20 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Sherwood Forests. T. Pruni ; common ; Barnwell Wold. 

 These hairstreaks seemed very fond of the bramble and 

 privet blooms, and we found that the best way to take thera 

 was to stand near a good batch of bloom, and wait. 

 L. Asellus ; one, by beating sallow; New Forest. Z. Meli- 

 loti; not uncommon in one particular ride in Stubby Copse; 

 New Forest. C. miniata; Barnwell Wold and New Forest. 

 L. mesomella; New Forest. E. dolobraria ; Sherwood 

 Forest. N.zonaria; Wallasey. P. Cytisavia and M. Euphor- 

 biata ; New Forest. C. Populata; common; Huddersfield. 

 E. lineolata; Wallasey. A. Aceris; SouthamjDton. X. He- 

 patica and M. anceps; Barnwell. L. Cespitis; Sherwood 

 Forest. X. Polyodon ; one or two, very dark ; Muker, North 

 Yorkshire. A. caliginosa ; New Forest. N. glareosa ; in 

 profusion; Sherwood Forest. T. opima ; Wallasey. E. Ful- 

 vagOj E. nigra, and M. Oxyacanthse (dark var.) ; Sherwood 

 Forest. H. Atriplicis and C. Scrophulariae ; Whittlesea. I 

 also saw one specimen of C. promissa at the New Forest, but 

 unfortunately missed it. — ♦S'. L. Mosley ; Edwinstowe, No- 

 vember 16, 1874. 



Vanessa Urticce in 1874. — It would be interesting to 

 have some account of what was observed by entomologists 

 last year in the matter of the appearances of this insect. 

 In the vicinity of Gravesend there were certainly a k\\ 

 stragglers about on the wing during April and May, but, 

 though I examined nettles in many spots, I saw no broods of 

 larvae in the early summer, at the time they are usually 

 noticeable, and from these fresh specimens ought to appear 

 some time in June. I do not know how it may have been 

 elsewhere, but I strongly suspect that about this part of 

 Kent there was only one brood of V. Urticae, the larvae of 

 which I saw in July : this would be consequent upon the cold 

 and dry weather of the spring months retarding oviposition, 

 or killing, possibly, some individuals before that could take 

 place.— J. R. S. Clifford. 



Scarcity of Pyrarga Eyeria (Entom. vii. 129). — I much 

 incline to your correspondent's opinion that P. Egeria has 

 been written about in books as being much commoner in 

 Britain than is actually the case, though in some localities it 

 may be abundant. Of course it is possible that the species 

 may have been more generally abundant before so wholesale 



