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that the butterfly is found in August at Ashford, in Kent, 

 but in greatly diminished numbers ; Mr. N. M. Richardson 

 has a record of its capture, in fine condition, in July 1891 ; 

 and the Rev. E. N, Blomfield has once found it at Fairlight, 

 Sussex, in the autumn. With these exceptions, correspon- 

 dents who know it well in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants 

 Dorset — Wimborne and Wareham — -Gloucestershire, Here- 

 fordshire, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, agree in 

 the conclusion that it is, in the woods in which they find it 

 abundantly, single-brooded only. Common in Essex and 

 Suffolk, more local in Norfolk, and very uncommon in the fen 

 districts of that county, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdon- 

 shire. In Devonshire it is found near Seaton, and in one or 

 two places on Dartmoor ; is common in Somerset, and in suit- 

 able places in Wales and Shropshire, but extremely scarce or 

 totally absent in large portions of the Midland counties. 

 Frequent in Hertfordshire ; and is stated by Mr. A. H. Clarke 

 to have been formerly plentiful on the banks of the West 

 London Railway where Wormwood Scrubs Station now 

 stands. Very local indeed in the north of England but found 

 in several localities in Yorkshire, and at Silverdale in Lan- 

 cashire. In Scotland it has been taken in the Clyde and 

 Solway districts, and is said to have been found by Mr. Buxton 

 at Inveran in Sutherlandshire. There is a single record, 

 by the late Mr. E. Birchall, of the capture of a specimen by 

 Miss Nugent in the county Galway. In the absence of any 

 other record in Ireland, it is most desirable that this should 

 if possible, be confirmed. Widely distributed in Europe 

 and Northern Asia. 



[S. Alveus, Hub. — Expanse \\ inch. Brownish black, 

 with white spots on the fore wings ; cilia black and white. 



Larger than the preceding but somewhat similar, with the 

 costal mai'gin of fore wings folded narrowly back. Dark 

 brown or blackish brown, with the nervures slightly blacker 

 and a faint dusting of greyish hairs over the surface, espe- 



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