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barrows, and other places of ancient burial ; I say remains, because nearly 

 all have been despoiled of their contents, such as urns, bronze-daggers, 

 sword-blades, &c. It is upon the sites of these ancient earthworks that 

 many Lepidoptera may be found. Upon two of the northern hills, viz., 

 Hambledon and Hod, which are divided from nearly all the others by the 

 River Stour, I have worked for Lepidoptera, especially Diurni, for the last 

 seven years, with a fair amount of success. I may, however, mention that 

 I have never met with a collector there, so imagine the district to be devoid 

 of entomologists. The hills are easily reached from all parts of the county, 

 booking by the Somerset and Dorset Railway to Shillingstone, and from 

 thence, a pleasant walk of about two miles, to the top of Hambledon, which 

 is about 800 feet high. Then one makes way towards the southern slopes, 

 when operations can be commenced by netting the following : — Melanargia 

 galathea, Pararge egeria, Epinephele hyper anthes, and var. arete (common), 

 Hesperia sylvanus, H. thaumas, H. comma, the latter very abundantly ; I 

 have never seen it in such profusion anywhere else. Amongst hazels, &c., 

 Thecla rubi, occasionally Argynnis papliia, A. euphrasy ne, A. selene. 

 Amongst the moths I have taken several Toxocampa p)astinum and Zygana 

 trifolii ; also some common species which I will mention shortly, but I do 

 not think there is much to be done upon this hill. No doubt the best 

 locality is upon Hod Hill, which is separated from Hambledon by a narrow 

 valley, and is in full view of the collecting-ground just described. Ascend 

 until the second entrenchment is reached, forming a miniature valley. It 

 is along here the species are most numerous, and where I have taken the 

 following : — Colias edusa (several), Gonepteryx rhamni, Satyrus semele 

 (abundant), Vanessa io, V. atalanta, V. urtica;, V. cardui and larvae, 

 Syrichthus malvce, Nisoniodes tages, Lyccena icarus, L. minima (only four), 

 L. corydon, L. bellargus (two last very abundantly), Zygana JilipendulcB, 

 Ino statices, Botys flavalis, Pyrausta purpuralis, Ennychia nigrata aind. an 

 allied species with bars straight ; Chcerocampa porcellus and Nemeophila 

 plantaginis are very common, males flying freely during sunshine, and often 

 to their cost, as I have watched the swifts (Cypselus apus) feeding upon 

 them, even two or three sometimes being caught at a sweep by one of 

 these birds. I have not observed them treat butterflies in a similar 

 manner. Species found upon both hills are: — Pieris napi, P. rapoB, 

 P. hrassicoB, Euchloe cardainines, Ccenonympha pamphilus, Polyommatus 

 phlceas, Pararge megcera, Epinephele iaiiira, E. tithonus, Argynnis aglaia, 

 &c. By the above notes it will be seen that several species found upon Hod 

 do not occur upon Hambledon, and vice versa. The list is small, but no 

 doubt it could be enlarged; still thirty-three out of our limited number 

 of butterflies are to be found on these two hills. In conclusion I may 

 mention that I visited Hod in the first week of September last, and took 

 several of the second brood of Lycmia bellargus ; of L. corydon I captured 

 seven perfectly fresh males and two females, and saw several others on the 

 wing, but worn ; L. icarus and L. astrarche were fairly common. — I. H. 

 Fowler ; Grove Road, Wimborne, Oct. 1, 1889. 



Lepidoptera of the New Forest. — I was at Lyndhurst from July 

 31st to August 5th last, and consequently I read Mr. Blaber's " Notes 

 from the New Forest" (Entora. 261) with a good deal of interest. To the 

 list of butterflies given by Mr. Blaberl am able to add a few other common 

 species which I came across during my visit, namely, Lycczna icarus and 

 L. agestis (both in bad condition), Hesperia thaumas and H. sylvanus 



