside, causing a moist patch in the dust. Here assembled 

 were three V. antiopa, some other common butterflies, and possibly 

 thousands of small and large dipterous and other thix'sty insects. 

 V. atalanta appeared on July 29, and antiojya was now common. 

 On the Konigstuhl, near the Kohlhof, a solitary A. latonia was netted, 

 and walking thence to Neckargemund, many species were found 

 common. From Neckargemund along the low-lying land bordering 

 the Neckar as far as Schlierbach are several favourable spots for 

 collecting, but owing to the drought the grass land was so scorched 

 that no doubt conditions were not so favourable. A visit earlier in 

 the season would be more productive of Lycaenidse, ^c The usual 

 clover insects were seen, also P. machaon. L. dorilis was netted, and 

 also P. semiargus. I had no other opportunity of returning to this 

 rather promising locality. I find that my total list of butterflies 

 taken or noted amounts to thirty-two, and this no doubt might have 

 been extended considerably by further exploration and information 

 as to localities. My collecting was limited to what could be done 

 during morning walks in the near neighbourhood, and as it was almost 

 my first experience of Continental butterfly hunting, it proved of much 

 interest to me. There may be some readers of similar limited ex- 

 perience whom these rough notes may interest. — E. Octavius Croft, 

 M.D., F.E.S. ; 28, Clarendon Eoad, Leeds, August 31st, 1911. 



Collecting in North Devon in 1909-1910. — Having had the 

 privilege of spending some short holidays at an out-of-the-way spot 

 in North Devon, some notes of my captures may be of interest. My 

 first visit in 1909 only extended over three days, May 29th, 30th, 

 and 31st, but the weather being fairly propitious, the following 

 species were taken or noticed : — Eupithecia -pidchellata, Canipto- 

 (jramma fl^iviata (taken after a rain-storm at 3 p.m. at rest on flowers 

 of Anthyllis vulneraria growing on the cliffs on the shore). I be- 

 lieve this species is very seldom found in the perfect state. Sericoris 

 littoralis flying amongst Statice armeria, Pyrodes rhedieUa flying in the 

 morning sunshine over hawthorn, Phalonia (Eujycecilia) atricapitana 

 amongst ragwort [Senecio jacohcecB), Adela fibulella sunning itself on 

 the flowers of the germander speedwell {Veronica chamcedrys), Ghryso- 

 clista aurifrontella, Lampronia luzella (on the wing at 11 a.m.) and 

 several larvae of Lasiocampa quercus feeding on bramble in the hedge- 

 rows, and also larvae of Ebulea crocealis on the leaves of Inula dysen- 

 terica. Quite a feature of the said hedgerows were the flowers of 

 the red robin or campion {Lychnis dmrna), which I had never 

 previously seen so brilliant or luxuriant. My second visit in the 

 same year extended from July 27th until August 14th. In the 

 morning of July 28th on some rough ground above the cliffs I took 

 Aristotelia {Monochroa) tenebrella, Satyrus semele, Acalla hohniana, 

 and Epihlema trigeminana, whilst in the afternoon in a typical 

 Devonshire lane I netted one Lampronia luzella (presumably a 

 double-brooded species) flying in the sunshine, and beat one Lithosia 

 complanula out of a hawthorn hedge. In the evening amongst rag- 



