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Brephos notha. — Commonly met with in the woods, flying 

 in the sunshine in early spring; it has a partiality for settling 

 on the sandy roads which traverse the woods, and is very 

 easy to capture, 



Pliisia chri/silis atid P. Gamma. — Very abundant. 



P. Iota. — Not uncommon. 



Gonoptera Lihatrix. — Common. 



Amphipyra pyramidea and A. Tragopogonis. — Very 

 common. 



Catephia Alchymista. — Scarce. 



C. Fraxitii. — Used to occur amongst poplars in one 

 locality. I have seen specimens taken there, but in 1872 the 

 poplars were removed, and the insect has disappeared. 



C. nupta. — Very abundant. 



C. promissa. — Very scarce. 



Eiiclidia Mi and E. Glyphica. — Common. 



Halias prasinana. — Abundant. 



I cannot speak with certainty with reference to the 

 abundance or scarcity of those species of which I took but 

 one specimen. 



Many of our commonest English insects are absent from 

 the above list : especially conspicuous by their absence are 

 such as Caja, Lubricipeda, Menlhastri, Auriflua, Anliqua, 

 Neustria, &c. I can only say that I never met with them, 

 but I should not like it to be inferred from this that they do 

 not occur. 



I imagine that collectors of Neuroptera and Diptera would 

 have a great treat, especially in the pine forests. I was 

 terribly annoyed by several individuals, which I referred to 

 the latter order, some of them inflicting as much pain by their 

 bites as a surgeon's lancet. 



Arthur Wm. Paul. 



Waltham Cross. 



[I think the absence of the undermentioned butterflies, so 

 familiar to English entomologists, may also be mentioned : — 

 Galathea, Egeria, Scmele, and Rubi ; as well as the more 

 local Artemis, C-Album, Epiphron, Lucina, and Betuloe. — 

 Edward Netcman.} 



