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Barrett derived material for the record quoted. It may also be 

 worth remark that as far back as the "fifties" Stainton gives 

 no Bucks, localities, though Mr. South, in his ' Butterflies of the 

 British Isles,' says that "it has long since been ascertained to 

 occur in almost every county in England and Wales." That it 

 should not favour the Chilterns is, therefore, astonishing,] 



38. Epinephele jurtina, L. Always abundant throughout 

 the summer. 



Earliest seen, June 3rd, 1912; latest, September 27th, 1913. 



39. BJ. tithonus, L. Generally distributed over the range. 

 Earliest seen, July 15th, 1889 ; latest, August 21st, 1913. 



40. Aphantopiis hyperanthus, L. I believe this butterfly is 

 common on the foot hills in July, as I find plenty of wasted 

 females in August. I have caught no aberrant' forms, owing no 

 doubt to my being absent at the normal time of flight. 



Earliest seen, July 2nd, 1908 ; latest, August 21st, 1909. 



41. Coeiwmjmjjha pamphilns, L. Continuous from May to the 

 end of September. 



Earliest seen. May 2nd, 1912 ; latest, October 3rd, 1903. 



42. Melanargia galatea, L. At the end of the nineteenth 

 century it looked as if M. galatea had followed not a few of the 

 reputed Chiltern butterflies to extermination. In the " sixties " 

 it was reported well distributed in the eastern area. I have 

 always hoped to re-discover it in these and other haunts 

 once frequented ; but though personally unsuccessful, having 

 communicated a likely spot in the middle region to my 

 correspondent, Mr. S. G. Castle Russell, I was delighted to 

 receive a letter from him last year containing the much-desired 

 news. Mr. Russell writes :—" On August 5th, 1913, I ascended 

 high ground, and worked a very grassy slope on the right, the 

 left side being wooded. About 200 yards further on the road 

 dipped steeply, and on the right side the ground was fairly 

 level, being the base of a shrub-sided hill, rather like Boxhill in 

 appearance. On the other side of the road the ground sloped 

 into a deep hole with woods at the end, and on this ground I saw 

 two or three galatea. I noticed them particularly, because I 

 remembered that in your article you had made remarks about 

 their disappearance." At the western limit, in the neighbour- 

 hood of High Wycombe, Mr. Peachell reports that it occurs in 

 several spots ; but, as a rule, in small numbers. Mr. Spiller's 

 account for 1914 is even more encouraging: — " Saw it in scores 

 this summer on the Bucks, hills ; very local, extending over five 

 or six acres." 



I have now come to the end of my Chiltern catalogue of 

 butterflies. It is not as full in species as the bag of many 

 a single day's collecting on the Continent. All the same, it will 

 be seen that my correspondents and I have observed more than 



