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for want of observers here. However the following notes may be 
worth recording as a contribution :—Sphinx convolvuli was taken 
in the west by Mr. Russ, of Culleenamore, near Sligo, and by 
myself near Crossmolina, Co. Mayo; and in the extreme south 
by Mr. Charles Donovan, of Glandora, Co. Cork. Acherontia 
atropos also turned up in Killarney and elsewhere. Macroglossa 
stellatarum has been unusually plentiful about Dublin and in 
other counties, but very late in autumn. A few specimens of 
Colias edusa were seen in Co. Waterford and Wexford, and 
doubtless it occurred elsewhere; so perhaps we may have a flight 
of them next year. 
To sum up. After a backward and late spring, a week's warm 
sunshine in April brought out foliage and insects suddenly; but 
upon this a continuance of north-easterly winds throughout the 
summer, which was unusually warm and sunny, reduced the 
temperature suddenly at nightfall, so that diurnal Lepidoptera 
were plentiful, though somewhat late; but night-flying species 
were scarcely to be met with, though probably as numerous as 
usual. Later on towards autumn sugar and flowers regained 
their attractiveness, and ivy-bloom has been a success, though I 
think Xylina socia (petrificata) is rarer than usual; but the usual 
dates of emergence seem to have been retarded, without exception, 
about a fortnight or three weeks. 
Killarney, November 9, 1885. 
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By Ricuarp Sours, F.E.S. 
THE discovery of a new butterfly in England is an event of 
considerable interest, and worthy of more than passing notice. 
As far as we know at the present moment, only five specimens 
have been taken in England; two by Mr. Pickard-Cambridge, or 
rather by his sons. ‘These were taken on Bloxworth Heath, near 
Wareham, in Dorsetshire. ‘The first example, a female, was cap- 
tured on August 18th, and the second, a male, was found on 
almost the same spot on August 20th (Entom. xvii. 249). Mr. 
Philip Tudor took a specimen near Bournemouth on August 21st 
(Entom, xviii. 252). ‘This locality is fourteen miles distant from 
