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England at the time, cannot vouch for the truth of the statement. 

 Of the Hesperidse, Hesperia sylvanus and H. linea were naturally 

 the most plentiful ; but my brother took a good series of Niso- 

 macles tages and Syrichthus malvce at Sherborne (Dorset), where 

 he says they were fairly abundant. — Minnie Kimber ; Cope Hall, 

 near Newbury, Berks. 



Lepidoptera in the Isle of Wight. — Amongst other insects 

 the following fell to my net last summer in the Isle of Wight : — 

 Male and female Sphinx convolvidi, Sesia fuciforinis, Colias edusa, 

 Limeiiitis sibylla (scarce), Thecla betalcB, and T. prun'i, at Fresh- 

 water. The Pieridse were pooi-ly represented, considering the 

 favourable locality ; indeed, there seemed to be a general scarce- 

 ness of insects, especially of the Noctuae. — M. H. Grant ; 

 60, Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park, February, 1888. 



Lepidoptera of Glamorgan. — Though several entomologists 

 of great merit are to be found in other parts of the country, this 

 particular corner of Glamorgan is almost virgin soil to the col- 

 lector. Were this county more carefully hunted I am sure we 

 should figure oftener in lists of localities. Our geological forma- 

 tion is blue lias, and our soil a stiff yellow clay heavily charged 

 with lime — a most unpropitious one for pupa-digging ; but this is 

 compensated for by the unusually large amount and variety 

 of timber, oak, ash, and elm being well represented. Situated as 

 we are on the coast, within a mile or two of the southernmost 

 IDoint of the principality, and facing the south, we enjoy an excep- 

 tionally mild, not to say " muggy," climate. Some of our most 

 characteristic Rhopalocera appear to be Argynnis papliia, Vanessa 

 atalanta, Mclanargia galatea, and Thecla quercus, and I have 

 also taken T. w-album. In the year 1877 we had our full share 

 of Colias edusa, when I could have boxed any number on 

 the clover-fields along the coast, and when I was fortunate 

 enough to secure two very perfect specimens of the variety helice, 

 which I still possess in all its primitive freshness. I have sought 

 for Ajjoria craUegi, reported from Cardiff yeai's ago, but in vain, 

 though blackthorn abounds. Here, as elsewhere, there appears 

 last year to have been an abundance of Sphinx convolvidi ; 

 numerous captures are reported from Swansea, and one flew in 

 through my bedroom window to a lamp. In a previous year 

 I took one on palings in July. Last June I took a specimen of 



