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extended along the coast from Plymouth to Penzance, 

 where it is recorded one has been taken. Our coast is too 

 rugged for any to be washed on shore if drowned at sea in 

 attempting to cross from the Continent, which they must 

 have done. I find that the prevailing wind around the 

 British Isles and North of France was for some days 

 easterly, and at Plymouth on the evening of the 8ih it was 

 south, and by the next morning it had changed to south- 

 east, the wind evidently in favour of the insects landing on 

 this coast. The heat in the shade on the Slh and 9lh was 

 74® and 76* Fahr., a temperature which must have mate- 

 rially influenced the migration. — G. C. Bignell ; 8, Clarence 

 Place, Slonehouse, Plymoutli, November 11, 1869. 



Captures of Lepidoptera in the New Forest. — During the 

 past season we have met with the following species in various 

 parts of the Forest, besides many commoner ones not worth 

 recording: — Leucophasia Siuapis, common in May and June: 

 of the August brood we saw but one example. Pieris Crataegi, 

 forty-six specimens flying in young fir-woods. ColiasEdusa, 

 saw one specimen. C. Hyale, saw one specimen in June. 

 Argynnis Paphia, in abundance everywhere : of the female 

 black variety, "Valezina," we captured twenty specimens, 

 besides missing several others : this singular variety is, we 

 believe, generally considered to be confined to the New 

 Forest ; it may therefore prove interesting to some to know 

 that we met with a fine specimen in a wood near Sturry, Kent, 

 several years ago ; the net caught on a thistle, consequently 

 the specimen escaped. A. Aglaia, males common, females 

 rare. A. Adippe, common ; also Selene and Euphrosyne, 

 both common. Vanessa Polychloros : hybernated specimens 

 were common in April ; the larvse were also very abundant 

 in June, from which we bred a fine series : we only saw 

 about twenty specimens of the new August brood: our bred 

 specimens emerged the beginning of July ; is this not re- 

 markably early ? Limenitis Sibylla, abundant ; also bred 

 from larvae found on honeysuckle. Arge Galathea, a few. 

 Satyrus Semele, common. S. Hyperanthus, common. Thecla 

 Rubi and Quercus, both abundant. Lycsena ^^gon, abun- 

 dant. L. Argiolus, males common, three females. Neme- 

 obius Lucina, three. Thymele Alveolus, common. Thanaos 

 Tages, a few. Macroglossa Stellatarum, a few. M. Fuci- 



