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following notes, referring onl}' to the immediate district around 

 Deal (unless otherwise mentioned), may be of interest. The 

 second broods of Pieris rapce and P. hrassiccs are occurring here 

 in the utmost profusion ; they are to be met with in immense 

 quantities everywhere, and it is amusing to watch the numbers 

 congregate around the smallest puddle of water, where one by 

 any accident has been formed. The second brood of P. napi is 

 very abundant by the sides of the ditches all over the district ; I 

 found very dilapidated specimens of the early brood on July 3rd, 

 and a fine large sisecimen of the second brood on July 23rd. 

 This would seem to be a " white " year here, if the " whites " were 

 not more than outnumbered by certain " blues." I have never 

 noticed them so large or so numerous before. Lyccena icarus 

 is beyond doubt the insect of the season, as far as this 

 district is concerned. The second brood is occurring on the 

 sand-hills here in incredible numbers ; they are literall}^ in 

 thousands, and on one small clump of marram, about three 

 yards square, within a dozen yards of the sea, I counted above 

 200 specimens, and this was only one of an endless number of 

 such clumps. This is the more remarkable as the early brood 

 seemed more scarce than usual. It is also abundant on the 

 Downs, and at Kingsdown it is occurring in large numbers. In 

 the town it may be seen, wherever there is an attempt to form a 

 garden, in company with P. phlceas, attacking the " whites " in 

 the most pugnacious manner. L. astrarche occurs on the sand-hills 

 with L. icarus in almost equal abundance. The second brood was 

 beginning to appear on July 24th, and it now abounds not only 

 on the sand-hills, but also on the undercliflf between Kingsdown 

 and St. Margaret's Bay. Tliis species and icarus are also 

 occurring in unusually large numbers around Folkestone. I 

 noticed scarcely any specimens of the spring brood. I saw 

 wasted specimens of tbe first brood of Lyccsna minima on 

 July llth near the South Foreland. The second brood put in 

 an appearance on August 5th at Kingsdown, and is now occurring 

 in larger numbers than one generally sees this partially double- 

 brooded species in the autumn. A specimen of the second brood 

 of L. argiolus was seen in the Dover Road, Folkestone, on 

 August 8th ; others had been seen the previous week. Vanessa 

 urticce is as abundant as usual. V. atalanta not yet out ; larvae 

 and pupse fairly abundant. The second brood of Pararge 



