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Heath, but in no other locality in the neighbourhood. Out of the seven 

 species of " Skippers " that we possess in this country, I have taken five 

 this year, all in one spot. Hybernatecl specimens of V. cardui were rather 

 plentiful in 1862, but none have been seen since. Of the " Blues " we 

 find four species, and they may all be taken on the same hill as the 

 '' Skippers." All the following species have been taken by myself 

 except Edusa and PohjcJdoros, which only visited Wycombe three or four 

 years ago. I have seen the specimens that were then caught. I append 

 a list, ommitting only those species that are '' common everywhere." 

 Goncpteryx rhamni. Common. 

 Colias edusa. Taken three or four 



years ago. 

 Argynnis pajyhia. Head quarters at 



Winch Bottom. 

 J . Euphrosyne. Dean Garden Wood. 

 A. selene. Taken this year on Wy- 

 combe Heath. 

 F. polychloros. Taken three or four 



years ago, when the larvae were 



plentiful. 

 F. Atalanta. Dean Garden Wood, 



&c. Bather rare. 

 F. cardui. I took a hybernated 



specimen in May, 18C2, near 



Keep Hill. 

 Arge Galathea. Whittington Park 



and Dean Garden Wood, this 



year for the first time. 

 S. tithonus. Very plentiful in Dean 



Garden Wood and Hollow Lane. 

 S. hyperanthus. Do. 



Thecla rubi. Keep Hill. Plentiful. 

 Lycwna agestis. Keep Hill. 

 L. corydon. Do. 



L. argiolus. Do. 



Nemeobius lucina. Dean Garden 



Wood. 

 Syrlcthus alveolus. Keep Hill. Very 



abundant. 

 Thanaos Tages. Do. 



Hesperia comma. Do. 

 H. sylvanus. Do. 



H. linea. Keep Hill. 



SPONTANEOUS EXOTICS. 



By James Bettten. 



I Continued from page 234.] 

 Order XII. CARTOPHYLLACEiE. 



Dianthus barbatus, L. This well-known garden flower has been found 

 in several places where it does not appear to have been planted. In 

 Surrey, it occurred " in furze bushes on the bank, at the Wandsworth or 

 eastern end of a lateral cutting, on the line of the London and South 



