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either. On the last day of our stay, however (the 13th inst.), in 

 company with Mr. Gray and his eldest son, we, at my suggestion, 

 tried another (though likely-looking) piece of ground, and had not 

 long commenced operations before a specimen was started up and 

 taken by Mr. Gray ; and shortly afterwards I had the pleasure of 

 capturing another. We therefore decided to remain where we 

 were rather than revert to the old locality, and after a long 

 morning's work our perseverance was rewarded by the muster 

 amongst us of no less than eight captures, our onl}'^ regret being 

 that we had not discovered this resort sooner, as some of the 

 specimens were rather worn and broken. The following is, I 

 believe, a correct list of all other captures this season at Dover : — 

 One taken by a lad on the 10th (near the old ground) ; three 

 (one being a cripple that could not fly far) by Mr. Gray, jun., 

 and one by another gentleman on the lith; two by Mr. Webb, 

 and two by Mr. Gray's sons on the 15th ; one by Mr. Davis, 

 of Dover, and two by Mr. Gray on the 17th ; one by Mr. 

 G. Gray, jun., on the 18th ; one by Mr. Gray, jun., and 

 one by a lad (at some distance from this spot) on the 20th ; 

 and two by Mr. G. Gray, jun., on the 21st; making twenty- 

 five in all, the "Queen of Spain" thus proving herself a 

 brilliant exception to the general entomological poverty of the 

 season. Mr. Gray has kindly forwarded to me (alive) day by day, 

 as taken, most of his own and his sons' captures. I would only 

 add that during the whole of our stay the prevailing winds were 

 rather towards than from the French coast. — E. Sabine ; 17, The 

 Villas, Erith, September 27. 1882. 



LYCiENA CoRYDON IN Kent. — Although the season has been a 

 bad one for Lepidoptera generally, yet in justice to some of the 

 Diurni I must say that I have found them more than usually 

 abundant, such as Gonepteryx rliamni, Satyrus hyperanthus, and 

 Lyccena Corydon ; indeed the latter were out in countless 

 thousands at one inland spot in this county, and I was able to 

 secure a very fine lot of varieties, including some beautiful upper 

 sides of the female, in all shades of colour from light brown to 

 almost black, a good number having much blue on all the wings. 

 I attribute my success in a great measure to the place bting 

 (as I believe) quite unknown to collectors, having never met with 

 or seen anyone about ; and a remark made to me by a workman 

 in the locality, " Sir, I've heerd tell of you butterfly-catcher 



