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which might have been that of a Pieiis in the sunlight. 

 Female : March 28 ; April 23, 27. Observed on three 

 different days in March and A))ril. Total number of appear- 

 ances of Gonepteryx, fourteen. 



6. Vanessa /o.— March 23, 28, 29 (hybernated) ; April 3, 

 7, 8, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29; May 24. Observed on twelve 

 different days in March, April, May. 



7. V. Poli/chloros.— March 28 (hybernated); April 11, 21, 

 22 ; May 2. Observed on five different days in March, 

 April, Mav. 



8. V. UrliccB.— March 24, 28 (hybernated); April 20, 21, 

 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; June 3, 27. Observed on 

 fourteen different days in March, April, June. 



Total number of appearances of Vanessas, thirty-one. 



9. Pyrarga Egeria. — April 23. Observed on one day in 

 April. 



10. S. Meg(Bra.—May 20, 30, 31 ; June 1, 2, 4, 9. Ob- 

 served on seven days in jNIay and June. 



11. Coenonympha Pampliilus. — May 30. Observed on 

 one day in May. 



12. Satyrus Janira.—Jime 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29. 

 Observed on seven different days in June. 



Total number of appearances of Satyridae, sixteen, 



13. Chrysoplianus Pldceas. — April 22. Observed on one 

 day in April, 



14. Pol yammatus Alexis. — June 9, II. Observed on two 

 days in June. Total number of appearances of Polyommatus, 

 two. 



15. Pamphila Sylvanus. — June 9. Observed on one day 

 in June. 



Occurrence of genera: — Pieridae, seen sixty-six times; 

 Vanessas, thirty-one; Satyrids, sixteen; Gonepteryx, four- 

 teen; Chrysophanus, once; Polyommatus, twice ; Pamphila, 

 once. Total number of appearances, one hundred and 

 thirty -one. 



Of the said diurnal Lepidoptera, the three common species 

 of Pieridie would a))pear to occur most uninterruptedly when 

 they do arrive, but they are by no means the earliest seen. 

 Compare the following: — GonejJteryx Rhamni, earliest seen, 

 March 18; latest seen, April 28 or June 5 (uncertain, how- 

 ever), Vanessa lo, earliest, March 23; latest. May 24, 



