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V. caraui, one captured, (Jourbevoie. V. urticic, fairly common, Cour- 

 bevoie, Pare Maison Lafitte, Forest of St. Germain. V. c-albuin, one 

 or two seen ; one in Eue des Dames Augustins, Neuilly. S<iti/rus 

 ianiiii, common. S. tithoims, common (in July). S. vicera, a few seen 

 in Forest of Fontainebleau ; I did not succeed in taking any. S. hi/per- 

 anthus, fairly common on one or two occasions, Forest of St. Germain, 

 Pare Maison Lafitte. Metanan/e i/a'atea, very common, Courbevoie, 

 Pare Maison Lafitte, Forest of St. Germain. Gcenonumpha arcanins, 

 common in Forest of Fontainebleau; also noticed, but more sparingly, 

 in Pare Maison Lafitte and at Courbevoie, and in Forest of St. 

 Germain. ('. pamphiins, eommon and generally distributed, not so 

 common at first ; it would seem, as C. arcaniiis, more abundant in July. 

 Si/ricJit/iHs alreohis, two captured. Forest of Fontainebleau. PamphUa 

 sylrauus, fairly common, Forest of Fontainebleau, Cbantilly, Pare 

 Maison Lafitte. P. linea, fairly common, Forest of Fontainebleau, 

 Pare Maison Lafitte, Courbevoie, &c. Septembek. — Coliaa edusa, fairly 

 common, Courbevoie. C. hijale, fairly eommon, Courbevoie (rather 

 commoner than 0. ediisa). Synchlo'e daplidice, fairly eommon, Cour- 

 bevoie. Pieris hrasftico' and P. iap(e, abundant, Courbevoie. l^anesm 

 ill, fairly eommon, Courbevoie. V. e-albiDit, two captured, Boulevard 

 Bineau, Neuilly. T'. urticce, a few seen, Courbevoie. V. atalanta, one 

 or two, Boulevard Bineau. V. cardni, two captured, Courbevoie. 

 Sati/nis ifjieria, one seen, Versailles. Ari/i/iuds latonia, one seen, 

 Courbevoie. — (Rev.) F. A. Walker ; Dun Mallard, Cricklewood. 



Notes on the Lepidoptera observed at Chichester and Neigh- 

 bourhood IN 190L — I might begin by saying that never in my 

 remembrance has there been a worse season for Lepidoptera than the 

 past. The first insect which emerged in my breeding-cage was a 

 specimen of CncuUia verbasci on April 28th. On May 1st Lijcmna 

 arf/iokis was seen flying in the garden, and was fairly abundant during 

 the month. On the 20th Bnpalm piiiiaria was taken by my friend 

 Mrs. Fogden at Goodwood, near here. Li the autumn of last year I 

 took from a gas-lamp a female of Ennonio^ autiininaria, which deposited 

 a large number of ova. These first hatched on May 28th. The larvae 

 were fed almost exclusively on oak. A little poplar was also given 

 now and then. They were full-fed about the middle of July, the first 

 pupating on the 20tii of that mouth. From some unexplained reason 

 the larvae when quite full-fed began to die off. They remained in a rigid 

 posture for days together, and died in this position, clasping the stems 

 of the oak or poplar. Up to this time they appeared perfectly healthy. 

 The first imago, a male, appeared on August 11th, and I subsequently 

 obtained a good series of this once coveted and very beautiful "thorn." 

 Early in June Clwlonia villica were found, and a SwerintJnis tilicB 

 emerged ; a few days later S. ocellatus. On the 19th Mrs. Fogden took 

 at sugar Xruwnia popnlariii and Miami strigilis. I first met with 

 Anticlea ruhidata on July 3rd, which was almost the only geometer I 

 obtained worth mentioning. On July 12th I saw a Vanessa poli/rJdnros 

 flying in the garden ; the first time I believe that I have seen it since 

 1878. On the 12th I took ludis venmi-in, hesiien from clematis ; on 

 the 22ud Act alia emarcjinata. On August 7th my first larva of 

 Acherontia atropos was found on potatoes. In this month four Colias 

 hyale were taken by my brother, Mr. Frederick Anderson, at clover. 



