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abundance, though there were " lulls " in its appearance. We caught 

 P. podalirius on March 19th, and again on the Slst, when we also got 

 Polyommatus pJdceas and Ccenonxjmpha pampliilus. On March -^Srd we 

 got Thecla rubi — the specimens were in splendid condition— and also ob- 

 tained Hemerophila ahrnptaria, Phlogopliora meticulosa, and Agrotis excla- 

 mationis in the evening. On March 29tb we got Thestor mauntanica. 

 This species was extremel}' local, being found in a few square yards only. 

 On April 4th my father rode to a lake about sixteen miles from our house 

 and collected around it; he went to a place in which he had caught Thestor 

 balltis einht years previously : the wind was blowing hard, but he managed 

 to catch twelve specimens in fair condition. The next day we got Lycmia 

 bcetica, and a very dark olive female example of Thaisrumina. On March '^and 

 we saw the females of Gonepteryx cleoputra depositing eggs on an evergreen 

 shrub near the gravel-pit mentioned above ; we took the eggs as she laid 

 them, and brought them home; we also found two newlv hatched larvEe 

 two or three days later. The first larva hatched out on April 1st, and was 

 in pupa by April *21st, and a fine male emerged on Mav 10th. The others 

 did about the same. The caterpillar is grass-green, with a pale line down 

 each side, and never changes much in colour from egg to fuU-growti. On 

 April 8th my father saw a hyberuated Charaxes jasius which is found here, 

 but the fresh ones come out in August; it feeds on the arbutus. On 

 April 13th we all went out to the " pig-sticking " camp, and took our nets 

 and other appliances, but there was not much time for butterflving. The 

 lamps at night attracted Pseudophia tirrhcea, Arctiavillica, and a huge red 

 eggar female in numbers; also Agrotis saucia ; we caught Catophia alehy- 

 mysta also. 



I have now returned to England, having left Tangier on April 27th, and 

 have heard from my father that he has caught Ckcerocampa celerio and 

 Saturni pyrl, some eggs of which I now have. It was really too early in 

 the year for the majority of insects, but, nevertheless, it was very enjoyable 

 collecting, and one could get excellent specimens of every sort. I found a 

 lot of larviB, which were very gregarious at tirst, but spread out when they 

 grew older; they were black when small, and bright yellow hairs with long 

 white hairs when full-fed. The have all pupated, but no imagines have yet 

 emerged. I forgot to mention three varieties of the lappet-like larva — 

 bright chestnut, dull brown, and grey, as in quercifolia. — G. Meade- 

 Waldo; care of P. Williams, Esq., Eton College, Windsor. 



COLIAS HYALE AND VaIUETIES OF SyRICHTHUS MALV.E AND MeLIT^A 



CINXIA IN THE IsLE OF WiGHT. — AmoHg my Captures of Diurni in the 

 Isle of Wight, during Whit-week, were a perfect specimen of Colias hyale, 

 one of Syrichthus malvcB [alveolus] var. taras, and a striking variety [a. 

 male) of Melitaa cinxia. — R. S.Mitford; 35, RedclifTe Square, South 

 Kensington, June 20th, 1901. 



Lepidoptera IN THE New Forest AT Whitsuntide. — Three days' 

 collecting at Lyndhurst, with Mr. A. D. Wilson, of Fife, produced satis- 

 factory results. ' Argynnis euphrosyne and Gonepteryx rhamni swarmed all 

 over the forest, while Thecla rubi and Nemeobius lucina were abundant, the 

 latter in Stubley Copse. As usual, Macroglossa fuclformis and M. bomby- 

 liformis were fairly common near the railway line at Wood Fidley. Among 

 other moths taken were : — Drepanafalcula. I), ungulcula, Lithosia aureola, 

 Boariiiia consortaria, Ligdia adustata, Macraria itturata, Thyatira bails, 

 Dicranura vinula, Euclidia mi, Odontopera bidentata, Arctta meiuUca, 



